Comments regarding Cook's Carnivorous Plants

Posted on November 11, 2009, updated April 8, 2021
Cheap plants but very very small. I ordered from 3 different Carnivorous Plant nurseries at the same time and Cooks took the longest to arrive and had the smallest plants.

I LOVE Cooks Carnivores. I have ordered from them many times over the past couple of years and I am quite addicted. They have a great selection of Venus flytrap and pitcher plant cultivars (both nepenthes and Sarracenia). I am obsessed with collecting them all, and I haven't found any online plant retailers with better prices.

What you will receive is usually a small starter plant, either potted or unpotted. All of my plants have arrived healthy and safely packaged.

When you place an order with them, and pay by credit/debit card, it does usually take several days for the charges to show up on your account. I like to pay with PayPal so the money comes out of my account right away and I don't forget to leave enough money in my account to cover the purchase. The order usually takes a little longer to ship out than other retailers, but they make up for it with their great value and selection.

I would highly recommend Cooks Carnivores to everyone and I will definetly keep ordering from them in the future.

I have ordered from Cook's Carnivores via their website twice and via ebay four times. Every time I have ordered plants from them I have been happy with the price, plants received, shipping speed, and communication Their ebay store has pictures of specific plants being sold while their website has representation pictures. I prefer their ebay store over their website as I like to see exactly what I am buying when buying a specific cross. The website is good if you are looking for younger plants of a particular species or cross and their prices are fair, reflecting the size or age of the plants being sold.

I ordered 10 sarracenia seedlings from Cook's. 8 were small seedlings and the other two were larger seedlings. They arrived quickly and in great shape. I might ordered some others from them at a later date.

I ordered two Nepenthes and a Drosera from Cook's last week. They also sent me a free Venus Flytrap seedling as part of a sale. As I was unable to get access to soil at the time, I asked that they send me the VFT seedling along with a small paper cup and some soil. Not only did Cook's make sure that the plants arrived healthily, but they also took the care to include some soil and a cup for my free VFT seedling! The care that they took really impressed me. Furthermore, one of the Nepenthes came with two plants inside one pot. Needless to say, I am very pleased with my order and will continue to do business with them.

Just received my first order from Cooks a potted seed grown nepenthe's I'm very impressed with the size as well as the health of the plant for the price. The plant is FULLY rooted and not just tossed into a pot right before shipping as I experienced with another CP nursery this Spring.
Definitely will use Cooks in the future to add to my collection.

Plants arrived very fast. Probably faster than any other CP website I have ordered off of. Packing was perfect. Certain other websites need to use plastic cups over the plant like this one does so that their plants don't get severely damaged. Plants arrived in perfect condition!

Superb packaging, great size plants, even better prices.
My order arrived yesterday and I'm really impressed.

AMAZING VALUE!

There's only 1 place that I'll buy cp's from anymore and that place is Cook's!

The cheapest place to get awesome plants!

very tiny plants, but healthy looking and relatively inexpensive with quick shipping.

I placed an order in mid May and received the plants about a week later - very fast shipping! I was impressed with their selection of plants in their catalog, and was quite happy with my order. The plants arrived well packaged and were larger than I expected. I was able to pick up some rather neat Saraccenia hybrids that were not available anywhere else. All the plants have already adapted well to growing in upstate New York.

I highly recommend Cook's Carnivorous Plants!

I have bought a few plants from Cook's and I am very pleased with them! The plants are healthy and VERY well priced and they arrive in timely manner. I heartliy recommend Cook's to anyone who wishes to buy plants through the mail!

Excellent mail order source. I have ordered many times, have never once recieved plants that weren't healthy, and they occasionally send freebies. Answers emails quickly, and is always helpful with questions. I highly recommend Cooks plants.

Very nice selection of carnivorous plants and seeds. I have ordered both plants and seeds from Cook's Carnivorous Plants. I have been very happy with the plants and seeds purchased.

Cook's has one of the best selections of carnivorous plants on the net.

Great place to buy CPs.

I have bought many plants from Dean everything has been wonderful/healthy.

Prices are unbeatable and the website is well organized and easy to use.

I have bought several plants from Cook's and have been very happy with them. They are always nice healthy plants.
Dean has given me alot of advice and has helped me alot with my carnivorous bog. Infac tif not for him, I don't think I would have ever gotten started. Buy with confidence !!!!!!!
I am working on another order right now!

I've bought a number of carnivorous plants from Dean over the past year or so. All of his plants have been large healthy ones, putting out good strong growth the first year. He has an excellent variety of CPs (carnivorous plants), including some of the more unusual ones. All of my transactions with him have been very friendly and very positive.