All of the trees I ordered grew well and were adequately packaged for their shipping time.

Wow, after ordering from this place, my own fault, I realized that this is not worth a dime. I placed a catalog order and after the growing season was over, 95% of the plants I ordered were dead. I called the 507-334-1623 number to ask about the limited warranty and after being disconnected three times I lost my temper. I really think I was talking with someone from India WTF! For anyone reading this post stay away from this company and for Farmer Seed & Nursery SHAME ON YOU. If you really care about your product you should stand by it; Don't put out BS warranties. It would be nice to hear back from Farmer' to clarify the air, but I know that won't happen. So, stop sending me your catalog and sell your products elsewhere. your catalog read more

I've always had good luck with mail order nurseries. I ordered king king strawberry plants, orange pepper plants and mosquito shoo plants and all were very healthy. . read more

Tomato plants shipped by Fed Ex.....9 days to go from Ohio to Nevada, without air or water...10 to 12 stops along the way where I'm sure they were tossed around many times. They say they use the fastest shipping method...BULL...I get orders from NY in 3 days by Post Office. Very poor packaging, box was 3 times the size of the plant package so it could bounce around in it. 4 plants...1 completely shriveled up and dry...other 3 barely there that could not be saved. 2 emails to the customer service so far with no response. read more

See all

I ordered my plants in February. I should have received them by April. Called several times. They kept saying sorry for the delay. Kept promising to ship soon. Didn't happen. Finally by the end of June I received dried up dead plants. I will never do business with Farmer Seeds & Plants again. VERY Disappointed! Also when I called the person I delt with was at a call center in India. Not an American company anymore. Buyer beware! read more

Emailed called no customer service. No product delivered. Fraud stay away. Fraud fraud fraudulent

Slow Processing - 3-4 weeks after purchasing Slow Shipping - 1 week Poor Packaging - Roots dry out during shipping Customer Service - Does not exist Guarantee - Does not matter, because their packaging and shipping will kill the roots of the replacement after you jump through all the hoops to get a replacement. Substitute plants without notifying you. Order Red Gooseberries and not Boysenberries instead. The problem is boysenberries are not hardy in my zone. Do yourself a favor and stay away. read more

I ordered raspberry canes laxt year. They came DEAD. They sent me a credit voucher. This year I ordered strawberries and a mock orange back in April. Today June 20 I got them after many calks to the company and guess what... the mick orange is dead and the strawberries don't look very good either... and the seeds I ordered in April came 2 days ago. Kind of late to plant corn, beets, carrots and other stuff. Last time I'm ordering from them!!!! Be Careful.... Joyce B Minesota read more

Should have read reviews before ordering. Shipped my order with the wrong address (their error). Was returned to sender. Tried to call and the # on their website is not a working number. Emailed 3x and all ive been told is they have not yet shipped, despite me providing them with the tracking number showing the plants delivered BACK to them. Will be disputing the charge read more

Don't order from these people. My plants were or dead when received. I ordered a red clematis vine, and it was dead. I ordered (2) birds in a bush because hummingbirds love them, I have never received my order. I ordered a catalog and never received it either, not that I need one now. I will never waste my money on this place again. read more

I placed an order that was to arrive in spring. It kept getting delayed all the way to Aug. Canceled the order. Took 4 emails to achieve the cancel. Used to be a good company 5 years ago. Back then I purchased most items from them I will not buy from them any longer. read more

Ordered 2 trees that said they would be shipped by "x date". Never received the trees. Called over a month later, aggressive and rude customer service. Still no trees. Over a month and half late received 2 dead trees. Terrible company. Do not buy from them or any sister companies. read more

Still waiting for order that was placed in April. I sent an inquiry in mid-May of 2020 and then they charged my account. It is June and I still don't have any product. Mistake going with this 'business'. read more

I ordered 6 plants from them. I got a dead plant and the rest of the order has been back ordered for months. I cancelled order. I hope I get refund! read more

If I could give them zero stars I would. I only received half of my order. They said the other half would be delayed. Oddly, the other half was the expensive half of my order and I still have not received it (8 weeks later and past the time when I could buy plants locally or elsewhere). And NO refund for the part of the order they never shipped. Horrible company - doesn't respond to emails or any other attempts to get the rest of my order or my money back. read more

I ordered over $100 worth of trees when I got them they were just dry dead sticks in the bag the told me they were just dormant. Nope they were dead not a drop of moisture in them. If you try to bend them at all they just snap if it were dormant it would bend not break. I will never wast my money with them again. read more

What a terrible company. Ordered $123.00 worth of plants earlier in the year. Received a message that they would be shipped asa the weather was better. Plants arrived in broken plastic containers dried out. Requested new per their warranty. The new shipment arrived during 7 day heat wave when we were on vacation. Needless to say all dried out. Now they want to sue me for the amount. read more

I ordered a variety of trees & plants from this company. The trees were dead sticks when they arrived & i was told that i would need to send these sticks that were supposed to be trees back for a refund,which i would be required to pay shipping on again.Also they would not allow me to cancel any additional orders unless i mailed a written request to do so. This company is pathetic & a money scam. i will never buy anything from these losers again. read more

Great experience. Ordered a whole bunch of different plants totaling $150. All plants were just what I expected; small and dormant, mostly bare-root. Planted them properly (according to the exhaustive guide that came with my order) and within a couple of weeks, they're all thriving. If you're expecting large plants, like you might buy at a nursery or big-box, you might be disappointed, but you shouldn't be. The Forsythia I received, for example, are just single branches or "whips" with dry roots and no foliage...yet. They're all perfectly good plants, though, and are offered at an unbeatable price. It's a great, cost-effective way to fill a garden. Will be buying from them again. read more

I purchased for the 2nd year in a row #6138 purple leaf plum hedge. Half of my purchased plants died from last year; 6 died six made it I did not save the label so no warranty. I purchased 6 this year to fill in; what I received was twigs some even had roots; I waited about 3 or 4 weeks nothing happened, I mailed in the shipper label I received a letter with the shipper label stating the plants are sent dormant. Nothing is growing two more weeks of temps in the 70's and 80,s will not change that. DONT buy via mail; the plants shipped are small and its a huge waste of time since they success rate is low. local nurseries do not carry these for good reason, Utah may not be the right climate or the plant stock sent is just too low of quality with poor results. I am cutting my losses and going to buy actual plants from a local nursery as two years in a row with limited results-IM OUT ALSO This company sells under various names on the internet the product does not improve by switching same results. read more

Don't know how to contact about replacement warranty I purchased an almond tree, artichoke and 3 Manchurian apricot trees They were shipped June 30th the artichoke and the almond tree are growing great, but the apricots didn't make it They didn't look very lively when they arrived.. what is my next step? My e=mail address is cjbeltz@indytel.com read more

I'm trying my best to be positive but due to my bad experience the best I could give is one star. To start with I ordered seeds in late March 2020. I prefer to start my own plants as that seemed simple enough--ordering seeds and not to complicated. After a month I decided to follow up as I had not received any notification on status. I probably called a dozen times but you only get a busy signal with no message service. Imagine this day and age with no message service? My next option was to email. I asked for a refund because after waiting 30 plus days, I no longer wanted their business nor could I understand their lack of responsiveness. I got an email response on 30 April 20 stating they would process my refund if not already in shipping. I contacted them twice more through email and got no response nor did I get my refund. On 12 May 20 I received seeds I no longer wanted that weren't shipped until 7 May 20. So apparently the 30 Apr 20 response about shipping was a lie and they had no intentions of processing my refund. Ultimately, they shipped the seeds 7 May. I'll never do business with them again as ordering something simple likes seeds is beyond their capabilities read more

The catalog is beautiful! Don't be fooled. I ordered these plants and waited, and waited. Finally, I emailed them. I received a letter stating that two orders had been delivered. No, they had not, but then, that week, a large plastic red bag arrived. I was thrilled, except that the Asparagus was moldy. I managed to salvage it, and get it blooming. I cannot say that for most of the plants. After nurturing everything that I received from them (and the rest of my large garden of trees that I have purchased for our seven acres), the following never leafed out: 4 of 4 Black Tupelo, 4 of 6 Purple Leaf Plum, 3 of 4 Lilac, 1 of 9 Poplar (these were the best of the trees sent), 4 of 4 Red Maple, 3 of 6 White Birch, 2 of 2 Weeping Willows,1 of 4 Red Twig Dogwood. They are dead. The rest of my trees are doing well. The company states that you have to send the shipping label back, or it is VOID (they capitalized this.) I tried to call them, but their phone doesn't work. So, I cut out the label to send, and see that it is a different amount than the letter with receipt that they sent me. They say they sent me two shipments, but I only received the one red bag. I sure wish that I had read these reviews before buying almost $200.00 worth of plants. I know they are going to give me a run-around about the quantity because of the shipping label. I am shaking my head in disappointment, and thinking that this business license should be revoked. Depending on how they treat my replacement request (if they honor the trees that were dead on arrival), is whether I go to the Better Business Bureau next. This is not how a company should treat patron's. Buyer Beware! read more

DO NOT BUY FROM THEM. Not worth the chance. The plants that do show up don't grow and are pathetic. The ones that don't show never get refunded. I mailed the original shipping address and they claim they never got it. They are scam artists. DO NOT ORDER A THING read more

Worst nursery I can think of. Recieved totally dead trees. Called, they asked if I wanted replacements for those dead trees, which they sent another batch of totally dead trees. Asked if I wanted more replacement trees, which I denied. No refund available, only store credit. Who wants store credit for more dead trees?? The nursery never filled my order, and won't issue a refund. Talked to service department and management. Never again. Do yourself a favor and try another nursery. read more

i should have read the reviews about farmer seed and plant and i never would have placed an order. the claim to be a plant nursery what a joke. after waiting almost 2 months from expected delivery date i received part of my order 16 dead tomato plants that were shipped thru usps which took 13 days.still waiting for rest of plants. you have some nerve calling yourselves a nursery. you should call yourselves FARMER SEED AND PLANT TERMINATORS AND LYING NO CUSTOMER SERVICE RIP OFF INC. if you ever do service with this slime company do not pay them until you get your dead plants. i would give this company a negative 10 rating read more

Ordered 50 norway spruce, 25 quaking aspen, and 10 blue spruce. Of those, every one of the norway spruce were covered in a thick white mold. Tried calling customer service multiple times over a 3 day period and each time could only get a busy signal. Emailed using the contact on the website and was given a generic response about planting the trees as soon as you get them. I planted them anyway, but they obviously have all died within 2 weeks. Most of the quaking aspen and all but one of the blue spruce have also died. Would not order from this company again. I have never heard of such a ridiculous return policy of sending the shipping label with a letter to get a tree replacement. It is even more difficult to get a refund. They clearly don't stand behind their products and these reviews show why. Most of their shipments arrive dead or die soon after. For those looking for cheaper bare root seedlings, I would just use arbor day. The trees I ordered from them are thriving. read more

I have been growing 15 different rose plants for 15 years. Shipment arrived 2 - "Almost Black" and 1 - "Joy Rose" plants, Did not look good rose plants when open plastic bag, Rose Plants was molded and black, and dead rose plants. I was very disappointed. Same condition as planted 2 month ago. No new shoots. I need to ask replacement rose plants. Rocky S. read more

Not good. Ships live plants in plastic bags on hot sunny summer days. Not good packing. Plants Die Quick or are dead on arrival. Not Good! read more

stay away period thay are cheap but stay away nothing but trouble if you order from the like i said before stay away ,,, and they have differant names nurseries all in Bloominton Il dont order from anyone from Bloomington Il. for your own good STAY AWAY FOR YOUR GOOD and they never answer their phone i treid for 4days always buzzy,, teid email them no answer read more

Infuriating - DO NOT buy from this company! Ordered $90 in plants from this company. Called to inquire the status of the order. The customer service rep was so NASTY, BELLIGERENT and RUDE i'm canelling my order. I've been waiting a month, nothing. I cannot be issued a full refund; I HAVE TO WRITE IN TO REQUEST ONE! Obnoxious! What a mistake and now no plants to plant. read more

They shipped dead and moldy plants. Their customer service gives you the run around I would not order from this company

buy at your own risk. Plants arrived dead, most of them. don't waist your time trying to return them for replacement let alone refund. read more

Zero stars from me.I totally agree with previous comments. First shipment of a bare root tree was dead on arrival in the plastic bag. After much wrangling, the company agreed to re-ship the bare root tree. The replacement bare root plant arrived today and was broken into 3 pieces,with the roots completely separated from plant. Once again the plant arrived in a red trash bag. After I recieve a tree that survives, I will no longer consider doing or recommending this nursery & seed business to anyone. Sharon B. read more

Sent me the wrong trees and I have to mail back the packing label with a letter explaining the problem to get what I ordered. They will not do it by phone or email. Not worth the trouble for 2 trees that are a total of $30. Just buying new trees somewhere else. read more

Bad Company! DO NOT BUY FROM THEM. THEY DO NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR 1YR WARRANTY. Plants never started to grow. POOR QUALITY! AND WILL NOT REFUND. read more

I ordered 12 trees. I received buffaloberries instead of the juneberries I ordered. I was told to send in the shipping label. So I did. The rest of the trees were under a foot tall and not even as big as a pencil. Only two have shown life. I told them that and they said they had my label on file and would be shipping them. That was 3 weeks ago. Today I get a letter in the mail stating they need my return label. I have not received any replacements not even for there mess up. That was 6 weeks ago. Do not order from them. They also go by Burgess and Plantron Inc. read more

I understand getting my large order in parts. Received the first part with no problems. THEN some of the plants arrived. Part of them were alive (all 4 pepper plants) but only 1 out of 4 tomato plants survived transport. Trying to call the company and all I get is a busy signal. When I finally got through, do you think there was anyone authorized to satisfy the customers issues. No. Dead plants through the mail is nothing new. I will not deal with this company when you have to do all the of work. Now peel off the shipping label, write a letter explaining what is wrong and what you want. Why am I doing all of this. Not even asked to use E-mail. Getting old but I still want instant gratification. read more

Sent dead rose bush and would not replace even thou I attached a letter, pictures and credit card proof of purchase.

Received my plants on a sunny day in early March, planted the blackberries immediately with proper mulch for frost protection. The peony and fossil tree were planted in large containers inside my greenhouse. Plants looked not outstanding, but were alive and should grow. Most important of all, save the shipping label in case of return of any item. read more