Comments regarding Four Seasons Nursery

I have never in all my years in ordering plants thru the mail. Have never received such sick or dead plants.
Til I order them thru this company.
I have gotten them with mold on them.
Won't order from them again.
And good luck if they get your name wrong.
I have had my plants go the wrong address twice.
Have called and sent letters to the company about the problem.
Still don't have my name right.
And trying to get replacement plants.
Like pulling teeth.

I have ordered several times from this company. It is the place you order to get cheap stuff, but don't set your hearts on it for your primary plant company. If you want a prizewinning apple tree, order from Jung, Fedco Trees, or One Green World. But if you already have your main plants established and want to experiment with new varieties without a huge financial investment, go to Four Seasons.

Four Seasons offers smaller plants than the three companies above, and I haven't decided whether this is because they sell them at an earlier age, or whether this company is a "plant outlet" for undersized plants or plants that have been refrigerated too long in other companies' holding units. Not sure, and it doesn't really matter.

I have had an overall positive experience with this company. Provided you save your shipping labels for replacements, they have always been very accommodating and have replaced any dead plants. About 1/5 of my plants, on average, have died or not grown. I prefer not to wait an entire year to "see if they are alive". I can tell when a tree is alive, even when it's dormant. Whenever I'm a tad uncertain, which is rare, my trick is this: make a tiny nick on the bark with your thumbnail, near the base of the trunk. If the tree is alive, there should be greenwood underneath, and the texture underneath should be soft and pliable. You just have to be careful to only make a tiny (2mm) nick, so as not to damage the tree.

Four Seasons is able to send cheap plants because they cut costs. They will not package each plant individually or wrap them in peat moss or damp newspaper, like other companies. They do not ship in boxes. They stick all your plants in a big plastic mailing bag with about a cup of water in the bottom to keep the roots hydrated. The only bad experience I have had with this method of packaging (with sister company Burgess, not with Four Seasons) is when I ordered potatoe cuttings, which got included in the same bag. The water got all over the potatoes and they molded. Although I have not ordered potatoes from Four Seasons, my advice is: order potatoes and roots on a separate order from trees. Doing this, I have never had issue with moldy products.

Regarding the previous comment about shipping during frost season: I agree with the customer rep. It is standard gardening wisdom to "heel in" dormant trees if the ground is too cold to plant. It is also common practice to hold plants inside the house if it is too cold outside. Four Seasons cannot control or psychicly intuit what type of house you live in. I recently bought tomato plants at a local Wal-Mart, and we had snow the following week. I kept them indoors, of course!

A couple times I have had a plant not bear fruit. My cherry bush and my banana tree never did bear fruit, even though they grew vigorously. Since the plants grew branches and foliage just fine, I assume this was some cultivation error on my part.

Overall I am happy with my plants from this company. You can get bigger plants from another company, with better packaging, if you're willing to pay double or quadruple the price. So I do not advise using this company as your resource for that one cherry tree that you have room for in your tiny yard. It is, however, a good resource for supplemental plants that you aren't totally invested in.

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!! This is not a typical occurrence. Did the customer service rep. just happen to not notice the other 248 negative reviews? Not to mention the hundreds and hundreds of negative reviews from all their affiliated companies. Wow, they must think we are all really stupid. Also, what good does it do to point out their one year guarantee if they send the same crap the second time as they did the first.

Posted on April 20, 2013, updated May 2, 2013
I've ordered twice from this company mostly because their prices were the lowest. A lot of my bulbs, trees, and plants had mold on them. Bulbs were soft and rotten. Almost all of my last order did not grow. I wasted a summer waiting for some sign of life or growth which never happened. I learned the hard way and saved my original label for replacement plants. I sent the label in to them with a letter back in January and I've heard nothing from them, nor have I received any plants. The few plants that I have that did grow have remained poor growers. Many of them I ended up just throwing away and others I'm still waiting and hoping that they will grow properly.

"On Apr 30, 2013 1:39 PM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

We are sorry to hear of this customers experience as it is not typical. We do have a replacement and refund guarantee and we do stand behind them.

We have contacted this customer via Dmail to see if we may be of further assistance."

My experience was awful! I orders several bare root plants along with regular plants, they shipped them before the danger of frost in our area! So far I have lost 2 butterfly bushes and who knows what else. I did email them explaining the danger of frost for our area was in may. I even sent them a map with the frost zone. Their response? Store them in a garage or basement. Hard to do when I do not have either one! Next they said that cover them with potting soil and peat moss and they will do fine. The day they arrived we were still having flurries and several nights after we still had frost. Their response, the plants will be just fine. My plants are withered and very sad looking. The bulbs that were sent? Was told to plant them in planters and put them in a sunny windowsill. I live in a mobile home, no window sills here. So I had to go out and purchase extra peat moss, potting soil and pots to
store the plants" until I can work the ground to plant them. Yesterday I did plant some butterfly bushes and that is when I noticed that 2 were completely black from stem to root. I am very disappointed in this place, will never order from them again and will tell anyone and everyone that will listen to stay away from them. I felt the customer service representative that handled this query was rude and not sympathetic to a first time ordering customer. Not only did I buy these plants in hoping for a pretty garden to share with others but now added expenses to keep the plants alive, something they should have done at their nursery.

"On Apr 30, 2013 1:45 PM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

We are sorry to hear of this customers experience. Cold weather, as well as a late frost or snow, will not harm items that were shipped dormant and bare root. As long as the ground is not frozen, they can be planted.

Potted items should be kept in a sunny window and treated like a house plant until there is no longer a chance for frost

We do hope this customer takes advantage of the replacement guarantee. A customer care representative has contacted this customer to see if we may be of assistance.
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I ordered several plants from Four Seasons Nursery ($135), and when the package arrived there were 12 missing plants, one type had an N out from it and another type had an S. I assumed the plants would arrive later. I waited 2 weeks and tried calling them only to be told by a very rude employee, Ruthy, that I would have to mail them my packing slip, wait for them to research and then someone would get back to me. The direction when I placed the order and even once I received part of my order was that.....I had to retain my packing slip for a refund or replacement if any of the plants I received did not live (1 year guarantee). I explained to Ruthy that I could not send my packing slip, and she basically told me that there was nothing she could do. I will never order from this company again. I just want the plants they owe me, or a refund. They are difficult to deal with and the plants I did receive were not what I expected, waiting to see if they even live.

"On Apr 11, 2013 2:41 PM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

A customer care representative has contacted this customer for further information. We do hope to hear back from the customer as we would like to help resolve this problem.

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Received items in 2 1/2 weeks from date of order in bare root condition - most plants handled their journey from Illinois to Brooklyn, NY quite well. I soaked the roots for 4 hours and planted them right away. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that these plants survive.
In any case, I saved the packing list so that I can get a replacement within 1 year should any of them perish. I will now be doing research on how to plant bulbs (4 varieties) they sent me as gift.

Last year I ordered a few things from 4 seasons. Like a few of the previous comenters I ended up with a few dried up sticks in a bag delivered to my house. The 2 sugar sweet cherry trees I ordered ended up like sticks in the dirt. the grape collection withered into nothing, althoug the grape plants I got off the discount rack at Walmart a month later and planted then along the same arbor seem to be doing well. The lavender never had a chance.
Although the dwarf cherry bushes seem to be doing ok although we will see come spring how well they are doing. The Tree Bargain (6 trees for $5)I purchased thinking I would get somewhat a variety of trees ane ended up recieving 6 red maples, the cheapest tree they sell of which I already have 7 or 8 maples in my yard already, never did anything anyway. Well so much for hoping to get a variety of trees.
I had the foresight to keep my packing slip and am sending it back for a replacement, hopefully I will recieve items that will live this time. although I am not holding my breath.
Will update when I get my new sticks. although I think I will shop the dicsount racks to get a better bargain than order from any online seller again.

"On Mar 5, 2013 4:17 PM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

A customer care representative has contact this customer for further information. We do have a 1 year replacement guarantee on all of our plants and do hope that the customer takes advantage of this guarantee."

I made the mistake of ordering from Four Seasons Nursery a few years ago. I ordered two hardy almonds and two English walnuts. All 4 sticks arrived dried out & dead in a plastic bag. Nothing was wrapped around the roots. I planted them anyway & followed the directions, just to see if any would survive and waited a few months. Of course, they didn't and I requested replacement trees. I also asked for them to please wrap the roots in wet paper towels or newspaper or most anything.

Replacement bag arrived with 4 dried-out sticks and nothing around the roots. I planted them again & followed the directions. After regularly watering them, one actually sprouted leaves after a few months and today it's about 5' tall. But it's a PEACH.

$30+ order of nut trees and I got 7 dead sticks and a nearly dead peach.

Funny thing is that every since, I've been getting catalogs from Plantron under different names. I was getting Four Seasons, but I guess they realized that I was dissatisfied. Last year, it was Burgess. This year, it's Farmer Seed & Nursery. They almost fooled me with the Faribault, MN, address, but ever since my experience with them, I search out reviews on nurseries before buying anything. That led me here and I'm more than happy to share my experiences with Four Seasons/Plantron/Burgess/et al. to any potential customer.

This is by far the worst experience I've had with any nursery--and I've bought from at least four different catalog nurseries and about half a dozen different on eBay.

Ordered a pair of giant hardy banana plants during the spring of this year. They are supposed to be good for zones 6-11. They were planted in the middle of zone 8. The plants arrived a little over a month after they were ordered. They came in a very small bag around 10" long with what was left of the leaves folded over in the mailbox. They came back and grew after planting. 7 months later, the leaves withered and died after the temperature dropped a couple degrees below freezing in GA. These plants should be able to withstand a hell of alot colder temperatures than that. They obviously shipped the wrong plants. I contacted them today about this and explained this with more detail. They did not deny anything I had said. They just asked for the packing slip as required for the 1 year guarantee. I told them that I could not find the packing slip from that very small package as it had been over 7 months. I asked them if they had a record of my purchase and they said they don't keep any records of their customer's orders. Any reputable company would keep records of their customers purchases for future repeat orders. That way, they would not "need" a packing slip to refund or replace the orders. It is painfully obvious that they expect their one time customers to lose that packing slip over time so they do not have to honor their "warranty".
I would not wish them on my worst enemy. Ok, yes I would.

"On Jan 15, 2013 12:45 PM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

A customer care representative has contacted this customer for further information. It is not uncomon for the hardy banana plants to die back during the winter months. The root however does survive and new growth begins in the spring. We do hope to hear back from the customer as we would like to help resolve this problem."

I ordered $97.00 worth of items, 20 redbuds of which they actually sent 24. I see why now, out of 24 sent, 8 lived. One item was not in stock so it will be shipped in the fall, however it's advertized today for sale online. I ordered 3 flame grass, all looked dead, but planted and nothing. I've had numerous emails with them trying to get replacements, It's been over a month and they keep telling me the replacements take 1-2 weeks. They want the second shipping labels now for the 8 Forsythia I didn't recieve origionally, but they emailed me saying it was a replacement so all I can get is a credit The flame grass was replaced when the Forsythia was sent, only one lived so far, again 6 weeks and this time they will give a credit.
They promised several free gifts for orders over $40.00, mentioned that several times to them, haven't gotten any yet. Bottom line, over Half of what I ordered was dead, died, or wasn't sent and like every one else all I get is the run around when I contact them. This was my first time ordering and it will be my last time ordering from them. I do think they have a beautiful catalog and it's a great selling point until you see the products sent, no wonder they sell so cheap. I would not recommend this business to anyone and have told all my friends I had origionally told about this company NOT to buy from them.
I have never ever received plants that came bare-rooted before, that was a concern, but some actually did grow, mainly the redbuds. The other stuff, some wasn't even an inch long and had no sign of root growth, and of course it was a waste of time to dig the holes, put in the potting soil, fertilizer, and water, like trying to grow a rock. I agree with the person that said if they took the money they put into that pretty magazine and put it towards the product, they would maybe be a thriving business, that is if they add some courteous staff to go along with better products!

"On Jul 25, 2012 12:49 PM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

A customer care representative has contact this customer for further information. We do have a 1 year replacement guarantee on all of our plants and do hope that the customer takes advantage of this guarantee."

I have to say that I have dealt with many online companies, and usually am pleased with their customer service. I was not happy with the way Four Seasons Nursery of Bloominton, IL handled my request, however. As a customer since 2009, I am familiar with their policy of keeping the original shipping label if requesting replacements of plants. When our order arrived in June we could see right away that the bellflowers were dry and the mediterranean pinks were also. However we planted them immediately and watered, to no avail. We followed protocol, including the original label with our request for replacement plants. Our letter was returned, along with a letter informing us that 6 weeks was supposed to be passed before we could make the request. We faithfully made the request again, in writing, AFTER the 6 wks. (although nowhere on their label is this specified). Once again we received mail - no plants - informing us that their records didn't show that we ordered an Angel Trumpet, and asking if we received the Meditteranean Pinks. This was puzzling in 2 ways -1. the trumpet was on a previous order and not the one in question, and 2. Yes, we obviously received the pinks - they were the 2nd part of the 2 part order that we wanted replaced! Although reaching frustration level already, I valiantly tried a phone call today, but got another run-around. I would have to RESUBMIT, for a 3rd time, this paperwork, which by now will require a manilla envelope and triple postage - in order for the request for replacements to be honored. When I asked to speak with Office Manager Grace Avery for clarification, I was informed that she did not handle phone calls. I give up! Four Seasons just doesn't need my business. My advice - they shouldn't get yours, either.

"On Jul 25, 2012 12:45 PM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

A customer care representative has contacted this customer for further information. We do hope to hear back from the customer as we would like to help resolve this problem."

This was my first time ordering from Four Seasons Nursery. The catalog is beautiful. My order arrived weeks later, disheveled in a bag of dirt mixed with broken leaves, plants, stems, etc. The individual bags with plant names stapled on them were empty.
I am on SSD and spent $100. That is a lot to me. I was told by Four Seasons that I could fax my letter, along with a copy of the order and packing list, and I had to reiterate everything that needed to be replaced (which was the whole order). I am so disappointed. I wish I read this website comments first.
Approx. 2 weeks after the request for replacement, I received a letter asking me to plant the mess. It was garbage the order. I will not randomly plant items I cannot identify anywhere in my yard.
I immediately hand wrote on that form letter (must be because they have a lot of poor plants and poorly shipped orders) and faxed it back to them requesting replacement immediately.
I just telephoned them today 6/25/12 asking about status. She had none. The supv. said she could not call me back, that she wasn't allowed to make outgoing calls. Baloney!! I told her if I don't receive my order in a week, I will dispute the charge on my credit card (which I am doing immediately and will reverse it if I receive a proper order).
I am going to tell the friends I gave the catalog to, to NOT order from them.
Four Seasons spends so much money on a beautiful catalog, they need to redirect their money into proper planting, sending healthy plants to customers, properly shipping healthy plants, standing behind their products without asking customers to jump through hoops, and their customer service.
DO NOT ORDER FROM FOUR SEASONS NURSERY IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS!! I will never order from a catalog again until I check the feedback on the company. Lesson learned.
Debbie Ann

Posted on January 15, 2012, updated May 26, 2012
This was my order I placed to them in fall. It did take a lil over 2 months for them to ship, but I have gotten used to how horribly slow all of these online plant companies are. All of these plants shipped bare-root. They all looked half-dead as they always do. This company comes with a 1 year warranty on all plants if your keep your packaging slip as your receipt. I am expecting many plants not to make it through the winter just because of how late they shipped. As long as they honor their one year warranty I would not be worried about it. So I thought I would let you guys know how the plants are doing as of now, and give you an update later on this summer. ^,^

This was what I ordered:
6 purple leaf plum hedges - still look dormant
2 pecan trees - still looks dormant
10 old-fashioned lilacs - THESE DID AMAZING!!!! They started sprouting tiny leafs about 2 weeks after I put them in the ground. It's snowing here but they all appear to be fairing extremely well.
2 hydrangeas - still looks dormant
5 rose of Sharon - still looks dormant
3 barberry - I am 100% these will die, my cats LOVE this bush and chew on them every chance they get. I swear they like this 100xs more than their catnip plants.
2 thorniness blackberry - still dormant
3 wisteria - they're starting to grow leaves on them, I planted them in on of my 2 litter greenhouse things hehe, and then placed them on my windowsill
10 native day lilies - still dormant
90 Grecian wildflowers - still dormant
8 purple day lilies - still dormant
3 blue geraniums - perked up about 2 weeks after i planted them as long as the snow doesn't kill them I think these will do extremely well.
80 blue poppy anemones. - still dormant

I only spend $122 on all of this and like I said, if they honor their 1 year warranty I will definitely be a return customer for them.

ordered an almond, a 5-1 pear, and some cherry bushes.
came in a double bag, roots were almost dried out there was nothing keeping the roots damp (I think a saw a couple pieces of shredded paper). The package was not protected from bending and the almond main was broken at the top 6"... they should bind to a bamboo stick or something...

well, living in WNY and at their cheap prices I didn't expect much.

I planted the items, but doubt they will make it.
I will stick will miller nurseries in the future.

qu1nn

Ok, so I have NEVER in my life left a negative remark just because I try to see the best in everyone and give them the benefit of the doubt. I ordered our $125 worth of tree's and flowers. It took a month to receive which I understand that they are supposed to send them when it is time to plant. I get that is what they say, but I don't buy that they have a clue. (they arrived before the end of the frost, so nope one strike) When received them I did EVERYTHING it said to do right away. I planted all 24 of our trees and said a prayer to make them grow since that was the ONLY thing that was going to make these sticks grow. My husband laughed at me as attempted day after day to make just one thing anything from this company grow. NOPE not a one. They arrived all slimy and smelling like something pooped on them. The "trees" were more like sticks taken off a tree just days prior. They were horrible. Biggest waste of $125 I've every spend. Wish I would have read the reviews before buying. I contacted them and asked what I should do. They send me a note that I need to return the shipping label that they came in. Now why on this green earth would I have saved the shipping label to return a product.?? No sense. It is only done this way to sticking you with the product. I would like to know of one person that keeps the shipping label. Would NEVER buy from this company again. You get what you pay for. Actually I didn't get anything. Huh! Horrible company. Looks grand in the flyer but that's the ONLY place it will ever look good.

I have ordered from this company a couple of times. They do take a long time to ship but once that is understood, no big deal. I have not dealt with customer service as I have not needed to do so. All I know is three years down the line, my cheap hostas are growing beautifully as are my blackberry bushes, strawberries, etc. I have no complaints about this company. After all, you do get what you pay for. But in my case, I have beautiful plants that cost a fraction of what a nursery would have cost.

I just received an order that was just a little slow. I ordered 6 dozen creeping phlox that came in packs of 6. Two of the packs were moldy and slimy. I planted them anyway and hope they survive, though I am not optimistic. I don't plan to contact the company because I don't feel it's worth the trouble, but given the condition of the plants and the fact that I could not choose the color I wanted, I would not be inclined to order from them again.

I also ordered rhubarb. The root I received is smaller than my very little pinkie finger. I could have purchased a better, bigger one for about the same price at Lowe's.

I received 3 packs of free seeds, one of them being huckleberries, which don't grow well where I live. 4 Seasons should be aware of where the shipment is going and sends things that have a good chance of survival.

I've gotten these catalogs for years and thrown them out, but this year my garden task list included some "wilder" areas and these tiny CHEAP trees and other plants were just the thing. These plants were sticks - small ones at that - but very healthy looking. Just the touch of green that lets you know they're no longer fully dormant... And decent root systems, too.
They DID take a long time to arrive, but I mixed up their estimated time frame with one of the reviews I read, so I was pleasantly surprised when it only took about a month. I do wish that there were some sort of shipping notification, though, to let you know the package is on its way so that it doesn't sit outside for several days when it happens to arrive while you're out of town.
In short... These guys aren't the place to go for top-quality established plants, but there are times that small and cheap is exactly what you want and after this experience I'm very comfortable using these guys for those purchases.

THIS COMPANY IS THE WORST ONE I EVER DEALT WITH. I CHOSE THEM BECAUSE I WANTED SOME NATIVE DAYLILIES AND THEY INDICATED THAT THEY SOLD THEM. TO DATE I HAVE NOT GOTTEN MY DAYLILIES. EVERYTHING I PURCHASED FROM THEM WAS BAD. THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS TERRIBLE AND THEY LIE ABOUT NOT RECEIVING CORRESPONDENCE THAT THEY ASK YOU TO SEND BACK. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANYTHING FROM THEM AGAIN AND MY ADVICE TO ANYONE ELSE IS NOT TO DEAL WITH THIS COMPANY IF YOU WANT QUALITY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

Processing and shipping very slow. No explanation on web site about allowing 2 to 4 weeks for delivery. No explanation in an email that was sent to me verifying order, that to allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery. Filed a complaint with Southern IL BBB for not giving explanation of shipping policy. 4 seasons has 3 days to get my order in 'their' 2 to 4 week ' time period. Will see. But still want to complain for not giving fair warning about lengthy shipping policy. Truly ridiculous in these days of computers and such to take this long.

NEVER NEVER NEVER order from this company or any of it's affiliates! They will send dead plants and refuse to honor their guarantee. Huge ripoff, horrible customer service. they have my wife in the computer yet they refuse to do anything about the dead plants they mailed. all were dry ,all with mold, and several plants that were not ordered..we will be joining the class action lawsuit that is being discussed at this time, PLEASE READ THE REVIEWS FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROBLEM'S WITH THIS NURSERY. SO FAR PEOPLE, 25 INDIVIDUALS ARE CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSION WITH THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WHICH WILL ALSO LEAD TO THE INTERNET FRAUD DIVISION,

Have placed 2 orders, roses arrived black and dormat looking, only 2 survived. Sent for replacement and they will arrive this Spring?????
Ordered
6 Bonfire Euphorbia- they didn't grow
6 Burning Bush- only 2 are living
2 Arkansas Amsonia They were so small when they arrived they didn't ever grow
2 Mosquito Shoo Geranm- 1 was dead upon arrival
Both orders took over 5 weeks to arrive, I will never order from this company again.

I guess I will attempt to get replacement but won't hold my breath. I will go back to using Spring Hill as they stand behind their products and I have never had any problems with them.

I have placed 2 orders through this website. Both Companies sponsered by Davis. I do not have the name of the first Co., but the raspberry plants that I received were dried out and took over 5 weeks from the order date to arrive. They arrived after the 25th of April 2010, and 75% of them never made it through the summer. Later that summer I ordered 3 Wisteria plants that were 1 year stock. 2 of the plants grew, but did not bloom in the spring of 2011, and i ASSUMED that they were just too young. 3 weeks ago they bloomed, and they were orange Trumpet vine. You can imagine my distress, I called, then sent a letter requesting a refund. Now I have spent just over a year taking care of plants that were not what I had ordered, and that I could have gotten from any wild fence row if I had wanted Trumpet vine. Today I received a response to my letter giving me a credit of $4.99 toward a future purchase. With their track record I never would recomend any purchase through Davis again. They do not support your purchases, and do not do thorough research on the companies they represent. Lots of money, time, energy wasted.

Very dissappointed with this company. Plants came late, they were not in very good shape, I tryed to get a replacement and they could not find my shipping label that I sent back to try and get a credit on a plant they sent that I did not order. I would not do business with them again.

"On Jan 9, 2012 8:13 AM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

We are sorry to hear of the customer’s disappointment. We tried to contact this customer via dmail to look into their situation further. We did not receive a response, so hopefully the situation was resolved.
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Posted on June 1, 2011, updated July 7, 2011
I ordered my plants on May 11, 2011 and received them today, June 1st. I am in Wisconsin and they are in Illinois and it shouldn't take so long to receive an order. The four plants I ordered were in pots but very stressed-I am hoping they will take. 3 bleeding hearts were bare root but looked like not much life to them-one looked like it was dead. 2 hostas were bare root also but didn't look too bad. The free climbing tomato were seeds as was the climbing peach-way to late to plant this year. Didn't receive the Anemore bulbs but received Blue Poppy Bulbs instead. Did receive the Shamrock plant bulbs. I know that the items are very low cost and it is true that you get what you pay for. I will not order from this company again.
ibwhoz
Waukesha, Wisconsin

"On Jan 4, 2012 10:15 AM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

We are happy to hear that the replacement was received in good condition! Happy Gardening!"

I received a 4Seasons Nursery catalog in the mail, and after thoroughly reading through it, I was very anxious about ordering at least half the catalog. After placing my first order, I began to get eager about recieving my plants. I read some negative feedback on the shipping process; however, my experience was excellent. I received my plants in a timely manor. It actually states in the catalog that these plants will be shipped according to hardiness zone. I look forward to ordering from Dave's Garden. If it's anything like 4Seasons, I know I won't be dissappointed.

I have thoroughly enjoyed shopping with Four Seasons Nursery. Their prices are reasonable any time, but when they have a sale--watch out, yaard!
Good variety of quality plants, including some very unique offerings. Great customer service as well--very knowledgable, friendly, helpful & quick.
I've shopped a few online nurseries & they are surely my favorite so far. Wonderful job, 4S!
God bless~

SHIPPING TAKES OVER A MONTH!
I had never ordered plants online, but attempted it this year and won't do it again. I ordered from Four Seasons Nursery and after a month and never hearing or seeing anything I contacted the customer service via email and they of course said my shipment was in the shipping house waiting to be shipped. I waited a few more days and didn't see anything, so I emailed again and threatened to cancel my order, but of course they convienently got back to me stating my order went out THAT day....hmmmmm!
Once I got the plants some of them looked pretty puny, others okay. All of the LILY BULBS seem to be doing great right now. I'm still waiting for the DAHLIA'S to sprout through the ground. 1 BLEEDING HEART is doing awesome, the other one has died. HYDRANGEA is questionable, right now it just looks like a stick in the ground, no green. DWARF FLOWERING CHERRIES are doing well. I don't expect much from the HOLLYHOCKS this year, maybe next year since they are perennials.
OVERALL I WOULD NOT ORDER FROM THIS COMPANY AGAIN. For the little amount of money that you save by ordering them, you will have more of a gaurantee that the plants will survive by just buying them at a local nursery.
They do offer a one year replacement and I"m not sure how that will pan out yet. I made a chart of my entire 1/4 acre property and marked where I put every flower, as I read on other reviews that they require you to send back the dead plant for your replacement.
I hope this review was helpful!

I placed my order with this company on May 3 and was very anxious to receive the plants that were promised in the catalog. After hearing nothing for 3 weeks, I called and was told my order had been sent to shipping and I would be receiving it soon. It is now June 6 and I have been told again that my order has been shipped and I should be receiving it any day now. My credit card was billed for this order when I placed it over a month ago!! I was not billed when it was "shipped" but instead when I placed the order, which I did not realize until I received my credit card bill. When I called today, I explained that I was very disappointed in my experience with this company and stated that I just wanted my money back. I was told that I would have to pay to ship the order back to them before my money would be refunded! I told them I would just refuse the package and she told me it would cost me more in the long run because I would still have to pay shipping both ways! I asked for a manager and was told "good luck" when I was transferred to her. She was no more helpful......so now I've lost $100 for plants, that if they do ever arrive, will probably be "less than healthy". I never doubted this company, with their catalog of beautiful plants and reasonable prices, but boy how I wish I had checked them out first! The negative comments posted here would have certainly changed my mind. I am very disappointed with my experience with 4 Seasons Nursery and would advise everyone to reconsider ordering anything from them!

Posted on May 21, 2011, updated June 4, 2011
I place a order with this company on Feb 14 2011, when I received my order around the middle of April I was missing my angel trumpet plants (4of them) and some of my supposedly free gifts. On the very top of the shipping label. It said Partial Order it said 1 of 2 . so I waited a little longer for them giving them the benefit of the doubt. NO LUCK! I e-mail them several times and finally they said it was all shipped already, They said it was all shipped in 1 order, BUT I AM STILL MISSING MY PLANTS I PAID FOR .THEY FINALLY ASK ME SEND THEM THE SHIPPING LABEL , SO I DID AND STILL NO ANSWER , I E-MAIL THE AGAIN , AND NOW THEY SAID IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THEM TO GET THE MAIL SHIPPING LABEL AND ABOUT 2 WEEKS FOR THEM TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I DON'T EXPECT THEM TO SEND ME THE PLANTS, I HAVE GIVEN UP ON THIS COMPANY. I WILL NEVER ORDER ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY AGAIN OR THERE SISTER COMPANY'S AGAIN, SO BEWARE OF THERE OTHER COMPANY'S AS WELL.THERE OTHER COMPANY'S ARE

HOUSE OF WESLEY
DIRECT GARDENING
Burgess Seed & Plant Co.
Richard Owen Nursery
Farmer Seed & Nursery
Inter-State Nurseries
Kelly Nurseries
Royal Dutch
Honeycreek Nurseries

SO BEWARE OF ANY OF THESE COMPANY'S , I WOULD JUST SHOP ELSE WHERE, EVEN IF IT COSTS A LITTLE MORE MONEY, BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO NOT GET OR PLANTS DIE YOU WILL HAVE BETTER SEVER US

"On Jan 9, 2012 8:13 AM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

We are sorry to hear that there was an error in shipping. Try as we may sometimes mistakes do occur. We do show that we processed a replacement order of the missing items which was shipped immediately. "

terrible terrible mail order company. DO NOT order from here! They send dead plants and the customer service reps give conflicting solutions. I called to complain that several of my plants arrived dead. I was told by (a miserable) rep #1 to wait 6 weeks to see if they would 'revive'. I told her dead was dead. I sent a letter, did not get a response. I called and was told by rep #2, if I returned the dead plants I would get a refund as the replacement plants ( that I did not ask for) had not been shipped out. I sent out the dead plants, with a letter the following day. That evening I received an email stating that my replacement plants had been shipped. I sent a scathing email, and was told that I had not requested a refund in the initial call (6 weeks prior) so the replacements had been shipped (conveniently RIGHT after I called the second time). Save your money, read reviews BEFORE you spend your money on rip off, thieving mail order nurseries like this.

Recieved plants on 6/2/11 that were ordered in Middle of May... the miniature pussy willow tree, was placed in a tall green bag with no form of protection and so quite understandably when it arrived at my house it was broken in two. The butterfly bush looked as if it had been soaked in water and then nuked in a microwave (completely rotten). The other two orders are in bad shape but not dead.... yet and so will have to wait to claim reimbursement. I did speak with the company customer service which displayed a "could care less attitude", send the plants back (at my cost) and we will send you a refund. I will never again deal with this company and will be contacting the bbb to ask them to investigate this company as well.

"On Jan 4, 2012 10:15 AM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

The items received in this order were are all shipped bare root and dormant as this allows them to be transplanted with much higher degrees of success. Since they are dormant, and not leafed out, they may be mistaken for dead. We do not ask that the items be returned when requesting replacement and do hope that this customer takes advantage of this offer. We have tried contacting the customer via Dmail but have received no response."

Omg.....can't say enough bad things about this snail mail company. If you wanna call it a company probably two idiots and a bunch of rotten stuff they call plants. Wish I had read up on the company before I ordered. There catalog kept coming and everything looks so good you wanna order one of everything then the games begin.... Calls to find out which pigeon had my order but I found out my pigeon was shot down in Philly .. Ok so I hope u see my anger has turned me to humor wanna throw my order in the garbage but I'm afraid the garbagemen will tag it for unacceptable. I will never order from 4seasons jerk me around nursery. Signed unhappy in
New York.

I ordered despite reading most of the negative feedback on this site. I had first placed an order with another company, but after seeing how much cheaper I could get the same items from Four Seasons, I decided to give them a try. Heck, even if half of my order died, I was still going to have more plant for my dollar. Hard to resist that.

I went in knowing that my order would take forever to arrive. I was not disappointed when I made my order early in the year (I think Feb? March?) and I received my plants in May.

Much of my order has survived, and I'm happy with that! I ordered some butterfly bushes that I don't think made the journey, but the lilacs are producing leaves like mad! Almost all the lilies have sprouted, and the other bush plants are starting to leaf (they're a little slow, it seems, but they are green and growing - you can see how terribly picky I am).

If you have low expectations starting out with, I think this is a great company to order from.

These items were received on 05/21/2011! Just over two months after I paid for them. Customer service was incompetent in every way. For two months they kept claiming that the order was just shipped. I started to cancel the order, and they said it would take two weeks to do that!

Some of the trees were split in the middle, lengthways. Customer service claims it was normal, but if I wasn’t happy, I could pay to ship them back for a replacement.
Most of the pep start pills were crushed. The handbook was water logged.
I will never order from this place again. The quality is poor and their customer service is worse.

I’d like to see their company representative respond to this, and try to explain how it was all my fault or they would’ve or could’ve done something to help in some way. If they are reading this, I will be contacting the BBB.

The following items were requested on 3/19/2011 10:09:25 AM:

Item # Description............................. Quantity Price

8311 Pep Start Pills 25 $4.99
7593 Postage Stamp Orchard 1 $49.99
Free Gifts as Earned Free
0000 Planting Instructions Handbook 1 Free
6298 Packet of Vine Peach Seeds 1 Free
6702 Trip-L-Crop Tomato 1 Free
1281 Shamrock Bulbs 4 Free
7463 Blue Poppy Anemone 5 Free

Packing $9.49
Sales Tax $0.00
Total Charge $64.47

"On Jan 4, 2012 10:14 AM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

Our website does state to allow up to 2 weeks for processing and the order is then scheduled to ship based upon availability. We do not require that the items be returned when requesting replacement. We did try to contact this customer via dmail and have received no response. We do hope that the customer takes advantage of the replacement guarantee. "

This company has the WORST customer service I have ever seen. I started responding with them in March stating that I didn't get the free gifts that they claim to give you. I was told to return my shipping label and the gifts I received along with a letter explaining what I was supposed to receive. Well, I did everything that was ask, and no reply. I then sent them another email in April, was told to give it a couple of weeks longer. Well, this is May and still no response. I again emailed them. This time I was told that they weren't going to do anything, and that they had the right to change the offer without notification. I responded to them that they have the worst customer service I have ever seen, and that I would be filing a complaint with the BBB. I have also tried to call them, but only received a rude response to my questions. This company STINKS. By the way, the plants I received were horrible, and it is totally useless at getting them replaced since they had me to send back my shipping label. Save your money, and shop with another company. I will only be using Michigan Bulb from this point forward. I have placed numerous orders with them, and NEVER had any problems!

"On Jan 4, 2012 10:11 AM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

This order was placed in the fall to be shipped in the spring. Free gifts were included in the order, but the customer wanted the free gifts that were available in the fall catalog. Those free gifts were not available to ship, nor could they all be planted, in the spring. We did not request the customer return the free gifts that they received. We do show that we did receive the customers shipping label and shipped additional fall free items in the fall as soon as they were available. Regarding the items that have died, we do keep the shipping label on file for the duration of the guarantee and do hope that the customer takes advantage of this offer."

Oh how I wish I had come here before ordering from this company. After waiting a month for my order, I decided to call and cancel. The said they can't cancel orders of the phone (what???) and that I would have to email them. The next day I get an email saying the request had been "forwarded" to the appropriate department. Well ten days later, guess what...they show up at my house, and I wasn't there to refuse the order. They said the only way to get my money back is to return the trees (and guess who has to pay for the return postage.....)

Worst service ever had. I have been told "the order being shipped and you will receive them in next week" more than 3 times.

"On Jan 4, 2012 10:17 AM, Four Seasons Nursery responded with:

Our website does state to allow up to 2 weeks for processing and the order is then scheduled to ship based upon availability. At the time of this posting, the order had already shipped. We do hope that the customer received this package in good condition as we received no response to our Dmail."