Comments regarding Gardener's Choice

I went online today after seeing the TV ad for the giant tomato trees
I am no green thumb by any means and am wandering if I made a mistake.
Can someone give input on how to grow these things? I would like to put them on my deck but am not sure of pot size. Do I need to tie these things to a support of do they do ok on their own.

I hope that they will come through for me, and I will let you know how things come up.

Thanks for any advise on how to get what they advertise.

I was ripped off by this company several years ago and had contacted federal authorities about what I considered to be fraudulent marketing practices. I was surprised to see their ad for the "royal paulownia tree" in the Jan '08 AARP Bulletin as I had figured they were no longer in business. I believe they are scam artists of the 1st degree and should be in jail.

I ordered a 3-in-one cherry tree, 2 strawberry trees, 1 2-in-1 plum tree, 1 5-in-1 apple tree in 3/07 received order 4/07. te bag was wet inside to the point that white mlod was growing on everything inside. when I removed the ties from the graf as per the planting guide all the grafs fell out as they were all dead. The cherry tree did sprot below the root graf, not knowing what the root stock is I'm not sure I want to let it grow. The strawberry trees both were dead. Had te same problem everyone else has had in contacting this company!! I would not recommend anyone ever order anything from this company. It was a $78.12 experance I want soon forget.

The tomatoes I ordered came and looked almost dead. But I read the instructions and planted them--I have pictures (my wife said they wouldn't survive). I kept nurturing them and fairly soon they appeared to slowly come to life. (I have pictures). To make a long story short, both plants survived (to my surprise). (Did I say I have pictures?) All in all I have harvested about 22 tomatoes from the two plants. Only 2 were of a larger size, the others were medium to small. The taste was actually good. But for $13+ (including shipping) I don't think it was worth it. But a good experience for me. I think tomatoes are one of those plants that one cannot advertise implying "success." There are too many factors involved in growing them. I might try another plant from this company that is not that "sensitive." FYI: When I first got the plants I sent an e-mail to the company, but never heard back.

i ordered 5 blackbery plants and 5 blueberry plants on 5-11-07 On or about 6-2-07 received the blackberry "plants"
5 small dead sticks wrapped in a plastic bag. a couple of weeks later received the "blueberry plants" again small sticks wrapped in plastic dry and lifeless.
Sent an e mail voicing my displeasure, no reply. attempted to call X2 busy. The catolog depicts actual plants not cuttings. Was very disappointed with my purchase and even more unhappy with the companys lack of concern for their customers.
Aaron L Riggs

I ordered tomato plants for my dad as a Father's Day gift. After several weeks, I tried to call and email Gardener's Choice, with the same lack of response as others have posted here. It is now the 25th of June and I have heard nothing, though at least my card has not been charged.

Their website now says, "Currently most of our items are no longer shipping this season."

It sounds like they are just a re-seller which collects the money then orders items drop-shipped to us from other nurseries. Even though their website makes them sound like they are a real nursery, so busy with making the plants perfect and carefully hand-packing our orders that they don't have much time to talk to actual people or respond to emails.

It is a bit late to be putting tomatoes in the ground here, so they've missed their advertised "shipping for optimal planting time in your zone."

I'll keep posting as progress or lack thereof is made.

Hi everyone,
I have been reading all of your comments while I was awaiting my shippment to come in. I surely was expecting to get nothing but dead twigs. To my surprise, almost all the plants came alive. You can check out the progress of all my GardenersChoice plant at //home.comcast.net/~mpawlina

I posted all the thing I did when I got the packages. Granted, all is not perfect, but mostly is growing nice. I'm not pitching for the company, but you have to admit they do offer interesting and unique plants. Oh, and they sure came small in size.

Anyway, check it out, maybe you'll feel better about your pending orders.

I ordered some vinca, a couple of hummingbird vines, 2 moonflower vines, and some trees earlier this year. My very first online "gardening" purchase. The vinca arrived on the very weekend spring tried to act like winter. I missed the mail carrier so my poor plants sat out in the freezing cold all night. It didn't help that the mail carrier decided to punch a hole in the box so it'd be easier to hang on my mailbox. Anyway, the vinca was divided into 2 bags and the contents of one of them didn't look too good. The others looked okay. The hummingbird vines didn't look too good either. While waiting the re-arrival of spring, I put the plants in a thick slurry of MiracleGro-enhanced garden soil and water and put the whole lot in my sunroom. There they sat for 2 weeks. Then I used a bulb planter to make holes for the vinca and put them in the ground with some of the slurry in each hole. I didn't expect much from the ones that looked for all the world to be dead. Here we are a couple months later and ALL the vinca is doing well. The hummingbird vines not so good. They haven't died yet though so there's still hope. Part of their problem may be poor location choice on my part and poor judgement on the part of my mail carrier so I'm not holding Gardener's Choice responsible for them. The moonflower vines are growing like crazy. They're scrambling up the little trellises I got for them so fast I can almost watch it happen! Can't wait to see the blooms! I have yet to get my trees so I can't say anything about packing quality but I'm really looking forward to getting my dawn redwood. Overall I'd say I'm pleased and will be ordering some veggies next year.

I placed an order with Gardeners Choice on 2/5/2007 and they had no problem charging my credit card as quickly as possible and I should have my order by now according to my time zone. I have e-mailed them to get no response and everytime I call customer service (by the way it is not a 1800 number) I get their recorded message and am put on hold forever and just have to hang up or I get a busy signal after holding forever. I am very disgusted by this company and will never order from them again. Their customer service is a disgrace!!!! They need to be investigated.

I placed an order before reading these comments and have felt sick about it since. I have had SO many bad experiences with mail-order companies (like Michigan Bulb or worst of the worse Van Dykes) and have said a dozen times I will not be fooled again, but here I thought I was again. Imagine my surprise when the plants came today, well packaged and in good shape! I ordered an ornamental weeping cherry tree, which is small but not unexpected for the price, but it has great roots and leaves. I also ordered their Amaryllis Daylily and those look pretty good too. I ordered May 11, 2007 and today is the 30th.

Similar to many other complaits on this page - I too placed an order for some Kiwi vines and some fertilzer liquid. I was to receive free bulbs with the order. The fertilzer finally showed up - no plants or bulbs. a few weeks went by and then the kiwi showed up (no bulbs) and they wewre dried and dead. I've tried countless times to reach these folks by email or phone and they don't answer email and their phone is always busy. I won't do business with these folks anymore and suggest others re-think their garden supply choice.

This company is as dodgy as you can get.
I ordered 3 different plants. After 3 weeks, and with no success in reaching their "Customer Service" I was finally ready to start the process of trying to get my credit card company to intervene. Well that day, I get my tomotoes & strawberries. Dried and almost dead..... And absolutely nothing special.
No sign yet of the rose that I ordered and paid for.
I sure wish I had seen this web site before trying to do business with these crooks. I would have gone elsewhere. Anyway, I will NEVER order anything from them again.....
I have done alot of business on the I-net including gardening & plants. Never had the experience as with this place.
My advice is if you are planning to order from them, find someone else to do business with.

Gardeners Choice, Hartford, Mi
Ordered giant tomato plants in 3/06. Never received them. Made many attempts to call. Always busy. E-mailed them a number of times. Never an answer. Finally, in 2/07 I made telephone contact with customer service after being kept on hold for 30 minutes. Lady advised me to send a copy of my cashed check & they would reimburse me or send plants. Got a copy of the check from the bank and sent all to Gardners Choice. After 2 months waiting, called again & again was put on hold. Finally told they never received any letter or check copy. I give up. BUYERS BEWARE. This company is not one with integrity. Read others comments.
M. Teegardin

I sent a check off for an order of hanging strawberry baskets on March 16. I was hoping to have these in in time to give to my mother in law and grandma as mothers day gifts. As there is only one postal day left before mothers day, I regretfully have to come up empty handed on this occasion. The funny thing is, the advertisement for these strawberry baskets urge the potential buyer to act quickly, as "supplies are limited", but they do not feel obligated to supply us with the product. They sure didn't fail to cash my check though, and I'm still waiting...

I ordered tomato plants and pepper plants from Gardener's Choice. Most of the plants were dead on arrival. 2 tomato plants lived a couple of days. The pepper plants looked healthy, but after 3 days just died. I have e-mailed the company several times, and have tried for 2 weeks to call the phone number in the book I ordered from. It gives nothing but a busy signal. There is no phone number on my invoice, no date, only an order number which is also listed as my customer number. $46.33 was charged to my credit card for nothing. I have also listed a complaint with consumer affairs. Is there any way my money can be refunded to my account? I will certainly discourage anyone who might order from this company. Evidently they are a bunch of crooks.
Glenda Henderson

Made my order March 15, 07 I sent a check and ordered from their small catalog, check has gone through I have a photo of it they deposited it on March 26,07. I sent them an E-Mail April 16 and have NOT received a response. Sent the second E-mail April 20,07 NO response. Called their phone number at my expense stayed on the line for 20 minutes with a (your call will be answered as soon as possable I finaly hung up. I E-Mailed a 3 rd. time on May 2, 07 so far no response. In fact I can't even bring them up on there web page, the page comes up but you can't go to anything, it just gives me a ERROR, "fullurl" is null or not an object. I do NOT like to complane, but you would like some kind of response. I have never used this Co. befor and wish I had known about this Watchdog befor ordering, I should have known better, they say you get better with age. My garden is in and tomatoes are doing fine, I had ordered a few Blackberry plants to help take up some room, Happy gardening everyone, and thanks for hearing me gripe.

3/29/07 Placed a telephone order with Sam at Gardeners Choice for 4 tree tomato plants and was told to expect delivery in 4-7 days. On 4/17/07, they over-charged my credit card $3.45. I emailed the company twice and got no response. On 4/26/07, my plants arrived in a plastic bag with a spoon of loose soil. One was in poor condition, the other three were dead.

I have purchased a dozen of perennials, and an Empress Tree. I just received it, exactly during the period they said I would receive the package. Everything looks fine. I planted all of it and need to check the growing now...
I did get a little bit scare because I found the Dave's Garden watchdog website after I placed my order.. it was too late to cancel. I'm happy that everything went ok but I still decided that I won't buy any plants online again. It's better to buy local and help them out and if there is a problem with the plant, they replace it on the spot! Quality vs Quantity.

I ordered some butterfly bushes last fall (2006). It's been so long that I don't even remember the date! Thank God I printed out my order confirmation with the order # on it. Anyway, It says my order will be shipped according to planting zones. Well, I live dead center of Florida approx. 100 miles south of Orlando in a town called Sebring. These idiots classify most of the southeast, middle atlantic, and the lower midwest and southern plains sates as one big area. Our plantings are ALL YEAR LONG! I wonder who does their research?! Have they ever been to Florida?! Do they know where it is?! Anyway, impossible to reach by phone, ALWAYS busy! Wonder if I'll ever receive my bushes?!!! I should have known, that a reputable company has some sort of a toll free phone number and these idiots don't! I'll never order from these people again and recommend that no one else should either. Like one post said earlier, "I wonder why they're still in business! My next stop is to give them both barrels on the B.B.B. website! Have a great day!

on february 19, 2007 I sent a check for strawberry plants for my granddaughter and I to plant together. We both went and mailed the order and waited patiently for our plants. Amonth went by my check had been cashed and nothing. Another month still nothing. I am sick in my stomach after reading what other people have gone through to get some satisfaction. I cannot believe this company isn't bieng indicted
on interstate fraud through the mails, grand larceny,and made to pay back triple damages, and jail time. Arose by any other name is still a rose....and a thief is still expected to pay the price for his wrongs, and in this case should be "weeded" out of business.

i have not yet ordered from gargeners choice but i am going to try to order a couple of trees. i will be angry if my order is wrong or not shipped and will demand a refund. when a friend ordered tomato plants and a tree from them, they arived in a dormant stage and grew nicely. is everyone sure that the plants are dead or are they confused by the apearance of a dormant, inactive plant? if i order i will let you know of my experiance.

I ordered one package of lawn seed, one bottle of hot pepper wax spray, and one order of two hummingbird vines on Feb. 14. After a month I sent an email asking when I would receive my products. They emailed that I would receive them within two weeks.

Within days I did receive a box that contained two packages of lawn seed, when I only ordered one. The other items did not arrive.

I sent three separate emails trying to find out when I would receive the other items. No answer. I finally found two phone numbers for them. They were always busy.

Finally I contacted my credit card company. Within 5 minutes the credit card company had put me in contact with a person at this company.

They told me they were looking at my order number which they claimed said two lawn seeds. (My copy of the order form shows one package). And, that my hot pepper wax and hummingbird vines could not ship until a certain date due to federal regulations. I'm sorry, but I sincerely doubt that there are regulations about when a natural pesticide can ship.

I now have a quandry. I can try working with my credit card company again, but they will tell me that the company is following federal laws and fulfilling my order according to their policies. And I'm stuck paying for lawn seed that I didn't order.

I would highly suggest you avoid doing business with this company. I sincerely regret that I did not check this web site before placing my order and wish this web site had more publicity.

I ordered 2 Paulownia trees back in 1999.I'm still waiting for my trees. I've called. I've written to the P.O. box. they had. They cashed the check, I got that back,so they do pick up the mail there. After a few months had gone by I recieved a post card from them stating that there was a record breaking heat wave in our state and we should wait till fall to plant my trees. Fall came NO trees phone calls an one more letter, no responce from Gardener's choice. but summer of 2000 again I recieve a post card. (long range forecadts from the U.S. weather service indicate record breaking heat). Again no trees. Well it's August 2006, still no trees.

We received our two Tomatoe Tree Plants in April, giving one to our daughter. Everything popped up as expected and our daughter's box produced 4 shoots to our 1!. We planted our Tomatoe tree in June and watched it grow...not rapidly but grow. This is now August 4th and we have two large tomatoes with lots of flowers but nothing else. I was advised by a local Greenhouse that we should perhaps give it more fertilizer...we will try that and perhaps be forturnate that we have two Tomatoes coming...I would like to look more into the proper location and needs of producing the Tomatoe tree...learn something every day.

My father-in-law, living on a different coast and knowing how much I love tomatoes ordered two tomato trees, that were shipped to me. They arrived as seeds that I carefully tended to, following all instructions. They were promised to grow several feet within a short time. Well, mine grew to about two inches and then died. I called customer service, which was next to impossible to get through to, long distance, as no 800 number was available for customer service. I had the choice of getting money back or a new shipment. Wanting to let my father-in-law happy with his gift, I chose a new shipment. As they had no more seeds, I agreed to receive two tomato plants after they repeatedly assured me that they would arrive in good condition. A couple of weeks later my tomato plants arrived all shriveled up. There was not even a wet newspaper in the box to provide moisture to the plants. I immideately put them in soil and watered them, and then called the company. Their response was "Too bad, you should have taken the money!" After talking to a supervisor (at leat that's what they told me) that was it. I had chosen a new shipment rather than my money back. It wasn't their fault that the plants arrived useless. What surprised me, though, was that thay didn't seem sad about loosing me as a customer. I will also do all I can to save anyone from loosing money to those people.

The cherry tree that I ordered 3 summers ago that came dry root and about 24 inches high and I wondered what would happen is now over 7 feet with lots of cherries. This one had 4 different cherries varieties grafted to the trunk.

Daffodils, hyacinths, grape hyacinths - the most beautiful! These top quality bulbs from The Netherlands (I'm Dutch and Swedish descent) can't be beat. I live on 2 1/2 acres of very shady property with as many as 16 deer at a time munching on my plants. They do not eat the bulbs, and they grow with proper care year after year. Do give them bulb food in the fall.

Gardeners' Choice
Hartford, MI
My husband ordered six 'Gigantic' Tomatoes for $6.98 from this company with the additional shipping cost of $2.95. They finally arrived at the end of May looking like muck. We noticed that they had sent them to us for .39 cents. Not only did they not send a good product by they sent it at the lowest possible cost and made money on the shipping also. My husband spent $2.95 to ship them back with a letter telling them what he thought of them and their product. I hope my husband does not read a gardening ad and believe what it says. MM Wright

On 4-9-06 i sent them a check in the amount of $63.88 for
12 evergreen windbreaks@ $19.98 and $34.98 for liquid fence in the one quart concentrate and I also included the
correct shipping amount. The 2sd week of May i received the
liquid fence but it was not what I ordered, they sent the ready to use spray for $11.98 each. On 5-16-06 I called there service dept. and was told I did not send enough money so
they substituted the ready to use liquid fence. 5-13-06 i received my evergreens and 6 Moonflower vines I did not
request or order for $13.98. 5-13-06 They were sent a e-mail
reference this and a letter on 5-19-06 with no response from
either. On 5-19-06 I received a package of pumpkin seeds
for $1.00 and $8.95 shipping. Same as with the Moonvines
I didn't order the pumpkin seeds either. Most of the evergreens I ordered have died but evergreens I orederd from another company were planted all the same and are doing fine. I will file a complaint with the Attorney Genarals Office.

I placed a rather extensive order with this company in February and paid them by credit card. As of today (June 6, 2006) I have received no plants and have heard nothing from them whatsoever. I tried e mailing them, but they did not respond. I would advise that no orders be placed with this company in the future.

This is the second year that I foolishly ordered lavender from this company. The ones we ordered in 2005 never grew. The ones we ordered this year, 2006, when we received them only one looks like it MIGHT survive. I stress the word MIGHT!
The other 5 appeared to be cooked when they came and half of the dirt was off the roots. They were very poorly packed. I have learned my lesson. I won't purchase anything from them again and everyone should take a lesson from my
experience.

We learned about this company through an ad they placed in our local Sunday paper. It was in the section where they have coupons. We decided to place our order online to receive our purchase more quickly.

We placed our order on April 25, 2006. The money was deducted from our checking account within just a few days. As of May 23, 2006, we have not received any type of correspondence from them concerning our order. Any attempt to call them has resulted in a busy signal.

After reading this site and the negative reponses, I have decided to report this company to the Attorney General of their state so that they can investigate this company further.

On March 8, 2006, I ordered one basket of hanging strawberrieds(contains 3 plants) for $5.98 and one order of Giant tomato trees (contains of 2 plants in one order) for $6.98. Plus shipping costs $5.50. Total charge includes tax $19.41.

They promised delivery within 6 weeks.

On April 13, I received a parcel contains one dead plant, rotton, with a bit soil at the root. Print on the plastic bag: " Tomato, Giant Tree". There is no pot. There is only one rotton dried dead plant approx. 9 inches in length.
Compare with the order: 2 tomato trees.
I took two photos of the "plant" on the day receiving it.

I called the company. Their numbers are busy day and night. I emailed them, no respond.

I called their order hotlines, the customer service is always there, but they said that they only take orders.

On April 23, another parcel arrived. Inside was a 12 inches dried dead "plant" with no root or soil.
Compare with the order: 3 plants in a basket (all we need to do is watering, they claimed)
I took two photos of the "plant" on the day receiving it.

I contacted the company by phone again. The phone is busy as usual. I emailed them requested refund. No respond.

I checked on line trying to post a review, and found hundreds of victims like me on this website.

Now I have a few questions:

1. Since many reviews conclude that this company is a rip-off, why is their business still operating?

2. To which Consumer Affairs Authority in USA should we contact with if we have a hundred of victims ?

3. Is there a Fair Trading Office or Consumer Association in USA, just like UK, NZ, Australia?

4. Is there a one-stop website for consumers to check the businesses' reputation/reviews throughout the entire USA?

5. Is there anything else we can do to protect ourselves (customers in USA) being ripped off by dishonest US companies?

Many thanks Dave's Garden for providing me an opportunity to write reviews on gardening products. I could not find any other places that I can write such reviews.

I ordered tomatoe plants and petunias this year and the 1st time they came to my house to early to plant and dead at that. Then today they resent them to me and they were even worse than the 1st batch they sent me. I was so Mad!!! I called them up and told them to send my money back. I will never order another thing from this place again what a rip off!!!!!!!!!!!

Regarding Gardeners Choice a mail order company based at PO Box 8005 Hartford Michigan 49057. this is not a reputable company and all should be made aware of this. A visit to'Report.com' will verify all that i'm about to report and then some. This is a consumer RIP-OFF site with loads of testimonials from all over. They have scammed and stolen from thousands of honest hard working people and the elderly covering nearly all 50 states.

In my case I placed and received an order for plants in early spring 2005..Upon arrival I noticed dead, dying and dry plants, some of which I had not ordered. I planted some hoping for a miracle, that did not happen. Hoping they would honor their warranty, I notified them by e-mail as their telephones are busy 24/7 after the selling season. After several e-mail attempts I gave up, till the following spring (2006) I received another magazine with the same crap for sale. (In between that time several gardening friends and acquaintances reported the same problems and others with this company.) I did finally get them to reply to my 5/2006 e-mail and requested a refund for $12.98. This being only a fraction of my original cost and shipping fee. They informed me that a credit for that amount would be sent to my credit card in three weeks. That never happened !!! I e-mailed them again( as their phones are off the hook once again in July and the rest of the season 24/7) and they insist that they credited me. Both my records and that of Master Card show 'no refund' from them and they were informed of this.

After going back and forth with ridiculous replies from them, some making no sense at all I decided to inform BBB abd the Att. Generals office of both states (Mi. & NH). I do have all correspondence on hand for review. I would like to state that its not the $12.98 but the principle. Sadly its not American for Americans to shaft other Americans as they do. A review of their standings in the complaint department by various watch-dog sites on the web should have them locked up and out of business... WHATS UP ??? If one takes time to read what customers received ,how they were treated after attempting recourse,how they were sent to pasture, and some being sweet ol' seniors, its a damn shame that such a gutless company is still able to continue this practice unpunished. I am prepared with loaded guns to put a stop to this rotten company. I hope there is something you can do to assist me. I fear our Government agencies are in the same bed with some of these companies or lack the manpower to move on with it. I also would add that the State of Michigan is known for harboring scam companies. Michigan Bulb (AKA Michigan Crud) is only one of many other companies based in that state with the same practices and poor reputaion. A serious note to the proper officials should be slipped into their State of Michigan offices. As for myself and other friends anything coming from us from Michigan is used to kindle our wood stoves up here in northern NH. Please Help rid of such dirt...
Sincerely; Jitts

I received my order from these people in 3 separate shipments. One shipment arrived with the plants broken and loose in bags. What professional would think this proper? The other two were better, but the plants are not growing, they are dying. No one should waste a cent on this company. How are they still allowed to opperate?: Their claims are absurd and their products arrive in an unusable condition. They get o out of 10 in my book.

I ordered some tomato plants and some fruit trees from GC as below. On 4/24 after coming across this web site, the order had not been shipped and I asked that it be canceled. The following is the communication I received. I am providing details to Visa and disputing the charge.
The last email I sent is the first one below to which I did not get a response. It is interesting to note that an affiliated company located in CT does direct marketing of fire engine models.

I then provide them with a copy of all the negative reviews here and do not receive a response but a few days later, I received a box with a few sprigs/branches and a few spoons of dried out dirt purporting to be live plants.

-----Original Message-----
From: B S
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 6:56 PM
To: 'customerservice@gardenerschoice.net'
Subject: FW: About Your Order: 78371
Importance: High


You indicated that you can't cancel the order since you charged my credit card. Why did you charge my credit card since you haven't and shouldn't ship yet? also, Why did you charge sales tax on an out of state order since you don't have a presence in CT, do you? Is that a back door extra charge or do you really collect tax for other states which virtually no other web site does??

I would like the order cancelled, please. Please confirm.

If no credit is issued i will be instructing the credit card company to charge back your debit.

Why?"



-----Original Message-----
From: customerservice@gardenerschoice.net [mailto:customerservice@gardenerschoice.net]
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 12:20 PM
To: B S
Subject: Re: About Your Order: 78371


Your order has already been processed. We are not able to cancel this order. You may refuse this for a full refund. Thanks

[How do I refuse a priority mail package left in my absence?]
----- Original Message -----
From: B S
To: customerservice@gardenerschoice.net
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 6:56 AM
Subject: RE: About Your Order: 78371


Please cancel this order and acknowledge via email.



-----Original Message-----
From: Live Plants, Flowers, Vegetables, Trees and Shrubs [mailto:Live Plants, Flowers, Vegetables, Trees and Shrubs]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:47 AM
To:
Subject: About Your Order: 78371


Thank You For Your Order

Your Order Number Is: 78371

Date Of Order: 3/15/2006 11:47:00 AM



Billing Information:


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Product Information:


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Giant Tree Tomato
2 Plant for $6.98

Part#: V30010-2

Manufacturer Part#: V30010

(Qty: 1 x $6.98)



Black Russian Tomato (6 Plants)
6 Plants for $6.98

Part#: V70090-6

Manufacturer Part#: V70090

(Qty: 1 x $6.98)



Costaluto Genovese Tomato (3 Plants)
3 Plants Only $4.98

Part#: V20602-3

Manufacturer Part#: V20602

(Qty: 1 x $4.98)



Siberian Tomato (3 Plants)
3 Plants for $4.98

Part#: V13841-3

Manufacturer Part#: V13841

(Qty: 1 x $4.98)



'Jump The Gun' Red Bell Peppers (5 plants)
5 Plants for $6.98

Part#: V90010-5

Manufacturer Part#: V90010

(Qty: 1 x $6.98)



Little Giant Finger Carrot Seeds - Free Sample

Part#: LGFC

Manufacturer Part#: LGFC

(Qty: 1 x $0.00)



Giant Skyscraper Sweet Corn (10 Seeds)
10 Seeds for $3.98

Part#: V16125-1

Manufacturer Part#: V16125

(Qty: 1 x $3.98)



Superbig Patch Pumpkin Seeds - Free Sample Pack

Part#: SPPS

Manufacturer Part#: SPPS

(Qty: 1 x $0.00)



Two Man Cabbage - 5 Plants
5 Plants for $5.98

Part#: V80010-5

Manufacturer Part#: V80010

(Qty: 1 x $5.98)



Asparagus Combo Special (12 Plants)
12 Plants for $11.98

Part#: XV70100-1

Manufacturer Part#: XV70100

(Qty: 1 x $11.98)



Golden Giant Sweet Bell Pepper (10 Plants)
5 Plants for $5.98

Part#: V17637-10

Manufacturer Part#: V17637

(Qty: 1 x $5.98)



Manchurian Bush Apricots (2 Plants)
2 Plants for $5.98

Part#: N30020-2

Manufacturer Part#: N30020

(Qty: 1 x $5.98)



Strawberry Tree
1 Tree for only $5.98

Part#: T20501-1

Manufacturer Part#: T20501

(Qty: 1 x $5.98)



Cherry Hedge (3 Plants)
3 plants for only $5.98

Part#: N28125-3

Manufacturer Part#: N28125

(Qty: 1 x $5.98)





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Subtotal: $76.76

Tax: $4.66

Shipping: $0.00

Priority Handling$0.95



Final Total: $82.37

It's really hard to give this company any review. Every spring in the mail comes a card saying for their free catalog fill it out & mail it in. But nothing ever comes. I've been on their website & emailed them about it & their response is just as bad. So no catalog so I gave up, and I'm glad I never ordered from them after seeing all the negative reviews.

I ordered the Rainbow Colored Gigantic Tomatoes and received a package about 6 weeks later. It was within the recommended planting time for my area. However the plants were loose in the box with about a cup of dried out potting soil. It looked as if there was an attempt to put them in a plastic bag that was also floating around in the box. The plants were not usable as they were dried out or limp and hardly recognizable. They had been tossed around in the box and torn apart in transit. There was not a readable date on the postmark other than the month of April. As I received them on April 19 I really have no idea how long they had been in transit. I immediately contacted the company by email and requested a complete refund which they complied with in a timely manner. Because they did issue a complete and timely refund I am giving them a neutral rating.

I purchased 2 Royal Paulownia Empress Trees and 2 Giant Tomato trees from Gardner's Choice. The trees came in a spoonful of soil and were already dead when I opened them; the tomato plants were in peet pots with more soil than the Empress trees had; however, they soon died.

I wish I would have known what a joke this company is; I would never recommend them to anyone. What a waste of money.

Also funny was the shipping charge for the trees was $5.50 and the actual charge was 39 cents. That's $5.11 for handling 2 tablespoons of soil and 2 dead trees.

I am obviously disappointed; as I was really looking forward to these trees. It makes me wonder why all of their pictures are drawings and not real photos of their product.?????