Finding Inexpensive Sansevieria trifasciata

kwie2011

9 years ago

Anyone know any online sources for Sans with reasonable prices and shipping? Or anyone with excess to sell? I'm looking for some specific and fairly common S. trifasciata cultivars: 'Whitney,' 'Bantel's Sensation,' 'Laurentii,' and 'Futura.' I'd also like one of the tall silver cultivars, and a dark S. hahnii with little or no yellow.

I've found good prices from some online nurseries, but they always get you with shipping charges or minimum orders. I also check Amazon, eBay, and Etsy regularly. Is there no auction site for plants? There aught to be.

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Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
9 years ago
I might have some this spring. I got them all tucked away now. I have some extra Bantel's Sensation. Some on the Sans Forum just gave away her out side collection. She plants in spring and gives away extra come fall. Check the site.
Stush
lzrddr
9 years ago
Bob Smoley has a lot of Sansevierias for fairly cheap and fairly bigÃ¢ÂÂ¦ Aridlands.com has a nice variety as well
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woodnative
9 years ago
Yes check back here and/or maybe offer some trades. I just thinned out my plants and sent extras out to a couple members on this board. Good folks here are usually happy to share!
kwie2011
Original Author
9 years ago
Oh, Stush! I'm so sorry I missed the giveaway. I haven't been to the Sans forum the last few weeks. Bummer. I'll check it out. Thanks much.

Hey Doc, I love Bob Smoley's selection and prices, but they get me with the minimum order and shipping charges, which double the cost. They'd be great if I had $100 to spend on plants, but I can only afford a small order. :-( They really have some nice varieties, don't they? I browse their site just to torture myself.
kwie2011
Original Author
9 years ago
Hi Woodnative. We must've been posting at the same time.

So sad I hadn't been checking the Sans forum lately. I'm just getting my plant collection going again, so I don't have much for trade. I've posted several times on the trade page, but it seems not many people want green spider pups (the only thing I'm really swimming in). I do have a few Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkopf' cuttings, some young Beaucarnea recurvata, and possibly a few other cuttings now, so maybe I'll have better luck.

Thanks!

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