Comments regarding Garden Crossings LLC

I am doing this review about 6 weeks late. On July 15th, I received about 10 daylilies, which I had ordered only a few days before. I was thrilled with the size of the plants and how healthy they were. They were all packed extremely well , they sent tracking information and told me when they were shipped. Everything about Garden Crossings was outstanding...the plants, the packing, the communications. I had read about them here on Garden Watchdog, and am extremely pleased with this company!

Fantastic packing and very fast shipping! The 2 hydrangeas I ordered are full and obviously very healthy plants. I hadn't been able to find the type I was looking for locally, and I decided to order from Garden Crossings. I couldn't be happier and will add them to my favorite online plant purveyors!

Posted on April 30, 2010, updated July 7, 2010
Posted on April 25, 2009, updated April 30, 2010
Well, I have to say.. I am impressed by the size, health, and vigor of the plants I have bought at Garden Crossings! This is my first time buying from them. I thought I would give them a try because they were on DW top 30. Boy, they can't be beat!
I bought a peach flambe heuchera, a Henryi clematis, and a Beauty of Worcester clematis. All three were boxed wonderfully. Shipped fast, even before I even knew they were shipped lol. All three were BIG, Strong, and healthy! Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou sooo much!
Do I have to say? Yes, I will be back.

I recently ordered from Garden Crossings. I spend $500-$600 worth of plants from them. The plants were not as big as I had expected but they were just pruned down to fit in a box. I was very pleased with this site. All of my plants came alive and they all looked great. Since I have recieved them most of the plants have been planted. Only the Lugwort and Lupine are not doing so good and I think that is my fault for not watering them enough. They are in the shade. The Lupine was damaged from strong winds aswell because it is bent. I think it will be fine though. The first year is just the growing year anyways. I am happy with my order and the rest of my plants are doing great. The Clematis, Grapes and Joe Pye Weed are even decent size. I know I can get bigger plants from a local nursery which is what I usually do but sometimes you have to go online to get a specific plant like Rose of Sharon and this sit has a big selection of perrenials and shrubs.

They even have a descent variaty of fruits and vegtebals. I would definantly order from this site before any other site. They even list how much of a product is left and even let you pick your own shipping date. They never ship on weekends. Best of all they have great reviews for a lot of plants and have helpfull staff if you send them a comment. They even have free shipping and handeling in June if you spend $100 worth of plants.

Now if you go to Wal-Mart you can get a nice plant for 5-8 bucks in June but they have a limited selection and usually it is what everyone else has. Hostas, Lilies and Hydrangeas which I don't care for. Garden Crossings has most plants around 16 bucks which is about what most mail sites charge which is more expensive but you get to pick from over 2,000 plants and some of these plants you won't find in a local nursery. This is much better than going to Wal-Mart.

I checked every site in the top 30 and this is the site I went with. I am glad I did. Thanks Garden Crossing.

I ordered raspberry and blueberry bushes. I received a prompt email confirmation, Fedex shipping number and in less than a week the plants arrived. Very well packed, vibrant green, very healthy looking. Very satisfying experience.

SUCH a positive experience! Generously sized plants arrived the week after Mother's Day, just as I had requested. Plants were well packaged and had travelled well: no signs of stress, well-hydrated, minimal travel scars. Ingenious packaging consisted primarily of cardboard, which is recyclable (yea!). Plants were so big and mature that many have since bloomed and are easily establishing themselves in my yard. I had a number of questions about various plants before I placed my order, and each of my emails was quickly and graciously answered by Heidi. So pleased and satisfied. Thank you!

I have been very pleased with my plants from Garden Crossings. Recently 3 oxalis died due to a delay in the package being delivered during a time of 90 degree plus temperatures. Garden Crossings allowed me to select three replacement plants and mailed them at no cost to me.

Just the best! Beautiful, healthy plants, a very large inventory of the Proven Winners® brand and speedy service with excellent packaging. I can't say enough about this nursery, especially after my run in with someone they drop ship for, and I encourage everyone to purchase directly from Garden Crossings! They are SUPERB!!!

I ordered several hellebores and received healthy plants that were larger than similar plants that I received from two other online nurseries. All seem to be doing well, and I will order from Garden Crossings again.

Awesome plant vendor! This is the 2nd year I've ordered from Garden Crossings and have not been disappointed yet. In fact they saved a flower bed design for this year. I purchased a veronica plant at a local nursery earlier in the season, then changed my layout requiring another of the same variety to flank a hybrid tea rose. Well, of course the local place was out of this variety, but not Garden Crossings. I let them know the size of my current plant, and they were able to almost match the one I had. It was a little smaller, but it would've been almost impossible to find an exact replica. So happy!
They are a bit expensive for plants and shipping, but you get your large size plants in a pot, no bare roots. This in itself is great when you're not sure when you can get them planted. Also the varieties they carry, that you cannot find at your local greenhouses, are wonderful. Will definitely be ordering from them many years in the future. Give them a try! :-)

My first order with Garden Crossings will definitely not be my last. My order of Becky Daisies was promptly shipped with Fedex Home Delivery, which I received on a Saturday. To my delight, the plants arrived lush and healthy with no signs of stress or damage. I would not hesitate to recommend this company.

I ordered two plants, a blackberry and a bosenberry. They arrived in great shape, nice leaves, good size. I encountered no problems in planting, no shock. They began to grow right away.

This was my first order with Garden Crossings. I am so very pleased with the plants I received. They are vigorous and healthy, a nice size, came extremely well packed, and in a very timely manner. I will definitely be a repeat customer. Thank you so much!

Every plant arrived on-time, well-packed, large, and healthy

I cannot say enough about the Quality of plants the extra attention to shipping ,Great quality of shipping carton,personal and PATIENT phone service by Heidi.I live in Alaska and had a short notice weather delay (Very well handled )I use mailorder companys every year and I am SO GLAD I chose GARDEN GROSSINGS.to try this year .I believe they have raised the bar ,many notches I would say ..My plants were superbly grown ,VERY well packaged and obviously well cared for.Keep in mind now I live in Alaska ,use mail order yearly.My plants traveled around a thousand miles ,I plant late in the season .Ihave NEVER seen a nicer plant VERY,VERY well done.MOST excellent,Top of the list NO question!!!!!!Thank you Garden Crossings.

All I can say is WOW. My plants arrived today and these are some of the largest I have ever received via mail order. They were beautifully packed and very healthy looking. This is my first time ordering from this company but it certainly will not be my last. Highly recommended.

Posted on May 6, 2010, updated May 6, 2010
I stumbled onto the website purely by accident. I spent weeks looking through their online catalog and imagining my dream garden. I really wanted to grow hydrangeas. I really wanted to grow the really big globe type.

I called Garden Crossings and the phone was answered by a human being! No automated answering system! I spoke with Heidi, who I later learned is one of the owners of Garden Crossings. She was not only knowledgeable but extremely helpful in building my dream garden. I learned that while the globe type hydrangeas will grow in my area, they require a lot of additional care, water, soil prep, etc. We have very low humudity and it gets very warm in the summer and downright cold in the winter. Heidi suggested the bracketed type, because they flower on new and old wood, will tolerate the heat and cold and are beautiful.

The garden I had been struggeling with for over 3 years was becoming a reality. It is on the north side of the house, with little sun. Heidi also made some recommendations for other plants that would work under those conditions.

When my order arrived, the plants were georgous! No scrawny little roots, or tiny little plugs. They were nursery quality, healthy, thriving plants. The garden has only been in the ground for a week, but the plants are all growing beautifully!

I have placed 4 separate orders with this company and every one was shipped on schedule and arrived in great condition with beautiful well grown plants - very different from other online plant buying experiences that I have had. I will definitely buy from them again. The shipping is expensive, but it is Fed Ex and arrvied in three days, therefore not languishing in weather extremes. The careful packing also contributes positively. I would rather pay more to have plants arrive healthy and I believe the price of the plants to be very reasonable. My purchases have been perennial hibiscus, Incrediball Hydrangea and two clematis. All are settling in, putting out new growth and looking fine. This is where I will return for online plant shopping!

I ordered a hydrangea through Garden Crossings. When it arrived, I was very impressed with how large and healthy the plant was and how very well shipped it was!

I ordered plants this spring from several different mail order companies, and the plants I received from Garden Crossings far surpassed those from other companies in size, apparent health, and packing. The plants all appear to be more than a year old. In particular the coneflowers from Garden Crossings are all 10-12" tall and well filled out, vs: coneflowers from a couple of other places are practically seedlings - 4" tall. I definitely feel I got my money's worth from Garden Crossings and the next time I need to order online I will check with them first for availability.

Posted on May 6, 2008, updated April 29, 2010
I received my order from Garden Crossings last week. It was my first time ordering from them. I was very pleased with the plants they sent. I thought their packaging was very good. No soil anywhere, no peanuts. The plants were healthy. I made an addition to my order two weeks before shipping via e-mail and received a prompt reply with the additions included. I will order from them in the future.

The plants I receive from them are the quality I would have selected had I been shopping in their store rather than shopping on line. Excellent quality sent in a timely fashion, well packed.

My order was for 5 Syringa Bloomerang Lilacs .A very kind, and knowlegeable person took my order. C.C was not charged until time of shipping. Arrived the day I was told on the phone, and each shrub was packed in it's own cell, and in a sturdy box. Excellent company.

First time with GC and I will be purchasing from them again. All my plants arrived in perfect shape and will be planted tomorrow. I would have appreciated an email that the plants were being shipped, but that ended up not being an issue this time (I was not traveling). Thank you:-)

Posted on October 7, 2007, updated April 22, 2010
I ordered (3) Tree Peonies in late June. Unfortunately, just before they shipped in Oct., they said there was a mistake when taking inventory of their stock and they ran out of one kind I ordered:( The remaining (2) arrived last week and I planted/watered them immediately. Of the two bareroots, one looked healthy with large green leaves and eyes, the other was considerably smaller in both respects(on the edge?). Overall, the customer service was good and my emails were answered within 48 hours. The packing was OK, as the cardboard box was a bit bashed when it arrived but the plants seemed unhurt despite a few broken leaves. The roots were in soil in plastic pots and secured with rubberbands. Pricing was excellent. This was my first time ordering from GC. I will post a follow-up in the spring.

They allowed me to choose to receive my plants 3 weeks before normal shipping time for the Spring...which I appreciated...even though I gave up their guarantee.

The cost is a little high BUT I will be honest and say that I have never seen a shipment of plants come in such good shape through the mail ever. (I buy a lot through the mail) They pack the plants incredibly well. It is shocking to open the box and see each plant getting it's own slot. Just incredible packing is all that I can say. It was a good experience purchasing from them and I would do so again.

Posted on June 5, 2007, updated February 13, 2010
This is a great company from which to order plants. The website is convenient and easy to use, and I love the fact that it stores a history of my past orders. The prices seem fair, and the plants I have received have all been much larger (like 2-3 times) than plants from other major mailorder nurseries I've used. I can't say what customer service is like, since I have not had a complaint to lodge or a problem to resolve, but if I am interested in a plant from another nursery I do find it useful to check if it's available through Garden Crossings. I just wish they had more unusual or rare plants as well.

WOW--my first experience with Garden Crossings and I must say outstanding!!!!! I took a leap of faith and placed a large order online ($265, which included free shipping) in mid August. My order consisted of ornamental grasses, Buddleias and some Russian Sage. The plants arrived in 3 days. They were all full-sized, healthy plants and were packed perfectly with no damage at all! They Buddleias were in full bloom!!! Amazing!! I took the chance to plant here in NC during the sweltering heat of August....with great results. The largest of the Buddleia (2 gal.) seemed to be droopy for a few days after planting. I emailed customer service (on a Sat. evening) and received a response within minutes from Heidi!!! She told me since the plant was large, that it is going through a bit of transplant shock and to water it everyday. Well, I watered it and babied it a bit (I even put a beach umbrella over it during the hottest midday sun!). It took about 2 weeks and then the plant adjusted and is a healthy blooming machine!!! The Russian Sage has been blooming like crazy as well as the other buddleias!!! I will be placing many orders with them!!! I highly recommend Garden Crossings as an outstanding mail order source!!!!

I'm so thrilled with the 2 plants I just received from Garden Crossings! After being stung numerous times from some other online vendors, what I got is unbelievably wonderful. They are BIG. They are so healthy it's like I just picked them up myself from their greenhouse. Reasonable prices and reasonable shipping, too! No tiny babies! No plugs! Just fabulous! Amazing number of plants and really helpful growing advice. I placed my order last Sunday and received today (Wednesday). They are in Michigan - I'm in western NC. I'll be busy digging up the rest of my yard so I can order more, lol, and will be their customer forever.

Great plants, great customer service. Will order from them again and again, except I think I already have all the Zone 6 plants they sell!

What a wonderful mail order nursery this is! I, too, was concerned about above average prices, but when my plants arrived, I realized the money was well spent. And the packaging is the best. I will buy from this company again.

I've not ordered from Garden Crossings, but my mom and I visited their beautiful retail center a couple of weeks ago and I will not hesitate in ordering from them in the future. I saw the plants they had for sale to the public as well as those being packaged to be mailed out and without a doubt, they are some of the healthiest plants I've ever seen anywhere.

I went in there not intending to buy much, if anything, since I'd pretty much already filled my garden for the year, but left there with two trays of things and a large herbaceous peony. Mom was in the same position I was, yet she too left there with her fair share of plants. We got a wonderful tour of the place by Rod and it was fun talking plants with him.

This is a first class operation and their position on the Garden Watchdog Top 30 is well-deserved. It really doesn't get any better than this. It's clear that they are committed to providing quality plants as well as great customer service.

Well done, Garden Crossings!

Over the past few months, I placed a number of orders with another mail order plant supplier (rated #1 on this site) and was extremely disappointed with the size, vigor, and overall quality of the plants. This experience made me extremely leary of doing any more business with mail order suppliers. However, I am in the process of redoing the landscaping on 3 acres of my property, and with so many new plants to purchase, I can't help but be drawn to good prices that help keep the overall cost of the project within reason and to plant variety not available locally. So I thought I would give it another shot and ordered a few plants from Garden Crossings as a test to see if they might met my expectations and become my new plant supplier. My plants arrived yesterday, and with a little bit of trepidation, I opened the box to see what surprises awaited me. The difference in my two shopping experiences is night and day. The packaging was excellent (no irritating styrofoam peanuts) and the plants (which were sale plants) were beautiful - healthy, vibrant, covered with blooms, and all set to be immediate stars in their new beds. This company deserves to be at the head of the line in Dave's ratings. You can tell that they take real pride in growing and supplying outstanding plants. If I could give them a SUPER POSITIVE rating, I would. They definitely have earned my future business and I would highly recommend them to all of you. GREAT JOB GARDEN CROSSINGS!!!!

Beautiful, healthy plants packed well. They are all thriving! Will order from this company again.

I was amazed when I received my order. Huge plants all in absolutely perfect condition! Without a doubt I will be a repeat customer!

Excellent packing, delivery right on time, plants were fantastic! Do NOT worry about ordering from this company! They are outstanding and I'll be a return customer!

Beautiful plants, fantastic packing, and speedy shipping. What more can one ask for?

Garden Crossings is a top notch company. I order from them every spring and their plants are always packaged well and the plants come in good shape. I have ordered several shrubs and a few perennials and all are growing and doing well. They offer a lot of the new varieties at a resonable price. This company defintely deserves its spot as one of the Top Watchdog Companies!

I ordered a tree peony and admit I was a bit skeptical about purchasing a shrub in a 5 1/2" pot by mail order. I was afraid it would be small and wilted. But I have not been able to find this plant locally and the positive feedback on this website convinced me to try it. I must say I am impressed with the size of the plant's leaves and the root system. It is fresh and green, the leaves were just a bit bent from being in the package. I would second what others have said about the quality of Garden Crossings packaging--it is first rate and was certainly put to the test here. Despite my instructions to leave the package by the side door if no one was home, our Fed Ex delivery person threw the package over the back fence and it took 2 days for me to notice it was out there. The plant was still perfectly ok and the dirt did not spill out of the pot.