Comments on: Giant Milkweed

By: Verified Buyer

Verified Buyer — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:48:59 +0000

My plant came in looking beautiful and very healthy and doing great till now I think I will still buy more from you

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:54:35 +0000

Arrived VERY well packed! Plants were healthy and not stressed at all. No shock noted, I left them potted for the first week. They have noticeably grown in the week since received. Smaller than I expected, but I think that’s just me. Very happy with the health and vitality, no regrets.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:48:50 +0000

Plant looks just as pictured, big and healthy!

By: Donald G.

Donald G. — Wed, 10 May 2023 01:11:45 +0000

Arrived in perfect condition.

By: Hillary

Hillary — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:24:41 +0000

In reply to Kathreen B.. We are so sorry to hear this. As fellow nature lovers we legitimately feel and understand your pain. Giant milkweeds are one of the plants which are grown for us by one of our network growers. We always recommend to them to spray as infrequently as possible but they do have to spray to keep bugs at bay. By the time these plants come to our nursery we try to hold them as long as possible in order to let the treatments wear off but it's not a certainty that all plants shipped will be fully clear of treatments. We've recently updated our website to recommend customers holding plants a few weeks before introducing caterpillars. Although we could never fix what has happened, we will put our best foot forward to work with you to make amends.

By: Kathreen B.

Kathreen B. — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 02:56:29 +0000

I am torn about my review. I ordered 4 plants, and the plants themselves came healthy and large. I was very excited because I had 80 caterpillars (yes 80) that were desperately running out of food and I couldn’t find any common milkweed at my local plant nurseries. I started to slowly transfer them over to the giant milkweed and found after one day they were doing well. After two days, I started losing cats – they would vomit green or have runny green diarrhea. Many stopped eating, and some of them, I could see would fall and curl and roll around on the ground, seemingly ‘in pain’ before passing. Many would slow down after eating the milkweed – literally walking at 1/5 of the normal speed. I raise my cats in a screened enclosure so they have no predators, no parasitic flies, etc. There is no pesticides used in our gardens. I lost over 50 cats that died after eating the giant milkweed, and another 10 that couldn’t successfully make their cocoon. About 15-20 made cocoons – we shall see in two weeks if they did so successfully. My normal success rate in raising cats is 90% will make cocoons and of those, 9/10 are healthy monarchs. This milkweed was purchased for the sole purchase of feeding my cats and I gave it 2 stars because the plants were seemingly healthy when they arrived, but I cannot in good conscience give more stars after this milkweed was responsible for killing my largest generation to date.

By: Harold John Klawitter

Harold John Klawitter — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 11:37:44 +0000

I was appreciative of Plantvine using forecast data in my area to postpone shipment. That’s a great business practice.

By: helga skinner

helga skinner — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 02:55:40 +0000

I loved the plant, it came with actual open blossom and three buds, but the trip was to much and they did fall off. I got good photos of the one open. the leaves have spots on them and I searched for possible little caterpillers but no. All looks good, several leaves have tears, small ones but everything so far seems ok. spots worry me. I hesitated to transplant it so its still in the same container but all wrapping is off.

By: Suzanne M.

Suzanne M. — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 00:14:10 +0000

My plant arrived fresh, happy, and in excellent condition. I am an avid Butterfly gardener and PlantVine is my go-to nursery. They really care.

By: Susan Perry

Susan Perry — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:09:42 +0000

It arrived in perfect condition