Where to order pond plants from?

[Donna Saverino MI]

Where do you buy your pond plants in the spring? Mainly floaters? My local place MAYBE gets some in around June 30th here in Detroit, MI area. I’m considering finding a place to have them shipped. Or do you not recommend ordering on line?

 

[Colleen_MI]

I'm not far from you. Where have you looked locally? Barson's in Westland usually has some. I haven't had much luck other places. Someone suggested I check aquarium stores. Best luck I had was asking on a local FB gardening group and someone had extra water lettuce and hyacinth I got for free. Online I have ordered from Trickers with mixed results. Some thrived, some died.

 

[netvine]

Play It Koi is great

 

[Hound Heaven]

I've gotten a few from Etsy and Ebay, just have to read the descriptions carefully. Locally we have a nursery with a decent selection of aquatics.

 

[Donna Saverino MI]

I'm not far from you. Where have you looked locally? Barson's in Westland usually has some. I haven't had much luck other places. Someone suggested I check aquarium stores. Best luck I had was asking on a local FB gardening group and someone had extra water lettuce and hyacinth I got for free. Online I have ordered from Trickers with mixed results. Some thrived, some died.

Thanks for your reply. To get them free means you got them later in the year? I went last year to Barson's and was not impressed of what they had. I guess it was a bad year in Florida for floaters and other plants. Bad weather I was told. I ended up AGAIN back at Ray Wiegand's Nursery on Romeo Plank Rd. but again had to wait until end of June. Expensive for maybe 10/12 weeks of plants for my pond. I live in Royal Oak. I'll consider to travel a couple of hours for a good place to get them earlier.

 

[GBBUDD]

regardless where you get your plants from and i am doing thing more stringently, is to dip the plants in a potassium pergonite bath and also checking them over extremely well looking for hitch hickers like snails and leaches

 

[Colleen_MI]

I guess I didn't look at pond plants last year at Barson's. I gave up my little pond for a pondless waterfall, so I no longer need floaters. I'll ask around a couple people I know and see if they have suggestions.

 

[GBBUDD]

Don't cross off floaters so fast hyacinths do well in any water like at the top of the falls. they get tall and tight They look great