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Kansas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I ordered barefoot gunnera manicata from them twice. After much care and nurturing, following instructions, They finally sprouted after months. The leaves didn't represent the plant I ordered. After much back and forth, they wanted my old shipping label, which I didn't keep after all that time. I finally sent a picture, told them I didn't want a refund... but to identify the plant. They are gladiolus. Clearly this website doesn't have any knowledge of plants and they ship randomly... never again.

Date of experience: August 30, 2019
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Unhappy!
April 29, 2020

Placed order on March 28, this is April 29still here not received it. I got a package but not what I ordered. I order 50 dollars worth of seed. Have ordered before and always been pleased not this time.

Date of experience: April 29, 2020
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Only ONE of the 18 plants I ordered was alive. They will not provide any replacement until you send them an original shipping label... that is a ridiculous requirement. It's just an excuse for them to NOT back their product. I've purchased from many other plant/tree companies with great products and customer service but THIS COMPANY IS TERRIBLE. Shop elsewhere! Buyers beware.

Date of experience: May 1, 2020
Utah
4 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Horrible service
June 18, 2018

This company has horrible service. The website does not link to the call in customer service, and I could never get the website to complete my order. When I called in and ordered, I had to call over 20 times to finally not get a busy signal. The only reason that I ordered from them is because they had a specialty tree that I could not find elsewhere.

After ordering, they do not provide any billing information to you. You never receive a detailed list of the order with prices charged. I called to get a detailed order and they said that they do not send them.

One of my items was missing. When I called to get the item, I was told that I had to send in the original shipping label via snail mail and indicate what item was missing. The problem is, you have to have the original shipping label to use if any of the plants die withing the designated 1 year period.

Just don't order from them. I am sure there are gardening sites that have some customer service

Date of experience: June 18, 2018
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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So disappointed
August 3, 2020

I ordered two seedless Concord grape vines 7/7/18. I planted them and expected to wait two to three years for a crop. This year we got grapes but the AREN'T seedless. How do you trust a company before you invest two years for nothing?

Date of experience: August 3, 2020
North Carolina
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This company cannot talk to each other to even figure out your order status. I tried to see what pieces were holding up shipping and spent 2 weeks via email and still couldn't get an answer. The customer service call center can't see orders and are incredibly rude - even the supervisor. NEVER ORDER HERE - there should be zero stars!

Date of experience: September 29, 2017
Alabama
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ordered plants on April 19th. Still not here on June 26th. Arrived too late to plant. Dead and moldy. Fedex guy said the rotten smell in his truck was horrible. Customer service was non exisitent. Did not waste the money to send back since the refund reviews were so bad. Will chalk it up to a bad experience... DO not buy here.

Date of experience: June 28, 2021
Maryland
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I called as soon as plants arrive not good condition. I was told that what bare root plants are like and to plant. When they didn't sprout called again and was told to send back. Plants rotted in the ground nothing to send. I returned lable and pkg info for money back was sent back everyday with letter no money back. I wrote back with replace item. Never got anything and now return us past expired time so will never buy from them again. Don't waste time or money in these "good" deals.

Date of experience: August 30, 2019
Maine
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Bad experience
June 1, 2018

I ordered a cherry tree from Direct Gardening and the delivery date was 2-3 weeks. After about 2 weeks, I received a card in the mail and I was told it was too late to plant the cherry tree and they were out of stock. I was told the tree would be delivered in the spring of 2019. I couldn't believe what I just read. Stay away from this company.

Date of experience: June 1, 2018
Kentucky
1 review
3 helpful votes
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DONT BUY FROM THEM!
June 29, 2017

This place is a sham and customer service is a nightmare. I bought poplars from them and they arrived bone dry. I've bought poplar saplings before via the Internet so I know how healthy saplings should arrive. These were complete dead. I contacted them. They asked that I please plant them and give them six weeks. I did as I was asked. When they remained dead, I contacted them again and they said I should have returned them within 14days.
Then I looked them up and now realize this is their scheme.
This place is a joke.
DONT BUY FROM THEM!

Date of experience: June 29, 2017
Utah
1 review
1 helpful vote
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ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE COMPANY. I ordered almost 2 months ago. Right after I placed my order I saw some pretty bad reviews and went right back within 10 minutes and messaged them at their customer contact email to cancel my order. No response. I messaged them again the next day, no response. No contact at all from them until about 3 weeks later when I see the charge go through on my account. I try calling, the number is disconnected or something. It is NOT possible to contact someone on the phone. I email them AGAIN and tell them I canceled and to refund the money. No response. I message them several more times with no response. This company is 100% dishonest. I'd give you some review of the plants but I haven't even received those yet.

Date of experience: May 9, 2020
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Odered the first of march and it took over a month to arrive. First off they were the size of a nickel. Tiny Gumdrops.
The worst part is they were rotted. All of them! $75 dollars worth too. None are salvageable. So I wrote to the company and they keep sending a canned email that they want me to return them to get a refund. No way in hell am I paying to return rotten potatoes. What a joke. Most decent companies would do the right thing and credit my card. I sent them 3 pics to prove I was not trying to scam them. Never deal with MygardenDirect. Horrible customer service.

Date of experience: April 29, 2020
Minnesota
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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I contacted Direct Gardening about the 7 dead plants. They won't do anything about this. I will never shop there again! I would give them a minus star if I could.
I do have pictures but I cannot upload them.

Date of experience: August 17, 2019
Washington
1 review
3 helpful votes
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AVOID THIS COMPANY. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME They sent me the wrong order and it is impossible to get it corrected. Their phone service consists of a busy signal. They took the money several weeks before shipping. I spent $20 and after 6 months of complaining, I receive a voucher for $5. They never shipped the correct order. I told them I would never shop there again. So what good is a voucher? It may be cheap, but it's NOT WORTH IT! It's. Not cheap when you add the inflated shipping costs. My only recourse for a refund is the Federal Trade Commission.

Date of experience: July 6, 2017
Iowa
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It took forever for my order to come - when arrived - everything looked dead - planted immediately - still dead after 2 weeks - called for refund - THEY DONT GIVE REFUNDS! - after 6 weeks - send a new plant! Why would I want another dead plant? Awful customer service - so rude. Never never again!

Date of experience: May 25, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They say they guarantee their plants but you have to keep the shipping label and s422nd it back to them. Plants were rotten when they arrived but no one else wants the label back - of course, since they have a record of what they shipped - it never occurred to me to keep the label and by the time they responded to my email the label was long gone. Don't buy from these terrible no good very bad people

Date of experience: May 25, 2017
Washington
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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If I can give them "zero" star, then I will!
On Wed, May 23,2018, 7:37 AM, I was place an order with direct gardening for Angel's trump 3 in 1 (3 color in 1 plant Angel Trumpets are shipped in a 2 1/4 inch pot, about 6 inches tall), with warranty 1 year.
Jan 2019 the plant has flower, but only 1 Peach color (I already have this color), so I contact them with the picture, email back and forth for 2 weeks, then they agree replace (or store credit?) with another plant, but I have to use the label they was send out 8 months ago to send a return item? IS THIS A JOKE?

Date of experience: January 10, 2019
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This company is theif
November 6, 2018

I paid the shipping and they shipped me the plants are completely impossible to plant. They were almost dead when the time of shipment plus they did very lousy shipping. The soils are everywhere in the bag and the plants are seperate from the container and dead not plantable.

Date of experience: November 6, 2018
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Received 2 Kiwi plants in a plastic mailing envelope - 1 in a plastic clamshell, the other in a plastic bag. The one in the clamshell was in OK condition, a little beat up where the leaves extended out the sides of the clamshell. The other was crushed - alive but extremely pale with brown areas on the leaves. Both were very small, looked like this year's cuttings. If they live, it will be a result of extremely intensive care from a Master Gardener. This company should be ashamed of their products and practices.

Date of experience: July 9, 2021
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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TERRIBLE!
July 16, 2020

They send you dead plants and try to tell you that they are dormant. I've planted flowers for over 35 years and I know dead flowers when I see them. None of my came up. STAY AWAY! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!
Joan O.
Alabama

Date of experience: July 16, 2020

Overview

DirectGardening has a rating of 1.6 stars from 399 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with DirectGardening most frequently mention customer service, credit card and dead plants. DirectGardening ranks 96th among Plants sites.

service
52
value
47
shipping
49
returns
38
quality
46