Top garden plant and seed stores compared

Our top picks

1. GE1. Gardening Express UK: best for Gardening Express UK

   Online garden centre selling garden plants.

   • Markets: GB

   Pros

   • Wide plant choice from climbers and hedging to hanging basket picks
   • Outdoor pots, garden furniture and tools sit beside live plants
   • Beginner course and condition guides help you match plants to space
   • Year round interest and evergreen options support steady garden color

   Cons

   • Range centers on plants and garden goods, not full home stores
   • Service is built around online ordering within Britain

2. 2. PretAjardiner FR: best for PretAjardiner FR

   Online garden centre offering planting kits, seeds, bulbs, fruit trees and garden accessories.

   • Free delivery threshold: €60
   • Markets: FR

   Pros

   • Focus on planting kits and simple products for small space gardening
   • Wide plant range covering bulbs, seeds, fruit trees and perennials
   • Gift selections for holidays, housewarmings and family occasions
   • Guidance for hedges, terraces and pollinator friendly planting

   Cons

   • Online only format without in person nursery visits
   • Focus on compact and starter gardening rather than large landscaping projects

3. 3. Boma Garden Centre GB: best for Boma Garden Centre GB

   Independent garden centre in North London with an online shop offering plants and garden essentials.

   • Markets: GB

   Pros

   • Wide indoor foliage and tropical flowers alongside hardy shrubs, climbers and seasonal blooms
   • Handmade terracotta and glazed pots, planters, saucers plus compost, tools and irrigation
   • Bespoke container planting, planting schemes and full garden design with installation

   Cons

   • Single physical location in Kentish Town serving greater London surroundings
   • Delivery area centered on London M25 postcodes with defined city focus

4. 4. Terre Vivante: best for Terre Vivante

   Terre Vivante is an organic gardening and ecology publisher whose shop sells books, vegetable, herb and flower seeds, garden tools and accessories.

   • Markets: FR
   • Legal entity: Terre vivante, Scop SA à capital variable
   • Support channels: Phone

   Pros

   • Publishes practical books on organic gardening, permaculture and ecological habitat
   • Produces Les 4 Saisons magazine with seasonal potager and orchard guidance
   • Offers organic reproducible vegetable, herb and flower seeds
   • Provides planting calendars and garden dictionaries for seasonal timing

   Cons

   • Focus stays on organic gardening and ecological living rather than broader home themes
   • Emphasis on books and seasonal publishing asks for steady reading and learning

5. 5. Garden Goods Direct: best for Garden Goods Direct

   Garden Goods Direct is an online garden center and plant nursery where you can buy plants and trees online.

   • Markets: US

   Pros

   • Ships nursery plants straight from store to front door nationwide
   • Area matching search helps link trees and plants to growing area
   • Care guides explain watering, yellowing leaves and seasonal planting tasks
   • Selection spans perennials, grasses, houseplants, shrubs and screening hedges

   Cons

   • Online only service without a walk in nursery visit option
   • Focused assortment centered on plants, trees and garden planting

6. 6. Atlanta Palms: best for Atlanta Palms

   Palm tree and exotic tropical plant nursery in Dallas, Georgia, offering palm tree delivery and installation in the Atlanta area.

   • Markets: US

   Pros

   • Local nursery focused on cold hardy palms for Atlanta yards
   • Delivery and installation available around the Atlanta area
   • Tropical range for pools, patios, decks and backyards

   Cons

   • Focused almost entirely on palms and tropical plants
   • Service area centers on Atlanta and nearby towns

7. 7. Can Juanito: best for Can Juanito

   Professional plant nursery in Mallorca established in 1910, selling indoor and outdoor plants, olive trees and fruit trees online with shipping across Spain.

   • Markets: ES

   Pros

   • Grows indoor favorites like monsteras, calatheas and strelitzia for home use
   • Offers Mediterranean outdoor plants like bougainvillea, lavender and olive trees
   • Sells fruit trees like lemon, orange, fig and pomegranate adapted to Mallorca
   • Provides plant by plant advice plus in store pickup and Spain wide shipping

   Cons

   • Focuses only on plants and trees, without furniture or broader home ranges
   • Specializes in Mediterranean varieties, which limits options for cooler climates

8. 8. Leaf & Clay: best for Leaf & Clay

   Succulents, cacti and houseplants sold online, with free shipping on orders of $59 and up.

   • Markets: US

   Pros

   • Catalog holds hundreds of rare and collectible succulent and cactus varieties
   • Grouped variety and bulk packs support weddings, DIY projects and fuller displays
   • Care guides from A to Z plus a blog explain decorating and colorful types
   • Fast shipping supports delivery of live houseplants directly to homes

   Cons

   • Ordering stays online only without physical store browsing for plants
   • Focused catalog centers on succulents, cacti and houseplants alone

9. 9. SeedsNow: best for SeedsNow

   Online seed shop for organic non-GMO heirloom vegetable and fruit seeds, with grow guides, a monthly seed subscription box and fast US shipping.

   • Markets: US

   Pros

   • Sells heirloom organic non-GMO open-pollinated seeds for home growing
   • Offers themed vegetable herb flower and pollinator garden variety packs
   • Stocks seed banks with storage vaults plus soil pods and fertilizer
   • Runs a monthly seed subscription box for ongoing planting projects

   Cons

   • Sells online for US delivery only, without physical store locations
   • Centers on seeds and small growing supplies rather than full garden ranges

10. 10. Green Bubble: best for Green Bubble

    Green Bubble sells plants online fresh from the grower, together with matching pots, including self watering pots and plant and pot combinations, as well as artificial plants. It serves private and business customers.

    Pros

    • The site offers a WhatsApp Personal Plantshopper who can provide advice and photos of plants in the greenhouse.
    • The catalog spans indoor plants, artificial plants, outdoor plants and matching pots, with choices ranging from small houseplants to large specimens.