Beginner Gardening: what's the key to buying plants on ebay?, 1 by pennefeather

pennefeather wrote:
There are also quite a few nurseries that sell on Ebay. I bought quite a few small perennials from several nurseries them last year. They are small plants at a great price. I nursed them along inside a couple of months since it was too cold to plant them when they arrived. All of my plants performed well.

As the warmer weather arrives, you will have a larger selection from all of the venders. Check the rating, and actually read the negative comments that they have received. Sometimes people complain about really dumb things that are beyond the vendors control, but sometimes they have valid points.

When you go to the feedback page, don't just check the feedback score that is in bold print. If you go down three lines you will see the all positive feedback number. All positive feedback includes everytime that someone purchased and left feedback. If all positive feedback is significantly higher than the feedback score then you have a lot of repeat buyers. Your feedback is only counted the first time under the bold printed feedback score. For a nursery that I bought from them at least three different times last year, only the first purchase's feedback was included in the feedback score, but the all positive feedback would show a higher number because it would include all three times that I made a purchase.

I hope that this is helpful. I got the red monarda on the left of the picture from Ebay last year. I also bought lavender, lantana, stella d'oros, coleus, salvia, and coneflowers.