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Léon and George Review

About Léon and George

Léon and George Review

Léon and George delivers mature indoor plants to your home or office. Potted in hand-finished ceramic pots, the brand offers a selection of over 100 hardy varieties of vines, trees, and flowering foliage accompanied by weekly care reminders and lifetime support.

Valued for its customer service and tips that make even the most neglectful of plant parents a success, Léon and George has grown an Instagram following of over 40k budding plant parents. The brand has also been featured in buzz-worthy publications like Business Insider, Haute Living, and Good Housekeeping.

Ready to infuse some nature into your space? Ahead in this Léon and George review, you’ll read all about the brand and its top-selling plants, get answers to important FAQs, find out what customers think, and more, so that you can make a decision.

Overview of Léon and George

Léon and George Review

Humans and nature are two peas in a pod, or at least they used to be. Over the years, we’ve drifted further away from the natural world, favoring the digital for its fast pace and convenience.

Walking in nature tends to make us happier, and even just staring at something pretty, like a flower, can lift our moods instantly. But depending on where you live, you may not get to see much greenery each day—and that’s where indoor plants come in.

The thought of owning an indoor plant and the reality of it is quite different, being that they involve a special kind of care, adequate light, water, and a bit of your time—and not everyone has that to give.

Léon and George was founded in 2016 by Nicolas Bartoli and Ron Radu to help make owning and caring for an indoor plant doable. Shipping plants that are actually healthy and established to begin with, the San Francisco-based brand offers lifetime services to support you and ensure your plant is living its best life.

You’ll read all about those services in the sections that follow in this Léon and George review. Before we get there, have a peek at the brand’s highlights.

Highlights

  • 100+ plants available
  • 100% ceramic hand-finished pots
  • 3 types of pots to pick from in four colors
  • Secure packaging
  • Fast shipping
  • 45-day guarantee

The brand’s website has all of the house plants you’ve ever seen, oohed, and ahhed at, neatly categorized into height, light, and the benefits they can bring. Ahead, this Léon and George review will walk you through a selection of the brand’s leafy green house plants that’ll spruce up your space.

Léon and George Plants Review

Want a mature, good-looking fella to accent your space? Don’t we all. Here, we’re talking plants, but not the kind you’ll watch grow from the sprout only to witness them wither and keel over despite your every effort to show them love.

Léon and George does things a little differently than your average online plant shop. It ships only the best-looking, healthiest, and most vibrant greenery, proud cactuses, and charming blossoms.

Each plant comes with your choice of ceramic pot—Mid Century, Nouvelle, or Scandinavian—in white, coral, black, or grey with an optional wooden stand in light, dark, or black. Below, this Léon and George Plants review will introduce you to its best-selling beauties.

Léon and George Zanzibar Gem Review

Léon and George Zanzibar Gem Review
Léon and George Zanzibar Gem

Known as the ZZ plant, the Zanzibar Gem is long and feathery, with wispy stems that reach up towards the sky. A great choice for those new to plants, this hardy tropical perennial thrives in low-light spaces and doesn’t require a ton of care. Miss a watering? It’ll be just fine. 

When it arrives, your new plant will be 1 ½ ft tall, but expect it to keep growing. Keep this one above hip level if you have pets, as its attractive, waxy leaves could cause a bit of discomfort for your four-legged friend.

Add an exotic touch to your home with the Léon and George Zanzibar Gem for $150

Léon and George Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree Review

Léon and George Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree Review
Léon and George Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree

Large and leafy, your Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree will be 5 ½ – 6 ½ ft tall when it shows up at your door. A great piece for a bright spot in your home or office, it would be especially attractive in a building’s entryway or to spruce up a plain corner in your home.

With wide, shapely leaves, the fiddle leaf needs a little attention along with natural plant food to help it look its best. It’s recommended for the experienced grower due to its height.

On the plus side, you shouldn’t have an issue with pets, but just keep an eye out for climbing cats as its leaves may be an issue.

Bring life to a neutral home with the Léon and George Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree for $500.

Léon and George Snake Plant Laurantii Review

Léon and George Snake Plant Laurantii Review
Léon and George Snake Plant Laurantii

The Snake Plant Laurantii is kind of vicious-looking, its leaves look like winding snakes emerging from the soil. It’s a fierce addition to any living room space, adding a bit of seriousness to brightly colored furniture or accenting a geometric-inspired space.

Your Léon and George Snake Plant Laurantii will be 2 ½ – 3 ft tall, making it a good choice to put atop a low stool or simply on the floor. To make placement easier, it actually comes with a wooden stand to elevate it slightly off the floor if you’d rather go that route.

In addition to being super cool-looking and easy to care for, it purifies the air—a great option for city homes and beginner plant owners.

Spice up your space with this sharp-looker for $330. Be sure to keep it away from pets.

Léon and George Jade Pothos Review

Léon and George Jade Pothos Review
Léon and George Jade Pothos

You know that one spot on your bookshelf, the one that’s empty and in need of something green? The Jade Pothos is perfect for that. With waxy, flowing leaves, its foliage overflows and grows down like a vine making your romantic bookshelf dreams complete.

Your Jade Pothos will arrive 8” tall but expect it to keep growing until trimmed. Requiring very little care, this air purifying plant can handle a few missed waterings, but that doesn’t mean you can neglect it altogether!

Create the space you’ve always wanted with the Léon and George Jade Pothos for $80.

Léon and George Fishtail Palm Review

Léon and George Fishtail Palm Review
Léon and George Fishtail Palm

Plants can totally transform your home. This Fishtail Palm is delicate and airy, bringing a sense of freshness into indoor spaces. Its dangling leaves sway in the wind, adding life.

At the time of delivery, your palm will be 6-6 ½ ft tall, so make sure you have a suitable home for it as it will keep growing. It loves light and doesn’t need much attention, just be sure to keep pets away as its leaves can cause digestive issues.

Get the Léon and George Fishtail Palm for $550.

Léon and George Desert Cactus Review

Léon and George Desert Cactus Review
Léon and George Desert Cactus

If you love the whole desert theme, this one’s a real stunner. Protruding up 4-5 ft in the air, the Desert Cactus is a gorgeous accent for your living room. It’s a cactus, so it does have spikes—just keep that in mind if you have kids or pets, and while figuring out the best place to put it.

Also, this particular type can reach up to 20 ft in the wild when it’s got the space, so be prepared for growth if your house resembles something like the Sahara. If not, you don’t have too much to worry about.

Whether you’re a plant newbie or enthusiast, you probably know cacti are perhaps the easiest plants to care for—but don’t get us wrong, we have seen a couple dry up so much they’d blow away with a stiff breeze. You won’t need to water this one much, but it does like the sun.

Though it’s got spikes, the Léon and George Desert Cactus is generally safe for pets, once they figure out what it is, they tend to stay away. Pick it up for $600.

Léon and George Bird’s Nest Fern Review

Léon and George Bird’s Nest Fern Review
Léon and George Bird’s Nest Fern

Bird’s nests are so whimsical, with their messy splendor that signifies nature’s hard work. The Bird’s Nest Fern embodies that same romantic whimsy, with its dashing wavy green leaves that shoot out and droop outwards.

A lover of hot, humid spaces, your fern will come 1 ½ ft tall but can grow 2-3 feet per year, its leaves spilling over onto countertops or hanging low to the ground.

Great for those new to plants or households with pets, add the Léon and George Bird’s Nest Fern to your home for $140.

Who Is Léon and George For?

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Léon and George ship out attention grabbers—gorgeous, mature plants that command attention and bring life to a room. They’re a great choice for offices and homes, or really any space where you want to feel a little more connected to the earth.

Whether you work in an office, live in an apartment, loft, or three-story in the suburbs, Léon and George plants have an upscale vibe that brings a professional and polished look to your space.

What Makes Léon & George Different From Other Online Plant Shops?

Léon and George Desert Cactus Review

When dealing with plants, quality and support matter. When you’re an online company, service and shipping matter. Léon and George are different from other online plant shops because of all of the above.

During this Léon and George Review, we’ve come across other brands whose shipping is just not up to par, with steady reports of broken plants and late deliveries. They do all that they can, but shipping plants when they’re young is a risk as they’re far more delicate.

Léon and George’s plants are established, and the ones they carry aren’t super brittle. Its collection is filled with hardy genuses instead of spindly ones. The brand’s plants are hand-selected, sizable, and in their full glory—something other online plant companies don’t always deliver.

As for service and shipping, Léon and George uses custom-engineered, insulated packaging to ensure your plant doesn’t arrive damaged, but if it does, the company will replace it.

And finally, support. The brand gives its customers lifetime support on their plants. With the Plant Doctor service, you’ll be able to reach out and get the help you need at any time.

Léon and George Reviews: What Do Customers Think?

Léon and George Review

Plants are beautiful, but they’re also fragile. When shipping enters the equation it’s not uncommon for damage to occur. In this section of our Léon and George review, we’ve rounded up comments and ratings from around the web that shed some light on the quality of the brand’s plants and what they look like when they arrive.

To start things off right, you’ll find a few ratings for the company’s top-selling plants below to give you a general feel for how customers enjoy them.

  • Bird’s Nest Fern: 5/5 stars from 15 reviews
  • Desert Cactus XL: 5/5 stars from 6 reviews
  • Jade Pothos: 5/5 stars from 10 reviews
  • Snake Plant: 5/5 stars from 66 reviews
  • Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree: 5/5 stars from 53 reviews

You probably noticed that all of these plants are rated 5/5 stars which is a pretty good indication of their quality. We’ll be taking a closer look at the Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree because of its long and skinny base that’s a big risk for shipping.

Take a look at what one buyer said in their Léon and George review: “Came super quickly and was in perfect condition, not a broken leaf. Looks just as the picture shows and is a very healthy plant.

We know that the brand has super secure packaging, but for not even a leaf to break is really saying something. Next, we headed over to a Léon and George review page on Yelp. 103 plant shoppers gave the brand a 4.5/5 star rating and we found one comment that went into depth about what its Snake Plant looked like on arrival.

It read, “looks absolutely great, being much nicer and larger than I expected…It’s obvious a lot of care goes into growing these plants, much better quality than you’ll get at [Home Depot].”

Léon and George Review

Buying plants online is iffy. Because they grow so differently, it’s hard to tell what yours will look like when it arrives. Léon and George puts a lot of effort into selecting great-looking plants and it definitely shows in the feedback.

Because there’s not a ton of independent reviews outside of big media outlets, we decided to include one more comment from Yelp that spoke about the brand’s customer service.

After receiving a plant whose pot had broken in transit, their story went like this: “I emailed Léon & George & she responded quickly. To every single one of my emails.  Between checking on my order to reordering my pot, she was on top of it!!

If you’re going to offer support services, it’s kind of a non-negotiable that they be readily available and helpful. And that’s just one of the reasons why so many people love this brand.

From what we’ve found in our digging, Léon and George is a highly praised brand trusted for its quality. The brand promises support, and that’s exactly how people feel if anything goes wrong with their order—they’re not left waiting for a reply or stuck with a damaged plant they can’t get a replacement for.

Is Léon and George Worth It?

Léon and George Review

We’ll just say it outright, Léon and George plants aren’t cheap. But it’s not often that mature plants are, especially when you buy them in a ceramic planter. We believe the brand’s plants are worth it because of what you get along with them, like the planter, the 45-day guarantee, and lifetime support.

But more than anything, what we’ve found in this Léon and George review is that the brand works with you and is there for you. If your plant looks a little brown, its team will help you. If you need some tips or suggestions, the brand has your back, and if anything arrives damaged, it’ll be replaced.

Léon and George Promotions & Discounts

Léon and George Review

No Léon and George review would be complete without filling you in on promotions, and so we combed the brand’s website for any deals we could find. It looks like it offers something called Club Vert, a secret spot where plant lovers gather to receive the latest news on promotions and discounts.

Where to Buy Léon and George

Léon and George Review

Léon and George plants are grown in their warehouse, potted, then shipped to you—so the only place you can get them is right from LéonandGeorge.com.

FAQ

Léon and George Review

Who are Léon and George doctors?

They’re trained and certified botanists and horticulturists who know their way around a greenhouse. Send one of them a message and within 48 hours they’ll be back to you with tips on how to get your plant back into tip-top shape.

Does Léon and George offer a guarantee?

Yes, it does! The brand’s 45-day guarantee promises that if your plant dies within the first 45 days of your care, it’ll replace it.

If you notice anything off about your plant within this time, email a Plant Doctor at plantdoctor@Léonandgeorge.com and include some photos of the affected part. If your plant needs replacing, the brand will send it out to you with just a $10 delivery fee.

Can I send a plant as a gift? How does that work?

Plants are amazing gifts. During our research for this Léon and George review, we found that to send a gift, all you need to do is enter the address of the person you wish to send it to. Then, enter a gift message and shipping date at checkout.

What’s included with each plant set?

Along with your gorgeous leafy beauty or tall and straight twiggy delight, you’ll get a 100% ceramic pot, homemade wood stand, and a moisture meter that alerts you when your plant needs water. On top of that, you’ll have lifetime access to the brand’s plant doctors for help.

What is Léon and George’s Shipping Policy?

Léon and George ship to all 50 states. Orders take about 3-5 business days to get out of the door and an additional 2-5 business days to ship.

Those living in California have the option of choosing White Glove Delivery. All other deliveries will be sent with standard ground shipping. Fees are as follows:

  • Standard: $9
  • White Glove: $40-$150

You may find that certain plants, like those that are super tall and straight, can only be shipped with White Glove service as they’re more likely to break during transport.

What is Léon and George’s Return Policy?

Léon and George plants are perishable (hopefully not for a very long time) and cannot be returned. We did find though that the brand makes exceptions on a case-by-case basis for large and XL products delivered with White Glove service in San-Fran and LA.

Those particular products must be picked up by the delivery service within 7 days from delivery and are returnable for store credit only. To inquire about a return for large or XL items, create an email to hello@Léonandgeorge.com and include the following:

  1. Your order number
  2. Your name
  3. Images of the plant

For all non-perishable items, you have 5 days to start the return process from the time they’re delivered. To make a return, you’ll email the same address and the return process will go like this:

  1. You’ll get a return email confirmation
  2. Package your items up securely
  3. Drop them off at the nearest shipper
  4. Remember to get a tracking number

Return items must be in their original condition with the original packaging. Once you drop off your item and get a tracking number, email that number to hello@léonandgeorge.com.

Once your item(s) make it back to Léon and George, allow 10-15 days for processing. When they’re processed, you’ll receive your refund minus a 15% restocking fee.

How to Contact Léon and George

Léon and George Review

If you need any other information that this Léon and George review didn’t include, the brand’s customer service hours are Monday through Friday, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm PT.

You can reach the brand by using any of the contact methods below:


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