Wow they did a great packing those and the root systems are nice. I think I need to take a look at that site!

You really should, Marie. The packing is flawless, the prices are low, and another good thing about the company is that it'll ship the plants as soon as you order them. I hate waiting for Hibiscus until May or June just because gardeners in other zones aren't ready to take delivery yet. I will be keeping mine under cover until the nighttime temperatures are above 40 degrees, of course, but they'll be growing well in the meantime and will have a good head start over plugs shipped to me later in the year.

They also have a good selection of Mandevilla and Bougainvillea plugs.

There are some pretty flowers on that website... I might have to add some hibiscus to my yard

Mamajack has a hibiscus co-op open now in Cubits, and Chef Mike is going to have a hibiscus co-op on ATP very soon. Both of them are offering many of the same hibiscus plants at good prices.

Thanks for the shout-out, Zuzu! I've bought hibiscus from Big Bad Flowers for a few years now. Those little plugs grow really fast, my plants are in a 3 gallon pot by the end of summer, and usually bloom very quickly, I've even gotten plugs with buds on them!

I ordered 2 plugs of one plant last week. It arrived exactly when they said it would, packed just like Zuzu said, and one plug did indeed have a bud on it. I gave that one to a friend. I would never have known they existed if Zuzu hadn't started this thread, because hibiscus aren't normally on my radar screen.

Hi, Susan. Remember how they were sold out of one of the ones I wanted? Well, they sent five but charged my card for all six, so I wrote to them about it and got an e-mail right away from Chris Higgins, the owner. He apologized profusely and said they'd send me any hibiscus of my choice. So I told him what I wanted and they're shipping it to me on Tuesday. I love this place!

Mary, I'm so glad you got the same good service I did. I think this company deserves to be recommended to anyone wanting hibiscus, bougainvillea, or mandevilla. I'll certainly be buying from them again.

Wow, what a great nursery! When Chris asked which one I wanted sent to me as a replacement for Bold Idea, I told him I still wanted Bold Idea in case they have it back in stock by now, but they could send me either Heat Flash or Delta Dawn instead. Today I received both of those plants for free! Heat Flash and Delta Dawn! This place really provides superb customer service.

Nice!!

zuzu said:Mary, I'm so glad you got the same good service I did. I think this company deserves to be recommended to anyone wanting hibiscus, bougainvillea, or mandevilla. I'll certainly be buying from them again.

I will, too. Mainly because I killed the one I bought from them

It was all my fault, none of theirs. I put the plant in the windowsill and forgot it was there, so it died from neglect. On the other hand, I had bought 2, and gave one to a friend, in a peat pot I bought a tomato plant in (maybe a 1qt pot?) -- whatever size it was, she had to repot it within 3 weeks because it was growing so well.

Oh, no! Sorry about that, Mary (and plant).