Bonnie Plants Lavender Live Edible Aromatic Herb Plant - 4 Pack, 12 - 14 in. Tall Plant, Baking, Teas, Sugars, Jellies

I have received totally dead or dying lavender plants for three replacement shipments. Half of the first plants were dead in my initial order. The company has been replacing the plants without any hassle. But it seems to be wasted effort with these delicate lavender plants. I believe the unusually humid weather is responsible. Also, the extreme heat has increased bug activity. Out of 3 shipments of 4 plants, I only have one live plant left. The battle to keep that one alive is real. This is a rare occurrence for this company. I have ordered from them for years. The plants have always arrived in good shape in the past. Shipping live plants is risky. You have weather, shipping delays, and the time factor to work against. Yet, most plants from Bonnie Plants arrive healthy. I gave only one star, not because of the company, but the lavender specifically. They are not surviving shipping these days. Avoid the frustration and order hardier plants. Ones that can tolerate being too wet or dry for a short while, ones with larger, thicker leaves, and heat lovers will be best right now. Most plants from this company arrive lush, healthy, and beautiful. For the other times when weather or transport problems damage the plants, customer service is prompt and hassle-free. I highly recommend buying plants from this company.

I was surprised to see the clam shell covers on each plant. These mini greenhouses can be repurposed for new plants and protected the plants better than the plastic bags from other companies. The plants, themselves, look very healthy and smell very good. ( Lavender and Rosemary) The plants were a little shorter than I expected but appears very healthy. The Rosemary were bigger than I expected and again, look very healthy. Update: 2 out of 8 lavender plants are not doing well half the plant died off. They did not recover from shipping and died back. The remaining 6 are still a pretty green The Rosemary still looks great.

These brand of plants have excellent shipping containers and the other species of plants I had ordered came very intact and healthy. The lavender however all arrived dead. I tried to revive them with water and sun to no avail. Amazon did refund my order so at least there's that. but they were all shriveled up and floppy though they did smell good and had a bunch of little dead flower heads on them. this may just be a more delicate species and not ship well. the peppermints i got were spectacular. I do love the plastic clamshells they come in and the fact that the box is clearly labeled "live plants" and has air holes. Still ... if you're buying lavender, read the reviews. I wish i did

My first shipment of lavender was DOA. Fortunately there was a flyer in the box that said to contact Bonnie Plants and an email address if there was a problem with the plants. I contacted them, sent a pic of the dead lavender and the replacement plants arrived today. The scent when you open the box is pure heaven. The new plants are healthy and beautiful. The first shipment arrived late, through no fault of Bonnie Plants but a shipper problem-they sat in a hot warehouse over the weekend instead of being delivered as they should have been. If you can't find lavender locally, take a chance on having Bonnie Plants ship them to you. Each plant is shipped in its own little "green house" container that really does protect the plants. I've ordered lemon thyme and basil in addition to the lavender. The thyme and basil arrive in two days and are thriving, I am pretty sure the new lavender plants will as well. And you can't beat the scent of lavender....plus the flowers are gorgeous!

Ordered 12 plants total. 4 came in one carton, 8 in another. Opened the carton of 4 first and was very impressed with the packaging and quality/health of the plants. They even included a single use packet tube of Miracle Grow with the 4 plant pack. The carton of 8 was a different story. Of the 8, 6 looked dehydrated and half dead. The packaging was the same, but its obvious they were not healthy plants to begin with. I planted all 12 within an hour of receiving them. Have watered them religiously and the healthy 6 look fine, but the unhealthy 6 appear to have worsened and I am sure are going to die. You can't send these back or get a refund, it appears, so be aware you will likely only get, at best, half the number of good plants as you order. I'll also note that with the 8 plant pack, there was just 1 single use packet of Miracle Grow included. I suppose they knew we wouldn't need a second packet because more than half of that box were dying plants.

Second purchase of these lavender plants. The first was outstanding! Being so pleased with my purchase, I ordered again and had them shipped directly to my daughter that loves lavender as much as I do. What a miserable experience...the plants were wilted inside their nifty containers. I suggested she might try planting them, but alas they never recovered from the shipping process. Bonnie is usually a trustworthy brand, but like many things, not consistent! Ordering from them is a crap shoot! As I tell my kids..."Some days you step in it, some days you don't!" For the price, you'd think they'd stand behind their shipments.

So, the packaging was beautiful and they all came neat, my rating is mostly for that and the fact that 6 out of 8 that I ordered came in perfect condition, so far. After a day or being out 1 has completely died and another is fading. I’ve ordered mints from this company and they’re doing fantastic and so are the other 6 lavender plants. Don’t know what the issues is with them but something clearly was an issue prior to coming to me. See pictures.

I received my shipment on scheduled time and when the 4 plants arrived, they were in very poor shape. Within a day from nurturing these plants they completely died. I contacted customer service and the 6 things required is too much trouble. The claim they have no access to my order from Amazon (which I can't understand since they emailed me from my request for refund) a special note, I ordered many other plants same time from other vendors and everyone came packaged perfectly and in great shape. Bonnie's plants only one that was in bad shape.