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Enthusiastically recommend Tropical Plants and Drdawg. I ordered 6 white butterfly ginger rhizomes and 2 plumeria cuttings. Arrived in well-packed box, everything in great condition. The Plumies were exceptionally eye popping and three times bigger than those I bought at Philadelphia Flower Show. Drdawg takes pride in his business and it shows. Great quality and a great experience.

Ordered 2 smaller daylily cultivars (one miniature and one small) and also received a nice bonus daylily cultivar. Am very happy with: my order, reasonable prices, communication via email, and follow-up with tracking number when shipped. The plants arrived in good condition, had a very nice root system, and were marked with ID tags. I am very happy with my order.

This is an incredible place to visit if you're a cactus or succulent aficionado! I'd never been there, even though we travel through Tucson regularly. I finally decided to check them out. What a wonderful surprise to see the huge place, full of wonderful cacti and succulents....acres of them! Many of their plants must have been planted decades ago because they are so large. I didn't get to see all of the greenhouses, but there are a lot of them. I came home with a number of new species for my collection. The staff there was very helpful and knowledgeable. They packed them up really well, and they all made it back to New Mexico in fine shape. Now that I know about them, I'll be stopping every time we go through Tucson. If I lived there, I'd be there at least weekly, ...maybe more!

Cheryl is the go-to girl when someone is looking for Munson daylilies. She also has a pretty significant spider UFO collection for sale, as well as others. Her Ohio daylilies do well in my climate and they usually take off without a hitch. She promptly replies to my emails and usually has the daylily that I am looking for. I don't think you will be disappointed in buying from Cheryl's Daylilies.

I started ordering from Gene in 2004 or so, I was a big Munson daylily fanatic and he had a gold mine of those daylilies. He lived not too far from Wimberly Way, Mr Munson's daylily farm. He brought home a carload of daylilies and then started selling them to the public. I heard about him through a daylily friend, I asked for a price list and began amassing Gene's plants. The size of the roots and leaves are amazing. I've also had the good fortune to visit his and Mary's home to see his operations. You will not be disappointed with the service or plants.

First time ordering from Brian. I sent my order in in mid March, I knew I was late ordering so I was patient. Last week I sent an email inquiry, Brian was quick to respond about my order. He pulled my invoice and said that all the plants I ordered were in stock and my order would go out in 1-2 weeks. It came yesterday and I was very pleased with the packing and the nice sized plants. Healthy root systems, leaves were not crushed. I would buy from Brian again. A very positive experience.

As a native Floridian and a butterfly gardener, I love ordering from Mail-Order Natives. They have a lot of hard-to-find plants, particularly host plants for my caterpillars, which I can't find locally. I also find the prices to be very reasonable. The plants always come well packed and in good shape whether they are bare root or potted. I've had great success with the plants I've ordered from them. My latest order contained two Spicebush plants, and I was so excited to find a Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar already on one of the plants! I'm sure he had quite an adventure! Mail-Order Natives sells many plants that are native to much of the East Coast. They also have quite a selection of Rhododendrons, if that's your thing. If you're looking for quality, native plants, I can't recommend them highly enough.