plant shop – HaeunGarden

This was my 6th or 7th order from Patch Plants. I used to receive good quality of plants from patch so I kept using Patch.

On one of the past orders, I got ZZ plant (Zanzibar Gem), Calathea Orbifolia (Prayer Plant) and Phlebodium aureum(blue star fern). The ZZ plant was okay but the Prayer Plant had the worst quality out of all previous orders. (Swiss cheese plant is the worst one now though) Phlebodium aureum and Calathea Orbifolia had brown-ish leaves and there were weird marks on leaves. Also they looked vulnerable.

I thought that was a one-off lapse in quality so I bought another plant from Patch, expecting a nice quality of plant as before.

This is what I received from Patch. I couldn’t believe what I got. It’s Swiss cheese plant (Monstera adansonii) and it’s broken and withered. Also one leaf had torn. I don’t understand why they gave me this shitty looking plant. I’m trying to save this plant but I don’t think I can. It’s too vulnerable.

I sent this picture to Patch and they said a replacement plant was going to be delivered. They delivered a DIFFERENT plant to a DIFFERENT HOUSE. They never delivered to a different house before. It wasn’t even to my next door neighbours or my neighbourhood. So I couldn’t even pick it up. So in the end, they refunded money.

I’m not going to use Patch again.

Yesterday morning, I got an email from Patch saying that my order is on the way and will be delivered on Saturday, 27th of March! I didn’t expect the plants to come in this week because when I checked the order status a few days ago, the estimated delivery date changed from 6-8 days to 14-18 days (I ordered the plants last Saturday, 10th of March). So I gave up expecting it to be delivered soon. Anyway, It was too good to be true. I got an another email from Patch in the afternoon saying that there’s some problem at their packing facility in the Netherlands so they temporarily close the facility for a few days which meant there will be a delay in delivering. They said they couldn’t be certain how long the delay will be. I was so disappointed.

On Saturday morning, I was woken up by a door bell. Somehow it was Patch! So I was waiting for the delivery man to go because they do non-contact delivery. I wanted to open the door so quick but I waited. I didn’t want to make an awkward situation but he kept ringing the door bell so I opened the door, said hi and I got my plants!

Here are the additions to my family

This is Lucky Heart / Love Heart plant (Botanical name: Hoya kerri). It’s so small and so lovely!

I didn’t expect it to be this small. It was surprisingly small and cute. I changed the pot to a slightly bigger one so it can grow well.

This is Zanzibar Gem (Zz plant). I bought the 60-70 cm one. It’s the tallest plant in my house XD

This is Phlebodium Aureum. I’m in love with this plant. It’s beautiful.

This is Calathea Orbifolia (Prayer Plant). It’s unique and beautiful plant but I’m a bit disappointed with the quality of the plant. It’s my forth order form Patch and the plants I received today had the worst quality out of all previous orders. Phlebodium aureum and Calathea Orbifolia have brown-ish leaves and there are weird marks on leaves as you can see from the picture. Also It looks vulnerable.

Anyway, I will study these plants to grow them well. I don’t want to be a pro plant killer this time.

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I got a SHITTY plant from Patch Plants

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