•📜 LIVE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED 📜•

🔥 Heat Packs + Insulation + Winter Packing 🔥
📦🚀🌺 ALWAYS FREE with Bombotany 🌺🐝📦

 

Bottom Line: Arrival 2-10 business days depending on distance, weather, and day of the week the order is placed.

 

🚚 Standard Shipping ☀️ (1-5 days transit)

Best during warm weather, as well as destinations in the continental Southeast nearly year-round.

 

✈️ Expedited/Priority ❄️ (1-3 days transit)

Best for wintertime destinations under 42°F, as well as AK, HI, or remote country that might experience unusually long travel time.

 

Reach out for overnight & 2nd day quotes.

 

Lead Time: 1-5 business days.

Lead time varies depending on current order volume and is heavily dependent on postal carriers' weekly delivery schedules (we may delay to try and avoid weekends, snow, cold fronts, etc). Don't let us lose your business over lead time though!

 

✔️ LIVE ARRIVAL IS GUARANTEED with ALL ORDERS, year-round ✔️

We will not settle for less! So put that one ⭐ back in your pocket and reach out to Grant if you have any concerns with your order!

 

💰 All orders are tracked and insured.


Bombotany is a premier tropical plant boutique. As professional curators, we're really, REALLY dedicated to delivering the highest quality plants possible. More to the point, we're a company run by real people (just Grant and Laura). We stick by our "white glove" service and artisan products. We use sophisticated insulation methods, heat packs that last up to 5 days, and rely on our shared wealth of experience.

Earning buyer trust and building real, long lasting friendships with our customers is a genuine priority!

 

Customers on Etsy can’t stop raving about our attention to packing detail!

 

♻️ We offset carbon emissions from all our commercial activity.

 

@Bombotany on Instagram 🌸 Giveaways, exclusive sales, early inventory updates, and behind-the-scenes in the life of a couple of horticulture nerds.

FAQs

What if my plants or items are damaged?

📷 Reach out within 72 hours with photos of the items and box. Providing prompt evidence of damage is imperative. Beyond 72 hours there's no way to verify liability for damage done - whether from Bombotany/the recipient/a third party carrier.

💳 We're happy to help facilitate damage claims with third party carriers. In most cases we're able to resolve disputes relating to mechanical/physical damage in your favor. Damage from hot/cold temperatures will not be covered by third party carriers, but we will always work with you to the best of our ability to make sure you're happy with your order.

🌱 By modifying plants, pots or potting media customers accept responsibility for a plant's welfare and void future possible refund/replacement.

Shipping options? Overnight?

Carrier/service level is at our discretion and subject to change based on many variables that we prefer to handle on your behalf. We adapt to changes, but generally stick to USPS and UPS.

🚚 Standard Shipping ☀️ typically arrives in 1-5 business days, almost always 3 biz days or fewer if you're east of (or near) the Mississippi River and in a populated area.

🔥 If you want to be absolutely sure your plant will brave the journey unscathed, upgrade to "✈️ Expedited/Priority ❄️" during checkout. This 1-3 business day service is also great for West Coast destinations, or other remote areas where potential delays could leave your plant sitting in a hot/cold warehouse over the weekend.

We bump expedited postage orders to the front of our queue whenever possible, but the standard 1-5 business day lead time does still apply.

Expedited postage may not be available to HI, AK and US territories; please reach out before ordering.

🏷️ We've partnered with multiple carriers to offer fast delivery at affordable rates. If our default options don't work for you, feel free to reach out for a 1 or 2 day postage quote. Even with our steep commercial discounts, expect quotes in the $30 range per plant.

Do you combine separate orders?

📦 Yes! If you place multiple orders to the same address, we will most likely combine all pending orders into one package. We do sometimes send multiple piece shipments depending on the quantity, size, and weight of ordered items.

Do you guarantee flower spikes/buds/blooms?

🌸 We ship using fast methods and strong boxes, pad and insulate packages, and include up to 5-day heat packs at no extra cost to you. We're professional plant-packers with a 98% success rate (just check out our raving reviews), but given the nature of live plants and third party carrier shipping, we CAN NOT GUARANTEE that any flower(s) or spike(s) will arrive intact. You CAN be sure you'll receive a live, happy, healthy, collectible plant - we guarantee it.

📝 Mechanical breakage during transit falls under the scope of third party carrier liability. We will gladly help you through the damage claims process if the box has been mishandled - see "What if my plants or items are damaged?" above.

Tracking says delivered, but I haven't received my package?

🕵️‍♂️ In the event of package theft, we'll gladly help facilitate investigations and claims with the carrier, but if they deem the package was delivered correctly, there's nothing we can do. Avoid porch piracy by asking us to hold your order for pickup at a nearby location - we'll pay for the service at no extra cost to you.

What is Hold for Pickup?

Most parcel carriers can hold an incoming order for pickup at a local office or partner store (usually less than 15 minutes away from you). This is typically a paid service, but we're truly dedicated to taking care of all cold-weather shipping logistics on your behalf so *we will foot the bill*. The majority of weather damage occurs in the last few miles of transit on the delivery truck or on your front porch shortly after delivery. Hold for Pickup radically reduces the chance that plants will be damaged by weather during transit when temps are below 40°F or above 100°F. Package theft occurs after the seller and carrier have been released of liability - holding packages eliminates that possibility. Just send us a note with your order!

How accurate are your arrival estimates?

The short answer is VERY, BUT... We occasionally delay shipment in order to avoid extreme weather, known carrier logistical hold-ups, and transit over the weekend. If this happens, we'll ship with faster than advertised postage *and, if your order will still arrive by the end of the advertised delivery window, we will NOT notify you*. Shipping live plants in a temperate climate is a dynamic process, and we use our professional discretion when deciding on transit method/ship date. For these reasons, the total lead+transit time arrival window is generally accurate.

UPS Ground - UPS Generated Map

Typical free postage transit time

*excludes lead time

*we use an alternative if transit is ~5 days or more (looking at you, Rocky Mountain residents)

Secure Packaging

Our two rigor tests

1

The Upside Down Test

Your plant will be swaddled like a baby burrito in the coziest, crinkliest layers of high tech upcycled finery (Mom's shredded junk mail). Every last nook and cranny of the box will be stuffed tighter than a squirrel’s winter stash, ensuring your leafy friend can do somersaults, cartwheels, and interpretive dance routines in transit—without a single stem out of place.

2

The Drop-Kick Test

Trained expert stunt plants were enlisted for rigorous testing. Our state of the art facilities were put to the test. We may or may not have punted a few of our own plants across the back yard. THE POINT IS your package is prepared to weather any contact sports our beloved parcel carriers might play with them.