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

UPDATE: I contacted the seller with pictures and they immediately replaced the dead plants. The customer service was excellent and the new plants are really healthy! The rosemary plants I ordered at the same time look fine and seem to be in excellent shape, but the lavender is wilted and dried out. I tried watering them and giving them some outside time, but I think the delay in delivery (probably in a hot truck) pretty much killed them. The other plants I ordered are in good shape.

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 ordered 4 types of plants from Bonnie Plants at the same time and had excellent results with thyme, jalapanos, and sweet mint. The Lavender, however, was delivered 5 days after the other herbs I ordered, and were completely wilted on arival. I tried planting them anyway and watering to see if they could bounce back, but they are definitely dead. Very disapointing. The plants also looked like they were pretty pathetic even if they hadn't taken so much longer in the mail and weren't of the same quality as the other stuff I ordered. The shipping taking longer may have been an issue as well, but either way this was not good value. Basically threw away money on the lavendar.