Primrose Tin Planter (Delivery from 15th February 2022)

Sent this to my daughter in law for her birthday. She sent a photo of it and it’s exactly as promised. Lovely and fresh. Great gift and longer lasting than fresh flowers.

Good selection of plants with bright colours to cheer up the winter months

Beautiful selection of plants and presented well. Looks lovely in my garden with a splash of colour

This was bought as an anniversary present for my husband. I was very disappointed. Like Elasticplastic in a previous review, when opened the plants were badly packed and the whole thing in a sorry state. The Elwoodii was lopsided and, on inspection, it came out of the pot - didn't seem to have been packed in at all. One of the cyclamen was damaged and the viola seemed to have been squashed beneath. A fair amount of the soil seemed to have fallen into the container. We have repotted, and hope the plant will survive. Cannot recommend.

Well worth the money and the free delivery is a bonus. I have bought this item 3 times as presents and everyone has loved it.

My friends 80th birthday not knowing what to get her, I remembered that she loves her garden, so I went on M&S website and found the exact gift, the barrel which contained winter flowers. The following day they were delivered and I received a phone call from my friend to say it was a lovely surprise and a big thank you. Thank you M&S

This item arrived unfinished (see photos) The cyclamen was planted and in flower as was the very small cineraria. The Ellwoodii was lying on top of the soil, unplanted. As I moved the soil to plant the Ellwoodii, I discovered the pansy plant, with one dead flower, upside down in the soil. There was no Hedera (ivy) present. This was a gift following a bereavement. Obviously we thanked the sender but would never let them know the poor state of their gift. I assume we are not the only ones in this situation so M&S could be getting away with this on a grand scale! Very disappointed!

Rather than send flowers we thought we would send something that lasted longer for a moving house gift, friend said the plants were fresh and pretty and barrel was of good quality. Loved it was her response.

This barrel is cheerful, does not need much maintenance and is ideal when you need to tell someone who is going through life’s rough stuff that you are thinking of them.

Very nice display of flowers and foliage

I have seen this now on my daughter's porch It is pretty I am very pleased with it Would recommend

Assumed this would have been 'hardened off' as intended for outside. But cyclamen died already and cineraria heading that way. Barrel raised up on feet so drainage not an issue. Just not preped by grower for winter weather . . . Should not be sold in Winter if not suitable for winter weather! Very disappointed as it was lovely when it arrived.

I have purchased several of your Flowering Barrels ,I have been overjoyed by all of them .This one is no exception Beautiful on our Balcony .Thy last a long time as well Well done Marksandspencer

Order handling and delivery good. But... Didn't look very fresh; no Ivy, the two flowering/colourful plants were completely hidden by two huge cinnereri. This is a gift for a friend who needs some cheery colour, so a trip to a garden centre and I will add an ivy, remove the cinnereria and replace with something smaller and neater, and another coourful bloomer. Next time, I will make my own planter.