My advice is to stay away from this company!!! My wife and I bought 100 bare root Pine trees from this company, and every one of them died after planting, despite our best efforts. The trees were in poor condition upon arrival, with badly developed root systems. In addition, many of roots were "cut" from poor harvesting/digging up. The trees were stressed, dry, and about half of them had broken limbs.
Despite these issues, we planted them according to the instructions that Tammy had given to me over the phone. She said that survival rate for bare root trees was about 85% - but EVERY TREE DIED AFTER 3 WEEKS! We did an excellent job with planting, watering, fertilizing, etc. but all to no avail.
After seeing the result, I contacted TN Nursery, and spoke with Tammy. She said that they had an "insurance policy that takes care of situations like this", and that I should fax in a letter stating the problem, etc. I did so two days later, and asked for either a refund - or new trees.
and waited.
and waited.
Finally, 2 weeks later, I left a message, asking for a return call to discuss the problem.
and waited.
and waited.
NO RESPONSE!
I would encourage everyone that reads this to boycott TN Nursery - even a courtesy call or some kind of response would have been, at the least, good business practice.
These people seem to make a habit of ripping people off, and then shrugging their shoulders, as if to say, "buyer beware!"
Do NOT buy from this company, no matter how attractive their web presentation may appear.

What a dreadful experience. Ordered trees and called for the shipping cost they never even returned my calls, but charged my card and shipped then anyway. Package was delivered over the weekend with NO NOTICE! They have a 24 hour return policy so that clearly could not happen. I emailed, called and faxed them only to reive the most convoluted response via email. DO NOT PLACE AN ORDER WITH THESE PEOPLE! They would not take back the pathetic excuse for trees that they sent me. There is a reason for all the negative feedback. They just don't care!

What a disaster of a company. The owner of this company seems to have very limited knowledge of anything related to plants. She posts SPAM messages on other gardening sites and uses many names (like TyTy does) to keep her bad reputation from spreading. Some of the names they go by include D & T Wholesale Nursery, Fast Growing Trees, Quick Growing Trees, Tennessee Wholesale Nursery, TN Nursery, and Wetland Supplies. To top all this off, she tried to post a bunch of fake positive reviews for her own company (see Tennessee Wholesale Nursery reviews) but got caught!

Editor's Note: This review was originally posted to TN Nursery and moved at the request of the owner.

"On Jul 22, 2011 8:00 PM, TN Nursery responded with:

The co owner of this company has 45 years of knowledge about plants and she serves the Washington Monument,Kluge Estate,US Capitol,The Battery Conservancy and Discovery Channel so there's no hype when it comes to knowing this industry like she does.We never post obsenities on our site like some competition you've mentioned in your defammatory statement nor do we have a need for futher knowledge on plants because we've did this probably longer than you've been alive.And we've never posted anything fake nor "Got Caught" doing anything unlawful.We would like to meet with you personally and talk about this problem that make's you say things unjust.We do have your address from your order and we've sent you emails but you refuse to answer them.When there's false alligations like these,we have great concerns.
Dennis Sons

Posted on November 18, 2009, updated November 18, 2009
We ordered two species from TN nursery and only recieved one of those. The blueberries we recieved were shipped poorly and in poor condition. Too poor to be used in our installation so we promptly returned the plant material as per TN's posted return policy. I emailed the company, after them not answering the phone, and they emailed back that they would not refund our money because we didnt follow the return policy. (which we did completely) They had no response on our inquiry about the missing half of the order. We tried several times by phone and email to contact them further and never recieved a response. We are disputing the charge with our credit card company now. Also the charge showed up as Sons Logging and Nursery which is not one of their names i have seen before. Will not purchase from them again. Be warned! In my opinion they are a scam.

Our company has been in the native plant prodcution industry for 20+ years. We are experts in native plant production. We orderd Willow Live Stakes once from TN Nursery which we recieved, they were not high quality however acceptable. At that time we required a reciept from TN for financial purposes, it took weeks of calling and to finally get a reciept from them.

We made the mistake of going to them to order some bare root native plants for a shortage on a project. This time however they shipped us the wrong species, horribly packaged. We left several messages with whomever answered the phone and never was responded to, finally Lisa replied to an email inquiry, informing us they shipped us someone elses plants and they would immidiately send us replacements. To help them I emailed the photos of the correct species we had on hand.

This was fine, these things happen. However the replacements were shipped over a hot August weekend and the plants arrived again poorly packaged, and starting to rot. Again they were the incorrect species. We called and spoke with someone and also left a message stating that we need to return the matierials (per the instructions on the website). We also emailed them twice..no response. We kept calling and strangely our calls at that point kept getting disconnected before the answering machine would pick up. We eventually filed a credit card dispute, when that hit their bank account they fially called us. They rebuted our disputed claim with FORGED DOCUMENTS, they copied a signature off of our purchase order and pasted it to one of their documents. Unfortunately we had to use a lawyer to get our money returned. This company is very shady, do not be decieved by their huge selection on their website. They dont even know how to identify what they are selling. We are a very reputable business and make mistakes but buying from TN NURSERY, TENNESEE NURSERY or WHOLESALE NATIVE PLANTS is a mistake we will never make again!

Paid for large volume of bare root native shrubs. Company sent half of the order. They arrived as unrooted cuttings. 90 % of them were dead on arrival. I ordered bare root plants. The other half, according to TN Nurseries were quaranteened due to disease. I paid for my whole order in full as required by them. They still owe me the refund for the plants I paid for that they claim were diseased. It has been a year now and no refund. They will not return my calls. We have been seriously ripped off by this company and we are pursuing legal action against them. I would warn anyone from purchasing any amount of material from this company.

My expierence with the company was excellant! I got first hand service from the owner Ms Tammy . The Ferns I received from her was freshly dug and very generous in size.
I received shipments exactly as she told me they would arrive. Tammy was very helpful to me, I spoke with her everyday concerning the variety of Ferns I would like to purchase. She was very beneficial to me in being able to choose the proper selection for my customers. Never have I had anyone to take the time with me that she did and I will forever be a customer of TNNURSERY.
L. Sylvia Butler
Hostas @ Sissinghurst

As a small retail nursery in Montana, my profit grows and shrinks with price I pay for my wholesale nursery products. That's why I was happy to find out that TN Nursery's price guarantee isn't just words - it's something they live by. If I find a lower price somewhere else, I go straight to Tammy and she beats that price every time. To me, that shows a company that cares about their customers.

Note from the Garden Watchdog editors:

It doesn't matter how big your order is - TN Nursery treats you with respect. In the past, I've ordered large quantities, but with the current economic situation, I've found myself cutting back. Even though I'm not spending as much with them, TN still treats me the way they always have. When things get better, I WILL order as much as I used to.

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As a family-owned business, I understand how it is when customers aren't satisfied. I've had customers who bring a plant back for one reason or another and want MORE than they paid in return. Some people simply will never be happy, no matter what. Tammy knows this, and still does all she can to make people happy - including me. TN Nursery has always met my expectations for quality products.

When I order 250 Canadian Hemlocks, I don't have to worry about their condition when I get them, because I already know they'll be healthy and ready to sell to MY customers.

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Even with the exchange rate, I get the best trees and shrubs from across the border in Tennessee. Tammy and her nursery staff send me the best trees, which means they are ALL alive when I get them - which is more than I can say for some of my local nurseries.

My customers ask me all the time how it is that I have such great trees with vibrant colour. I tell them I have a 'top-secret' source for trees. But its really no secret, TN Nursery has the best trees.

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This nursery gave us everything we asked for: quality products, amazing service (before AND after our purchase). I highly recommend them for anybody who is qualified to buy wholesale trees and shrubs.

On the rare occasion that my order was off (I was missing three trees once) Tammy WILL fix the problem. She treats customers like family, and in return, I keep going back for trees.

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In the past, we would buy trees wholesale from several vendors each season - trying to get the best price price, service, etc. It would drive us crazy trying to match up the products we needed to the nursery that could offer the product at the lowest price.

We had used TN Nursery on a few occasions (we know them as TN Nursery, but we know they are D&T as well) and never had a problem with them, but never thought of using them as a single source for our products until one day we got screwed by a DIFFERENT wholesale nursery - 75% of our order arrived DOA. The nursery refused to do anything to rectify the situation.

We called TN/D&T out of frustration and Tammy and her team were ready to do anything it took to get us the replacement products we needed.

We had a new shipment in under two weeks and our business never missed a beat. We don't use the 'other' nursery anymore. In fact, we don't use ANY other nursery except TN Nursery/D & T.

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I started a small retail nursery business last year and needed a supplier for my trees, plants and bushes. D & T Nursery was recommended to me offline by another local nursery, so I gave D & T a try. From the day I faxed my request for a quote to them, I felt like the only customer they had. Tammy made time to get to know my business because I was very new at this (still am). She asked tons of questions and seemed to really care about any concerns I had.

Tammy made suggestions about products to buy and sell and I don't think I would have had a good first year in business if it weren't for her. She's not just a nice person, she's smart and, from my dealings at least, honest.

You'd be hard-pressed to find another wholesale nursery that can offer the price, selection and service that D & T did.

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We are a nursery in Oregon, with 20 years of plant experience; we are a qualified customer, based on D&T requirements.

We made a mail order/FAX purchase from Tenn Wholesale Nursery, or whatever they call themselves, with expedited shipping. D&T executed bait and switch, as well as failure to ship. They offered bare root plants on their website, but when they FAX'ed the confirmation, they had changed ALL plants to a larger, more expensive size. They turned a $400 order into a $2000 order, with the stoke of a pen. We immediately reduced the size of the order considerably, because the larger plants were represented to dividable. The order was made based on their representation that they would ship the material in time to meet our customer need. The material was not shipped, and repeated phone calls were neither answered, nor were messages returned. Eventually, after Christmas, we made contact, asking for the shipping tracking number, and agreeing to pay for over night shipping. One of the plant types arrived, but the size was not as represented. They refused to accept any more calls, and told me not to call again (to the 800 toll free number). Reading the fine print, a customer is permitted to return material within ONE DAY of receipt. We packed the material into the original box, and returned it via priority mail. It was eventually refused by D&T, and returned to us today, after about 3 weeks.

We began a credit card dispute, certifying the facts to credit card issuer. A credit for the entire purchase has been received from the charge card company. There has been no communication from D&T, or its aliases.

D&T said they were closed for a week, because of a flood due to heavy rain. We checked the weather for the subject week, and found that less than one inch of rain fell in that location during the entire week.

We will never place another order with Tennessee Wholesale Nursery, D&T, or other names used by this organization. Google the owners for other interesting information. I urge others to carefully review the business practices of these people before considering purchases.

i'm not sure what relationship "daves garden" has to tn. wholesale nursery....but...i'm an hosest business man for 30 years and have never been so violated (robbed and lied too) as i was when doing business with tn. wholesale nursery. from the beginning, i realized that they rarely answer the phones, lie about everything, and they never return calls. on 6/22/06 i paid for my order, in full. i was told to make the check payable to "tn nursery company". i sent almost $8000 for an order i never received. tammy sons lied about the delivery date, lied about loosing my order, lied about doing business with princeton nurseries in new jersey, and lied when she says that i requested my order to be "root dug" in a drought. the truth is that when they failed to deliver my order (three times) i asked for my money back. the next day i received a fax telling me that they had "root dug" a portion of my plants and therefore refuse to refund any of my money. if they did in fact root prune anything, which i doubt, they did it unilaterally and only AFTER I ASKED FOR MY MONEY BACK. further, if you check the weather conditions for the the month of july '06 you will see that there was a terrible drought....no one in their right mind would root prune or dig trees in a terrible drought and then ship from tennessee to new jersey. bottom line is that this company will take your money and not deliver the goods....they will lie to your face and do everything except what they promise. do youselves a favor and stay away from this company.

I own an all native plant nursery and have received several orders from D & T since 2004. In spring 2007 we decided that we could no longer 'afford' to do business with them. We have never received all of our order and most were marked incorrectly (all with common names and still wrong). In the past, we decided that the plants received (although not what we ordered) were still sellable and the plants we never got we wrote off as what we did get was so cheap it was justified. In 2007 we placed a substantial order, pre-paid and still to this date have not received all the items ordered. Our 1'-2' Redbuds were 6"-8" and we never received several hundred perennials that were paid for. That was more than I could 'justify'. Phone calls and faxes are not returned or replied to. I guess you get what you pay for!

I own and operate a Garden Center & Nursery in SE North Carolina. I would like to recommend D&T Nursery to any one needing great plants at reasonable prices. I placed several orders with them starting in Jan. 2007 consisting of several hundred plants each order. The plants were always fresh dug and in most cases larger than described on their web-site. The only problem I ever had was on one order of several hundred Dogwood trees I was shorted 50 trees. I called Tammy as soon as I found out, she said she was sorry, her employees probably made a mistake, and asked if everything else was OK. With-in 3 days I received 50 more trees. Call me if you have any questions.

W.Steve Burney 910-876-7200
Burneyfarms@embarqmail.com

We the Genesee Co. SWCD are relatively new customers of TN Nursery and there are few businesses in this day and age that run smoothly all the time! With all the new technology that we depend on today, to do much more than we could possibly do on our own, in the same amount of time, the technology fails us, just as people are not perfect. It is my responsibility to follow up with any important matters and I still need to physically speak to the people I do business with. Doing business with TN isn’t any different. Issues I’ve had with TN have been made right with no cost or loss to us. They have been very willing to correct any problems. People must remember that the customers are part of a businesses success and you must be willing to work with them. Unfortunately for any business, operation or agency they are only as good as the weakest member. I’ve seen many times when an employee can harm a name. TN has been willing to work with me and the quality of stock has been just fine! It takes effort on both sides. Too many times today with all the great communication devices we have available, people communicate less and expect more! My motto is, never assume all is alright! I believe TN Nursery is a very good quality business. Just do your part as the customer!

I have always received first class treatment from Tammy and her staff. Very good quality material and exceptional service. If there is a problem with any of the plants, they make up for it and more. I would highly recommend this wholesaler.

John Tonkin
Green-Up Santa Rosa
Milton, Florida

Tammy has helped my small nursery for 13 years decide what to promote and what sells best.She has wonderful plants,is very honest and she knows the nursery industry inside and out.I am in this industry and I buy from other folks diffrent items other than what she sells,and noone will give you better customer service than she does.A= on Tennessee Wholesale Nursery
Lisa Anderson
Anderson's Perennials
Tennessee

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I ordered over 500 trees and plants from Tennesee Wholesale Nursery in the fall of 2007 for the landscaping around our new church building. I could not be more happy with the quality of the trees and plants. Their customer service was great. I was able to talk to someone whenever I called with questions. They worked with me on a delivery date and the order arrived right on time. The price was the lowest I could find and saved our church thousands of dollars. I will definitely do business with this company again and also recommend them to anyone I know.

WE RECEIVED BLUEBERY PLANTS,FRUIT TREES AND OTHER ITEMS FROM TENNESSEE WHOLESALE NURSERY.TN NURSERY HAS EXCELLENT PRODUCTS,EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WE WILL NOT BUY FROM ANYONE ELSE.CALL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE QUALITY OR COMPETITION.
DAVE WALKER
BLUE HEAVEN FARMS
EAST TENNESSEE
731-307-7370

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The plant we purchased we nice and large sized.These folks have only treated us with good customer service and excellent wholesale prices.
R. Johnson
Exotic Perennial Gardens

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they used what I call bait and switch. They had 2" caliper flowering dogwoods on sale for 45.00. I ordered some trees and when I got the invoice, they said they were out of the sale trees and substituted the higher price trees. I happened to be talking to them at the same time. I will not be doing business with them at all.

Never buy anything from this company. I ordered 60 prairiefire crabapple trees that were supposed to be 6 to 8 feet tall with 1-inch diameter or greater trunks. What I got were trees less than half that size, of the wrong species, that were all dead. When I tried to complain the lady who answered the phone told me I was "a pain" and hung up on me. They refused to refund my money and won't even answer my phone calls or e-mails. I can't believe a company this bad can stay in business.

ATTENTION::: EVERYONE PLEASE READ: Buy from someone that receives a positive rating. This Company delays shipping. Have zero customer service. Will not allow returns no matter what (even tho problem was their fault). Charge your Credit Card immediately. Ship on their schedule even if it is 85 where you are. Zero packing in reused boxes which UPS crunch.
Take advice from a very experienced gardener buy from someone else.

I bought 900 blueberry plants from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery.
1. Most of them were dead(3 months were taken for delivery. The roots were already rotten when they arrived)
2. All varieties were mixed(No names on each box)
3. No Phytosanitary Certificate was found
(I myself contacted APHIS to ask for reissuance of the PC)
4. They were running 3 different websites where the prices were all different but Why...???
//www.tnnursery.net
//www.tennesseewholesalenursery.com
//www.dntnursery.com

Never buy any plants from them.
I would have never bought anything from this nursery if I have found this website before I bought.
Their service is zero.

I do not like to report negative experiences, but if this has happened to others, maybe it is best to get the word out. We were a first time customer. Before placing the orders, I was assured that they were a good company. And any complaints would be taken care of. They have a very nice website that states their concern for their products and customer satisfaction. So several orders were placed. The orders were either shorted or poor quality. Contacted the nursery mainly by E-mail, as calls were not returned. Received only periodic e-mail replies. I stopped trying to contact them. Don't know if it was ever resolved. It wouln't matter now, as an element of "trust" has been broken.

I HAVE ORDERED PLANTS FORM TENNESSEE WHOLESALE FOR 14 YEARS.THEY HAVE ALWAYS DONE ME RIGHT.GOOD QUALITY PLANTS TOO.

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We bought some plants from Tennessee Wholesale Nursery on ebay (ebay user id: tennesseewholesale_692). This nursery sent me some 12" sticks when I ordered "5-6 foot trees". I was sent a rude email when I contacted them to resolve the problem. I will not do business with them ever again!

My first order from M&T arrived seriously shorted. They did send me a replacement order, it it arrived during the hottest days of last June, poorly packaged, and all DOA. They refused to make my order whole. I have been told that this year, in order to save expenses, they let go their local help and hired less expensives latino workers. That's worse than exporting jobs overseas.