Buying plants online however has inherent risks. You can’t see or touch the plant you’re going to receive like you would in a traditional garden centre. Nor can you have much control over how the plant will be packaged to prevent damage during transit, or how the impact of the journey will affect the plant.
To support small businesses we tend to buy most of our house plants on Etsy, and thought it would be useful to share some of the best Etsy houseplant shops that we’ve found during our shopping trips.
Factors that make a special Etsy houseplant store include:
- A demonstrated knowledge of houseplants
- A varied plant selection
- Plants organised into helpfully named categories
- Proven good customer service
- Experience on the Etsy platform
We’ve tried to spread the geographic range of shops on this list in the knowledge that the less time plants spend tucked away in a stuffy, dark, sealed box the better condition they’ll be when arriving on your doorstep.
To be sure that our recommendations held up we also ordered a few new plants for ourselves.
This guide offers some recommendations on the best Etsy plant shops. If you want to learn about the rarest and most unusual houseplants sold on Etsy check out our full guide here.