Best Outdoor Aquatic Plants
The included jar is also more than twice the size of most other kits, meaning that it can house the Marimo much longer as they grow larger. Marimo balls are regarded as good luck charms in Japan, and since they have been known to live to 200 years and beyond, they are often kept as family heirlooms. They are thought to symbolize close bonds between family members or close-knit friends, and are often passed down to children and grandchildren or nieces and nephews. Includes 2 Marimo Moss Balls (1 to 1.5 inch each) while other kits only contain one.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"When they arrived no one was home so the box sat outside for a couple hours in the freezing cold. This is a Valentine's gift for my husband but he wasn't supposed to be home from work for a few days so I went ahead and put the jar together myself. When I took the marimos out of their bag they were kind of flat on the sides, but they were still very cold and somewhat frozen so I just placed them in the water without trying to round them out."
"The moss balls I received were a good size, however the pictured moss balls were 3 times the size of the ones I received."
"The instruction sheet was very good,everything w step by step and answered every concern I had."
"He loves it, but found the original container too small for the little guy with all the other stuff in there."
"I guess I just don't like that you can't take out the marimo (for shaping and cleaning) without breaking the bottle, but it was a gift and I suppose it will be fine just for healthy growth."
"It's small, and maybe a little pricey, but it looks nice and is easy to care for."
"What a great kit!"
"This kit is so cool, and the friendly folks at Aquatic Arts are super helpful."
(5) Water Hyacinths; (5) Water Lettuce; (5) Parrots Feather Live Certified Aquatics Nursery Grown water garden pond plants. (5) Water Hyacinths Live Plants, (5) Water Lettuce Live Plants, Certified Grown in Aquatics Plants Nursery.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I was disappointed at first with the small size of the plants."
"Excellent seller/quality products!nice bunch of plants with full roots..noo xead ones,not smooshed..packed extremely well!ty A++. Xoing well..multiplying..sweet."
"Was a little disappointed when I first received the plants, but as they have adjusted to my mini-pond, they are showing more life and the hyacinths are blooming just like the picture on line."
"Large plants arrived in excellent condition. I think I only got 13 plants, not 15, but they are so nice and large that I don't really care."
"My kois and goldfish love these floaters."
"Everything arrived healthy but only the hyacinths thrive in our pond."
"These plants were in rough condition upon arrival."
Hornwort, also known as Coontail, has sturdy, layered hair-like foliage that helps oxygenate and clarify the water as well as keep algae growth to a minimum. IMPORTANT: Please note that during times of extreme weather, live plants will suffer due to extreme temperatures. During winter, do not order live plants when temperatures are expected to go below 20F at the lowest point during the day.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Did an amazing job clearing up my turtle tank."
"Did have a lot of shed when I added to the tank, but I expected that especially where I removed the lead weights."
"Lovely and packaged well - in pond now and fish love them."
"A lovely grower that is thriving in my sub-tropical pond."
"Came healthy and in good shape."
"Plants were in good condition, thriving now in my tank."
"It arrived in plastic bag..kinda dry..unhealthy looking, pale in color..definitely not as pictured!."
Best Vine Plants
Its trailing stems carry heart-shaped leaves that are irregularly splashed with gold. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm sure after a few days the plant will extend it's leaves out again fully."
"The first plant I received was not packaged well, was rather small and didn't arrive as quickly as the others plants that I had ordered at the same time. Immediately the seller reached out to me, personally oversaw the packaging of a new plant and sent it to me at no additional cost."
"They were packaged with incredible care, had a small disposable heating pack included in the box to keep them warm and healthy, and arrived in perfect condition!!!"
"The 1st plant is in a south-facing bathroom window that also is frosted."
"A small plant in very good condition."
"Arrived in good condition, a couple of bruised leaves but all of them are alive and well."
"I was a bit thrown off when I opened the box and there was a paper bag."
"The plant came secure and in good shape, but definitely did not look as lush and full as the picture."
Best Cacti & Succulent Plants
Plant measurement will vary as different species grow in different ways: for example, some grow wider, shorter, taller, trailing etc.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It was shipped well. NOW... if all the plants were healthy and I didn't have so many of the same plants , then I could deal with the double shipping."
"Great succulents for the price."
"Absolutely the best succulent collection I have ever seen."
"If you're looking for picture perfect plants, try one of the lots that are intended for wedding favors. I removed one star for a squashed plant and because a couple of the pots had itty bitty plants (though there were multiples to make up for it) but it's not what I consider "as described.""
"I was very pleased with the variety I received and will most definitely order from this company again in the future."
"I recently got into succulents and was thrilled when I found out that I could order 20 different types for $40. My order had 5 little boxes (4 plants in each) within a bigger box and instructions."
"5 small boxes per shipping box. The little dirt that was in the bottom of the boxes I was able to add to some of the pots that seemed a bit low."
"These plants are awful and will die within a week. I bought a lot of these plants and they arrived dead or on the brink of. I did my best to try and keep them alive because they were going to be used as centerpieces for a wedding reception but you cannot fix rot, missing plants or dead plants."
Best Indoor Bonsai
The Juniper Bonsai is commonly regarded as the beginner bonsai, as for the easiness of care for the plant. BONSAI TREE – Bonsai is popularized by Japanese people as an art of growing ornamental, dwarf trees. KEEPING BONSAI TREE IN SHAPE – trimming a bonsai tree comes in two ways.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Absolutely Love it."
"packaged great!"
"The bonsai arrived on time and was described as it is listed."
"Plant is not as full as in the photo."
"Smaller than expected and does not match the picture but still looks good."
"Arrived broken in multiple areas, no drop tray, anorexic tree inside, NOT EVEN THE SAME POT."
"A scale of some sort in the seller's photo would be helpful."
"Would have been beautiful if the tree hadn't shown up half dead."
Best Fruit Plants & Seeds
We cannot ship citrus to; American Samoa, Arizona, California, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Texas, Virgin Islands as per USDA Regulations. We cannot ship citrus to; American Samoa, Arizona, California, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Texas, Virgin Islands as per USDA. We cannot ship citrus to; American Samoa, Arizona, California, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Texas, Virgin Islands as per USDA Regulations.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Updated 11/16/16. I had to change pot before bringing it indoors.It seems to be very happy and has flowered a lot more than expected, second picture shows has well it is doing now."
"I will post several photos, they tell more than any words... Update, 11/10/16, still doing very good, have several really nice ripe lemons!"
"The packaging was great, the soil was still moist and the tree looked very healthy ( even though it was sitting outside for the whole day in 40 degrees weather). The two golf ball sized lemon survived--the tiny ones did die and drop off. I hope Hirt adds other citrus trees to their collection, I would definitely purchase from them again!"
"My tree arrived about 9 months ago."
"Ordered this tree in early June 2017 and wanted to wait to write a review until we had the tree long enough to make a solid recommendation. As I live in Chicago we knew the tree would have to come in for the winter, luckily we have a large south facing window where I hoped they would get enough light to continue keeping the fruit gorwing, by this time we had around 15 lemons that we're about the size of table tennis balls. Apologies for the long review but I was somewhat skeptical when purchasing online and wanted to assure any future buyers that the plants are strong and will be great providers as long as you follow the growing guidelines."
"I have had my lovely lemon in the sw corner of my Wisconsin home since September and it's blooming like crazy!"
"There was also only one branch on the tree."
"What I received was in a 5" pot, the plant was only 8" tall, and is no where near fruiting size."
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Plant and grow your OWN seeds in your AeroGarden! The Grow Anything Kit includes supplies for ONE SEASON of growing, including: Grow Sponges (6), Grow Domes (6), Grow Baskets (6), and Labels (6).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is my first time buying a grow anything pod and i am growing a salad mix seed. They come out the sponge and just grow. Literally just put seeds in sponge, put in basket, use a iron to put the label on and put in aerogardens with water and plant nutrients. I added another photo and only 2 are the grow anything sponges."
"The product works, but it's annoying to have to use an iron to attach the green circles to the top."
"Second, if your Aerogarden kit ships with seed pods included, you don't need the extra plastic bits."
"You can plant the grow sponge directly into soil after you're done growing it in the AeroGarden."
"I like it was an affordable kit I don't like the fact that you may run out in the long haul."
"Will improvise and cover pod with a similarly shaped plastic cup- hoping this works."
"This is getting 2 stars because of the labels that are in the package."
"The only thing that's growing very well is the basil, the other 2 pods has nothing at all happening in them, I will try to give it another week and see what happens but the other 2 pods should have been growing something by now."
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Grow 4 types Of Tree Seeds: Beautiful tree to grow at home. 4 Packets Of Organic Seeds 4 Biodegradable Growing Pots 4 Compressed Soil Pellets 4 Plant Markers Step-by-step Instructions - also sent via email. Nature’s Blossom Bonsai Tree Kit contains 4 organic seed packets - Jacaranda Mimosifolia; Pinus Aristata; Delonix Regia & Picea Mariana. You also receive 4 peat soil discs, biodegradable growing pots, plant markers and an instruction manual. This gerdening kit contains the best materials for seedstarting including planting pots made from natural ingredients that were designed to support the germination process & compressed seed starting soil to provide your new miniature trees with all the nutrients they need to grow. Our indoor Bonsais kit is recommended as a gift for mom, dad, birthdays or as the perfect Housewarming present.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I just captured time lapse video from growing this bonsai!"
"I wouldn't consider myself to have a green thumb, but I've been able to maintain a few potted plants in my apartment and love the idea of bonsai. What I loved about this kit: -It included everything in the description (I know some mentioned a missing manual, but mine contained a colored pamphlet with all of the instructions to get started)."
"The item made a really nice gift."
"I bought so I'll have something different to do with my son, it's very easy to use my son loves it, we will do it together this coming weekend."
"I planted the Delonix Regina and did not have any sprouts."
"The seeds look healthy and should germinate in the time stated."
"Kind of a rough start but after some communication with nature's blossom I realized that I needed to find a sunnier window with some air flow."
"Only one seed out of all of the packets germinated and turned into a small plant."
Best Tree Plants & Seeds
Ficus are one of the best varieties of Bonsai trees for indoors. Brussel's Golden Gate Ficus Bonsai - Medium. AGE: This Golden Gate Ficus Bonsai is 7 years old.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"These are amazing trees."
"Quite a bit of green foliage, great twist in the trunk which is maybe an inch thick at the base."
"Had one aerial root already touching down!"
"The first was potted on bonsai 'soil,' the second was in potting soil ( with a bit of gravel mixed in.). The pots are nice, probably something you would pay 10 bucks for."
"I bought this plant for my husbands desk 5 months ago."
"I went to Walmart and found a Ginseng Grafted Ficus that I consider a rescue tree. Lesson there is buy from a reputable dealer like Brussel's who really cares about Bonsai Trees."
"I was very excited to give this bonsai plant to a friend for the holidays."
"I'm hoping that maybe some tender loving care will bring it back."
Best Herb Plants & Seeds
Miracle-Gro AeroGarden Bounty with Gourmet Herb Seed Pod Kit - Grow fresh herbs, vegetables, salad greens, flowers and more. Fully interactive touch screen control panel tells you when to add water, reminds you when to add plant food, automatically turns lights on and off and provides timely tips and on-screen help functions.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"New to the whole aerogarden thing, spent a week reading all the reviews, looking at the specs and sizes of each of the units, watched a dozen or so you tube videos and decided that the bounty might be a good fit for our family. Went together in less than 5 minutes, seems like the construction is decent, telescoping aluminum pole for the light built much like a camera tripod. I purchased a pack of 9 salad greens pods because I want to grow mostly lettuce but included two basil pants and a dill plant in my first setup. The one Basil pod shows no life yet, but will give it till the end of its "germination" period which I think is 21 days before I loose hope and move onto something else. My 6 year old daughter runs over to the garden every morning and night after school to check on the plants, it is fun to see how quickly they grow! The photo I uploaded is from week 3 after I harvested a bag of lettuce and reduced the plants by almost half."
"For those reviewers that are disappointed about non-germinating pods, uneven water flow, etc, you need to contact AeroGrow. They have a marvelous website & great customer service & support. The outside strawberry plants grow a lot more leaves before blooming, but, hey, I don't know very much about hydroponics. Last update 01/18/16: Last night I looked at the AeroGrow website and they have now made a new seed starter tray for the Bounty aerogardens. It is mades of plastic (like the deck of the Bounty), you can sprout up to 50 seedlings for your summer gardens!"
"Starting at about day 21, I’ve been clipping back decent sized handfuls of basil, dill, and cilantro daily as the smaller plants catch up. The attached picture shows the garden after some pruning, but if I hadn’t been clipping them, the basil and dill would have completely overgrown the space by now."
"The freezer is full of herbs plus the live plants we chose to continue growing are doing well. Not only did the herbs grow but any plant within a 4 foot radius grew all winter long. Our Bounty unit is on a small TV tray table and anything below it benefits from the light."
Best Vegetable Plants & Seeds
-We provide full planting and seed harvesting instructions for each vegetable so you can continue to grow year after year. -Beware of cheap imitations. -One Survival Garden Pack contains enough vegetable seeds to plant over an acre of food! Green Bean Tendergreen Improved ≈ 20 seeds. 4. Zucchini Dark Green ≈ 25 seeds. 5. Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson ≈ 2280 seeds. 8. Winter Squash Jumbo Pink Banana ≈ 10 seeds. 18. Winter Squash Waltham Butternut ≈ 25 seeds. 30. USA Seeds Stored in Air Tight, Moisture Proof Resealable Bag for Safer, Long Term Storage.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Turnips, beats, zuchinni, radishes, cucumbers, winter squash, green beans, okra, and more."
"I do not care if i got 11,000 or 9,000+ seeds, but this kit includes all the necessary seeds you might need for starting your garden. We rent a small patch in community garden, so this is a great way to go, because i get more variety of produce than i would if i was buying all seed packets separately. There are also a few seeds of corn, which is perfect for my small garden, i don't need to many because of smaller space."
"We started the eggplant, bell peppers, tomatoes, and celery in a mini green house seed starting kit and everything is sprouting (we're still waiting on the bell peppers and the others have tiny sprouts you can't see well in the photos) the tomatoes are growing super fast!"
"The seed are of excellent quality and have about 100% germination rate for the seeds I have planted."
"There is a booklet enclosed that no only tells you how to plant the seeds, but also explains how to save and dry seeds from your vegetables."
"This was my second garden ever, and half of it, I did from seed (my first year was all store-bought plants)."
"I was skeptic about starting my first garden from seed, but within a couple days I had little buds sprouting."
"I am getting excellent germination!"
Best Grass Seed
Scotts Turf Builder Grass Seed Sun & Shade Mix is Scotts most versatile mix that stays green even in extreme conditions of dense shade or scorching sun. WaterSmart PLUS Coating absorbs more water, feeds with essential nutrients and protects seedlings from disease.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My lawn was mostly dead and any attempts to water would only sprout weeds. After 10 days, the first signs of grass started to appear."
"Grass has grown very good."
"Now in Oct we have full green grass but it takes a lot of care and in 100 degree heat it really took a beating but still looks and feels a lot better than the burnt fescue all around us."
"This is my all time favorite seed."
"Use this to re-do the front lawn, great looking grass in less than a month."
"I used this to reseed dead spot on my lawn."
"Used this with Scotts starter food for new grass and it worked very well."
"Waste of money."