Payment, Delivery & Returns

Delivery Charges

We aim to despatch your order within two to three days of receiving it and to have your plants with you within 24 hours of despatch. Orders from outlying areas of the UK  will take longer but we aim for 48 - 72 hours. Parcels are sent by a specialist parcel carrier with ‘next day’ service. You will receive an email when your plants have been dispatched with a tracking code allowing you to follow your order through the delivery system. Should you be away from home on the day of delivery you could let us know of your safe place to leave the parcel and we will include this on the postage label.

Our UK delivery charges are as follows:

£9.50: UK mainland (see below for postcode exceptions)

Unavailable: Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

Delivery surcharge by postcode (one surcharge per order)

£8.00: Scottish Mainland - AB37-38, AB41-56, IV1-20, IV25, IV30-37, IV63, KW1-3, KW6-10, KW14, PH15-26, PA21-35, PA37-39, PH33, PH49

£13.00: Scottish Offshore - HS1-9, IV41-56, KA27-28, KW15-17, PA20, PA41-49, PA62-76, PH42-44, ZE1-3

We can not deliver to other European countries including the Republic of Ireland. 

No deliveries will be made on Bank or National Holidays and there may be a delayed service if we are on holiday. 

We are very conscious that the cost of carriage is becoming expensive and we try to keep the price down as much as possible by using lightweight packing materials. Plants are packed using recyclable materials.To save money why not combine orders with a friend or neighbour and share the delivery cost with them?

Be sure to unpack your plants as soon as possible (and within 48 hours of arrival). Place them in a light position outside and water well until you are ready to plant them out.

If you have any questions please email us at hello@borderalpines.co.uk or call us on 01409 253654.

When ordering please be aware that at certain times of the year it may be necessary to cut back plants in order to keep down our carriage charges for our customers. This will not harm the plant and will not affect its chances of growth. Please contact us if you have any questions about this.

Pot sizes

All our plants are supplied in 7cm pots unless otherwise stated in individual plant descriptions.

Payment Options

Our preferred form of payment is via secure online payment gateway, PayPal, which you will be automatically transferred to when ordering with us online. You do not need a PayPal account to order in this way, and are not required to create one. Simply choose the grey 'Pay with Debit or Credit Card' button on the first page of PayPal. PayPal accepts most debit and credit cards. However, if you have any problems paying via PayPal, or would prefer to purchase our plants by other means, we also accept telephone orders with payment by cheque or by BACS. Please email us or telephone us (01409 253654) for more details. 

Returns

We take every care to pack your plants to ensure they arrive with you in excellent condition and every plant should be fine in the packaging for up to 48 hours after delivery. Plants are living things – they need light and water to survive and it is important you unpack them as soon as possible.

If for any reason you are unhappy with your order, you can return any products or plants you're not happy with within 28 days of receiving them, provided you have contacted us within 7 days of receipt. If you have any queries about your order, please email us hello@borderalpines.co.uk or call us on 01409 253654. If you have questions or complaints about a specific plant, please attach an image of the plant to help us identify it.

Border Alpines will not pay the carriage costs of returned plants.

Until we receive the goods you are returning, they are your responsibility. For your protection and peace of mind, we recommend you use a recorded delivery service to return products or plants to us.

To get a full refund, simply tell us you would like to return the order, return the item to us in its original condition, in its original packaging within 28 days of informing us.

Plant Passport 

 We would like to inform all our customers  that our plant passport Number is

UK 123335