Jung Seed

Posted on March 27, 2024, updated April 8, 2024 Horrible customer service!!! I placed an order for a pear tree and it was shipped on March 7, 2004. Unfortunately the USPS has lost the shipment. USPS suggested I contact Jung. I contacted Jung three times through their customer service email. I never received a reply, not one time. Not even an acknowledgment they received my emails. It\'s become apparent that if you have a problem with shipment, customer service is Non existent and you will be completely ignored! Needless to say, I will Never order from Jung again. Pathetic customer service!

I have been a customer of theirs for over 20 years. I ordered a bunch of fruit trees, grapes, and blackberries from them about 20 years ago, and everything grew beautifully (except my 5 apple trees- I have always had trouble with growing apples here & I don’t blame the company because they sent me healthy stock). In fact, some of the plants are still alive and thriving now! I have a Seckel pear, a Concord grape, and a dwarf Lapins sweet cherry that have been excellent performers in my zone 6b (south central Kansas) garden. In 2022 I decided to try raising more fruit and ordered their dwarf blueberry special (4 plants) plus Mara des Bois strawberries. The plants are healthy and thriving. The first strawberries are almost ripe, in fact. I have had some failures from my past orders, namely the butterfly bushes and several perennials. They seemed a bit overpriced for the tiny plug plants I received, many of which arrived dried and dead. Overall, though, I am very satisfied as a customer and will likely order from them again in the future. PS- to the folks at Jung’s: please bring back the dwarf Lapins cherry! Mine has borers, and I am probably going to replace her eventually. :(

This year is my first time ordering from Jung Seed and after my 1st order, I came back and have placed 4 more ( $500+ in total) as I was so happy to see the quality of their plants turned out. Been buying mail order fruit trees for the past 3 years, I have ordered from at least 5 different companies and so far, Jung Seed offers real good quality and healthy trees with very reasonable prices, plus free shipping promotion too! On top of that, their selections are plentiful. They offer many interesting varieties that I've been looking for; not just berries and fruit trees but flowers, shrubs, bulbs too. That's why I went overboard and purchased quite a lot, but it's okay as I enjoy doing business with them. Another thing is the customer service is exceptional. I find reaching out for them via Facebook is the fastest way just in case you want to know. Ever since the covid outbreak, all of the famous nurseries seem to skyrocket their products price and charge you a ridiculously high shipping fee. I don't know if Jung Seed increased their price yet but i personally find it still very reasonable and affordable. In a word, I say they are worth checking out. Thank you so much, Jung Seed!

I hardly ever write reviews but I felt I really needed to as I was pleasantly surprised with my order! My Background: have honeyberry bushes that I've grown from a few inches (cuttings) to mature plants (>5'). Ordered 6 honeyberry (haskap plants) and a bloodwort to get the $100 free ship deal. Was a bit hesitant due to the reviews but was really the only place I could find the new borealis honeyberry series of plants, especially at a pretty good price (<$20 / plant). The plants arrived right in the the middle of their intended ship time (mid - late april) however no shipping notice was rec'd (not a big deal but glad my wife saw them on the porch and they didn't spend a few nights outside). I was very impressed with the condition and packing of the plants. Overall the size of the plants (ground up was about 8" 10 12" with lots of new tender growth that was packaged very carefully as to bend but not break it (actually quite impressed none of the new soft growth was broken!). Honestly 1 leaf didn't fall off when I carefully removed the plants! I've made a few online orders of plants and honestly this was the best packaged order I've ever seen! Hats of to Jung seed for my 1st order. You deserve every bit of this positive review. Based on my 1st order I wouldn't hesitate to order from them again. i wish I could include a picture of both the packaged conditioned of the plants and the plants removed. That would be worth more than my short summary.

Ordered 3 honeyberry/haskap plants. Shipped quickly and packed well. Plants were healthy and labeled. Nothing negative to say here!

Set up and ordered a small seed order. (6 items) I received a confirmation of the order. I looked at my credit card account on the next few days and they had charged my account for the total of the order. After a week i called to get an update on the order( most on line merchants ship in 3-4 days) The robot that answered my call at Jung's told me to call back, they were extremely busy. I called back 4 more times and was told the same thing by the same robot. In between I sent them emails, the first asking for ship date and the last two i asked for a cancellation since they would not respond to emails and phone calls after two weeks. I then contacted my credit card co and disputed the charge.. THEN I got an email stating that my order was in their fulfillment center, blithely told me most of my order would be shipped this week (of the 22nd). i was upset because they would not communicate and had the nerve to charge me long before the seeds were shipped. I have instructed the USPS that I will refuse all shipments from Jung Seed.. The Post Office instructed me that when I do receive it, merely return to the town Post office and get the tracking # to prove return to Jung's.

My first time ordering from Jung, and I'm extremely pleased with what I received. I was hesitant to order the Canada Red rhubarb, because I thought they were a little pricey. When I received my order (on time and well-packaged), I couldn't believe how large they were and with tiny buds already growing. No doubt as to these bare roots being alive! I'll be looking to Jung again in the future!

I placed a large order (large for me, anyway :) ) for seeds and live root items. I received all my seeds in a timely manner, it was easy to see the status of my order/track it. I will update this review once the live root items arrive later in the spring, but I've been very happy thus far.

Most years I am very pleased with Jung's products and service, and those of their affiliates: Totally Tomatoes, Shumway, Vermont Bean. This year I had a problem and I'm curious if other gardens had a similar problem. In 2019 I ordered a package of five kinds of garlic for northern gardens. I was pleased with three: 'German Porcelain', 'Northern White', and 'Musik.' The other two, labeled 'Vietnamese Red' and 'Spanish Roja' did very poorly. As soon as I looked at my order, I saw why. All five kinds were supposed to be hard neck, but the poor performers were soft neck. Soft neck garlic doesn't do well this far north. I informed Jung of the problem in July, requesting that they send the correct garlic types for planting this fall. I finally bugged them in early October and the next day received an email that said, in part, "This email is in response to an email that you sent to us in July. I do apologize on the delay in answering. After much discussion and checking with our vendors, etc. We have decided that this was a mistake on our part. Unfortunately we are sold out of our hardnecks for the fall season. I have issued you a refund in the amount of $23.38 the price of the garlic plus tax for 1-04843n ½ lb Garlic Spanish Roja and 1-04821n ½ lb Garlic Vietnamese Red." I understand that mistakes happen. I am not happy that they waited until they were sold out of garlic to inform me that they made a mistake. If I hadn't had years of good experiences with Jung, I would have scored this "Negative."

Posted on June 2, 2020, updated July 14, 2020 Posted on May 17, 2014, updated June 2, 2020 Posted on November 29, 2013, updated May 17, 2014 Posted on August 15, 2012, updated November 29, 2013 Posted on November 11, 2010, updated August 15, 2012 I ordered a collection of poppy roots - they were small pitiful things and only one grew. Terrible quality.

I ordered two packets of vegetable seeds in March. They did not ship in the expected time frame. Three emails over the course of two and a half months went unanswered. Filed a PayPal dispute for the costs, but I had to go out and buy the seeds locally (at a Jung's Garden Center...sigh) and by that time it was pretty late to plant them.

Terrible customer service. I placed an order two weeks ago. I sent two emails since then looking for an update and both were ignored. I reached them by phone today and was told the items are sold out - no refund has been issued and the woman I spoke to was very, very rude. Buyer beware.

My first order with Jung Seed went through without any problems at all at this point. My order arrived within an acceptable time frame and everything was very well packaged and looked healthy. One item was on back order, which I didn't expect, but I can live with that. I will try to update when I get my back ordered item.

Since I just received a horrible shipment from another company, and complained, I thought I should also say how delighted I am with the dahlias and glads I got from Jung's. The tubers were larger and in better shape than many from exclusive companies. The glads were large bulbs starting roots. I would certainly order from this company again

I have been very happy for what I have gotten here for the price I paid. While I have had failures on Jung plants, I’ve had as many failures from other sources too. The difference is that Jung shipped me a replacement. The first time I got bare root plants, I was still shocked despite reading and understanding they would look small or dead. If I were ordering just a couple of maples for a back yard, I would get them locally and live. But, I am planting dozens of trees, including some varieties that just are never available at the local garden center. Their Customer service did not always delight me initially. However, they stood by their experience and it has worked out well for me.

Posted on September 2, 2010, updated November 26, 2018 Posted on June 7, 2009, updated September 2, 2010 So far it's been good. This is my first year ordering from Jung, I was looking for a reliable general purpose plant and seed company and decided to give them a try. I ordered a variety of vegetable & flower seeds, onion starts, day lilies, and dahlias, all are growing and appear to be doing well.

Posted on June 5, 2018, updated June 14, 2018 Just received 2 bushel and berry brambles - blackberry and raspberry. Beautifully wrapped. Good growth. Good price. Had to ask for tracking number but got them. Very happy with them.

Posted on May 11, 2018, updated May 30, 2018 I ordered nine dahlia tubers and one did not grow. Jung will only issue a credit and not refund my money. Why would I want to order from them again if they do not guarantee growth?

I ordered 2 semi dwarf apple trees from Jung Seed, mainly because they are closer to me then others so I tried to support them. I placed my order and waited 2 weeks before contacting them about shipping, and was told the order would go out that weekend, which it did, but I recieved 2 whips that are around 2 feet tall, clearly just grafted last year. The product description lists a 3 to 5 foot tree. Pretty disappointed, won't be shopping here anymore.

Tulips bulbs looked good when arrived. One previous order in the past, paid online, but notified it was out of stock later. Only ordered here because of a hard to find Tulip.

I was going to start looking for spring bulbs and came across the reviews here… This place is HUGE. Clearly people who are happy plant their plants and move on with life. Pretty sure they sell millions of plants every year. It sucks that the people who took the time to give feedback are the people who had something go wrong. If you LOVE Jung and appreciate the incredible quality leave feedback. These negative reviews do not represent the company I have dealt with. I have been buying from Jung Seed on line for more than ten years. They are awesome! We built a house and started with a blank canvas for gardens, every year we add more flowers. Before the snow is completely gone until a hard frost there is something in bloom from Jung in our yard. The first time I ordered a bare root plant it was a foreign concept and a leap of faith. We live on water and our giant willow (that blocks a window view of our property) fell. We needed something that would grow fast, can tolerate very wet conditions and eventually replace the willow when the rest of it goes. The tree showed up as a three foot stick with a few buds and some cropped roots. Now five or six years later that is a close to twenty foot beautiful catalpa tree. We buy tulips and lilies and other bulbs from Jung at least every other year. It takes me a year to forget how much work planting a hundred bulbs is and how much it sucks to dig up bulbs that I can’t recall exactly where they are buried. We still have amazing GIANT tulips from the very first time we ordered from Jung that come back every year. AMAZINGLY beautiful and three different very similar varieties and maybe 100 or so bulbs. Everyone that sees them wants to know where they came from. We bring them as cut flowers to friends and everyone who sees them talks about them. I bought tulips at the big hardware store on impulse they all died off or stopped blooming. One of my favorite flowers has always been peonies. We got an award winning giant yellow with like a pinkish color peony. My only disappointment was it took maybe two years for it to start blooming. When it is blooming our whole massive flowering yard smells like heaven. It is a huge plant and I LOVE it. I bought two other exotic peonies at the same time. They have grown much slower. I called and asked why that would be and in two minutes the person I was talking to, a member of the family, told me they don’t have enough sun. I moved them this year and they grew a ton with more flowers. Can’t wait to see what they do next spring! We have allium every spring, massive and beautiful from Jung. I actually bought about three hundred, tulips maybe more, at once. NOT SMART. Started with planting 12 at a time spacing them perfectly and by the end of the day was digging trenches and chucking bulbs in. Even the recklessly planted bulbs are beautiful flowers every spring. We have fir trees, flowering trees, arborvitae and flowering bushes from Jung. All wonderful and beautiful. While last winter was pretty rough on roses here, we lost half of them, my favorite and oldest rose I planted from Jung survived and was incredible this year. We bought cosmos varieties from Jung because one of our children picked them out online. For as long as I can remember they reseed themselves in one garden. They just kind of show up looking like little ferns randomly and we let them grow always beautiful. We got giant hastas that get a little bigger every year for maybe five years. We also have bought from hardware stores and a high end local garden center. Jung and the garden center dominate hardware store for quality and health of plants and Jung beats the garden center on price. I will for sure be buying MORE bulbs this year than I had planned, to support this amazing company after seeing the feedback here. Many times they have sent an extra try-this-too bulb or seed pack no charge. I could not more highly recommend a horticultural company. They are amazing. THE BEST highest recommendation!!!

Posted on April 26, 2011, updated September 18, 2017 What a ripp-off. Just got my order or should I say replacement order. Both times were nothing but a" MESS"! Plants the size of a freckle & in tiny plastic bags instead of the pots as advertized. Also, they tried to tell me it had to be shipped in March. They didn't listen that it was too early. FOr a different month they wanted an extra $15. No way I'd do that. As it is they didn't ship them til later & their "TINY, PUNY" things came mid April.

Posted on April 27, 2017, updated April 27, 2017 I ordered a live plant from Jung's Seed nursery the plants arrived almost dead,and very small. I don't know if these plants will survive.

I ordered from Jung Seed several years ago, and bought a Bolleana Poplar along with other things. All was great, but sadly I had to move away and leave my trees behind. These days they don't offer the same tree, but I did purchase another type. I was immediately impressed with the size of the tree. It had green buds coming out, and it was a very nice caliper. No dried out twig of a tree here! However a few significant roots were damaged. I made a call, and I was assured the tree would be fine, and I trust that Jungs will take care of me, if the tree should fail. I like ordering from Jung Seed. Recommended.

I've been gardening and ordering seeds by mail for over 40 years. Years ago I would buy from 3 or 4 sources each season, including R.H. Shumway and Jung from time to time. A couple years ago I began using catalogs to chose items, and then order online. After spending much time filling in forms for several companies, including Totally Tomatoes, I realized they were all at the same address in Randolph, Wisconsin. I looked at how much all this shipping and handling was going to cost me, how much time I'd already spent filling in form after online form at the same address, coming up with screen names and passwords for each, and decided enough was enough. Why the heck couldn't they have a single place to log in and order from, with a single account, for all their various "brands"? I logged out without finishing any of the orders. I'd already had previous annoying experiences with ol' R.H. where the packets of "special" seeds only had 5 or 6 seeds inside. Now, any seed catalog that arrives from Randolph, Wisconsin, goes straight into the recycling bin. Your mileage may vary.

I received my order from Jung in mid April. I was impressed with the quality of the plants, two Genista 'Bangle' a Proven Winners selection. The catalog offered a lot of selections I was looking for, good prices. While I never heard any updates on my order,placed in February, I was very pleased with the shipping notification and shipping time for my Zone 4 South Dakota garden. Great job!

Overall good experiences overt the years. The only reason this is no longer a raving review is because they took down the egardenersplace website. I could order from all of their catalogs (Totally Tomatoes, Shumway's, Vermont Bean Seed, see the whole list in the "affiliated companies" list above) and get a good selection of seeds for one shipping fee. Now ordering from each catalog will incur an additional fee, so I'll most certainly be ordering less because while some products do cross over between catalogs, each catalog is lacking in some areas. I may not order anything at all if I can't get enough seed to justify the shipping cost.

I was looking for a hard to find pepper seed this Winter and I got a search hit for Jung Seed. So I ordered it and a second one I saw. Then I got to the check out and couldn't believe they wanted to charge me $5.95 for 2 seed packets! Not a happy camper, but short of time and I ordered them. Seeds arrive and it is a small package, probably about $2.50 to ship or less. So they raped me for an extra $3.50 on the shipping. I ship small packages everyday and know the cost. I go to plant the seeds and see the package is marked for for the 2015 season? If I order in mid December it is for the 2016 garden season. HELLO! Today was seed starting day and when I open the Jung seeds I am disappointed. Every single reputable seed seller includes at least 50% extra seed over the advertised quantity listed on their website. Not Jung (or is it Junk Seeds?) A package of 25 included 27 seeds and a few were pretty sad looking. Then to top it off when I get online tonight I learn this company is owned by Monsanto. )&^(^*^%#@

I order a few hundred dollars worth of trees and other plants from Jungs every year. They would actually be my go-to supplier except the way they have the Web-Site set up you can't order until they want you to. I sent an e-mail about this and they responded nicely but that is just the way they run it. My problem is that when they do start excepting orders, I am already nearly done ordering for the season. Anyway, the reason I give them a Positive is the Trees always come in in excellent shape with a very large root system. This year I ordered apricot trees from three suppliers to do an experiment on which was best. Jungs came in untrimmed which I prefer so I can prune them the way I want. I put all of the apricots in the same area for cross pollination and the two from Jungs have grown about a foot with nice, even growth which the others are alive but they are so severely pruned that they on grew a few inches. Last year I put in a Yellow Cornelian cherry and added another one this year along with two Reds (Pioneer and Red Star). The one from last year grew about 2 feet and the new ones are about 18" tall. Three years ago I put in an Asian Pear collection. They don't sell all of them now but we were able to pick pears the following year after planting. They are now about 7' tall and with trunks about 4" in diameter. Again that root system is key. I also put in a pair of Seaberries. I had four that never produced or grew for that matter. The Year after putting in the ones from Jung all of them took off. The two from Jung are already 7' and the female is loaded in only two years. I think the male is cheating on her though as the others are now producing as well. The male from Henry Fields is still only 18" tall and never has the nodes so I don't think he is the father. My wife wanted some Gladiolus so I bought the big collection and 100% of them grew and were fantastic. They had a full range of color and ran over a 6 week period. The seeds are fine but I don't have much trouble with them from any of the supply houses online. I highly recommend this company for trees and I hope they open up the sales dates for those of us who plan ahead for the following year.

I have ordered periodically from Jung Seed for 5 years. Unfortunately, I have had enough disappointment with their customer service to now be done with them. Over the years, I have had several fruit and flower varieties take a couple of seasons before fruiting/flowering, only to discover that they were the wrong variety. (Peony, grape, iris.) I have also had several specimens fail (heucherella, echinacea). I know that these things happen with any nursery; my main complaint is their customer service policy. A recent example: after two years tending to three irises purchased in 2013 as part of an internet special, the only surviving specimen FINALLY bloomed for the first time last week, and was radically untrue to cultivar. (Instead of being coral pink, it had white standards, beige falls, and a yellow beard.) After reaching out to customer service and providing a pic of the surviving rogue iris, I received an email offering to issue me a CREDIT for $3.11. Apparently that is the prorated cost of the one surviving iris. This amount covers less than half of the cost of a single replacement iris from the Jung Seed catalog, not including shipping. So the net result is: after waiting two years for these three irises to bloom, I have one iris remaining, and it's the wrong cultivar. I responded to their offer to issue me a $3.11 credit with a request for them to send me a single replacement iris -- EVEN THOUGH TWO IRISES FAILED AND ONE WAS THE WRONG CULTIVAR. They refused, and offered to issue a $3.11 refund instead of a $3.11 credit. Really? Not good enough to keep this customer. Buyer beware.

Posted on May 30, 2009, updated May 17, 2015 A gladiola collection and 4 meteor cherry trees. Packaged appropriately and healthy.

I have placed several orders with this company over the years. In all of the plants purchased, only 1 died....a rose bush that was not hardy to zone 5. The following spring, I contacted Jung over my Love Song, and they allowed me to purchase a different plant at half price. I am very pleased with their customer service. I didn't have to wait 1 week for a response from them either (like Forest Farms.)

I placed a mixed order of seeds, strawberry plants and flower plants in February. I have no problem with the seeds, and the strawberry plants were lovely, but I will cetainly never order flower plants from them again. The Silver Mound artemisia are just OK, all the Mercury Rising Coreopsis were terrible and quickly died, the Smoke Signal little bluestem grass is struggling, and there is not a sign of growth on the Midnight Marvel hibiscus (yes, I know it is late to emerge, but it has been in a long time). I was going to just forget it and say "live and learn" until today. It is now May and the Tiki Torch echinacea has not arrived, so I called customer service to cancel the order. I talked to a rep who said Ok, done. A few minutes later she called me back and said that the plant had already shipped. What a coincidence that it shipped on the very day I called; and wouldn't you have thought I would have had an email when it shipped? Neither customer service rep that I talked to tried to make me happy. I guess they are there just to say they're sorry but aren't empowered to actually do anything. I was told to send it back if I didn't want it.

I live in Marietta Ga and Not real pleased with my experiences of ordering any plants on line First because they are usually TO small, To expensive, and a pain to get any customer service. WELL that has changed for me as far as customer service is concerned with Jung seed since my order was a challenge because I made it in Dec. for spring Bulbs and a Itoh Peony, I was told that they would be sent on or about the end of April . which did not bother me because sending bulbs thru the mail in freezing weather would insure 1. bad bulbs 2. frozen bulbs 3 dead bulbs. They sent the bulbs anyway in Jan and sure enough when they arrived they were in bad shape and unuseable. Upon the thaw they were indeed mush. That is when I decided to test the customer service. I called and without question the Lady on the line apologized for the mistake and assured me that they would be sending replacements. Then once again the weather went bad and we had 8 degree weather when the plants arrived and set on my porch til we came home the next day and guess what the same thing again. I called and JS without question responded with still another replacement. Later at the end of march my itoh peony came in and from all appearances the peony looked great. I called and expressed to them that the peony exceeded my expectations I planted the peony just as I have planted over 30 others that I have in my garden. 2 weeks later the plant was still not doing anything and all of my other peonies were at least broken ground. upon further look at the itoh peony it had turned brown and was completely brown whereas before there were eyes and looked healthy. I was very disappointed and again I called JS customer service and they assured me that they would replace the Expensive Peony. I will update this post when I receive the other peony as to condition and health. I say all of this to try and let everyone know that Not all of my online purchases have been this involved and one could easily say why even deal with this or any issue like this WELL I will certainly be doing more business with JS BECAUSE I could not ask for better service and support ,even from my neighborhood nursery. The experience (,While not what I would have wanted) was a good one from the standpoint that they JUNG SEED have stood behind my purchases. even as crazy as this one was. Hard to find anyone that will be as concerned that you are satisfied and will stand behind your order WITHOUT QUESTION I WILL BE DOING BUSINESS THERE AGAIN SEMPER FI!!! POSITIVE+

Posted on February 7, 2015, updated February 9, 2015 Posted on February 6, 2015, updated February 7, 2015 At this point, I am distressed with Jung. I have ordered from them before, with mixed results, but they have always been slow in sending the order. I have attributed it to my ordering later in the spring. But this year, I ordered January 30, and they are still not on the way. This may be my last order.

Posted on August 31, 2013, updated November 9, 2014 Just received my order from Jung's Fall 2013 catalog. I ordered some potted perennials as well as some supplies. The perennials are all nice-sized, healthy plugs. The 'Brandywine' hellebores were very nice especially since I had been looking for them for a while. The supplies were some biodegradable compost bags and some deer repellent. I am happy with my order and will not hesitate to order again.

The 4 perennials I recently ordered arrived today. They were well packed and arrived with minimal damage. The only thing I wondered about is why the order would be sent out on a Friday from Wisconsin and take till Thurs. to get to Minnesota.

I have ordered both seeds and plants from Jung during the past several years, and I am pleased with their products. The "Blues Brothers" lobelia germinate beautifully and are colorful additions to the garden and to pots. This Spring I ordered 3 blue delphineums which came in April - when there was still snow on the ground! I wasn't happy to have to keep them in the tiny pots for 6 weeks until I could plant them, or that one plant looked less than healthy, but they did grow and bloom nicely. (One is white rather than blue, but it is lovely.). Yes, plants they send are tiny, but that can be a good thing because they often transition better than larger specimens. I will continue to order from Jung. (Having spoken to customer service once, I learned the proper pronunciation of the company. I always pronounced the word with a silent "J." Shame in me. LOL.)

I ordered eight bare root Spirea Anthony Waterer plants in early June, 2014. How they kept them bare root without very much foliage until June I don't know. But I potted them and stuck them in my garden for fall planting in a permeant location. They now all have leaves are look healthy. I am very pleased with the company.

I purchased peach trees from Jung seed company last year. They didn't seem to grow much but made it through summer. After winter they did not come back. It was then that I looked them over very closely and I noticed that the trunks had holes. These were not fresh holes and it was to early for bugs. I researched and found it was peach tree borer. Fearing for the rest of my fruit trees, I quickly dug them up and burned them. I later contacted Jung seed company and told them about the situation. They, without having been in my garden wanted to say my trees died from winter kill. And because it was over 1year since my purchase, I would not be getting a full refund. Jung will not take responsibility for selling me infested trees. It takes 1year for the life cycle of the peach tree borer. Therefore I'm confident in my position that Jung should have refund my purchase, I had been a loyal customer for many years. Jung does not care about that at all. I would also not recommend Burgess of Illinois because they refund dead plants with DEAD PLANTS. Seriously how can they be in business. I have found it better to shop locally and develop relationships with people you can talk with face to face.

I've had a handful of orders from Jung in the past few years, and always been happy. This year I was so impressed that I decided I'd go to the trouble of reviewing here, where I always look, myself. I could not be more pleased with what I ordered from Jung this Spring. Everything looked great, but I was specifically SO pleased with the Pope John Paul roses I ordered. They looked amazing. Planted them, and they have grown like gangbusters already. I'm more pleased with these, than any roses I've mail-ordered elsewhere, or even those I've purchased locally. I would definitely recommend Jung. Not only has everything been great, from the 3 raspberries I ordered 5ish years ago and are now a large patch, to the Roses I mention above, but I feel that I've gotten very good service when needed (only once- I emailed to ask when the roses would arrive, very helpful).

Posted on May 10, 2014, updated May 28, 2014 The company withdrew money from my account on 03/12/2014, I requested confirmation of the shipment date and received an email stating that it would be received mid to late April at the latest. May 10th and I have still not received anything. I will be filing charges of online theft shortly. In contrast, I made a similar large order with Raintree Nursery on the same day, they did not make any charges against my account until they shipped the order which I received mid April with everything in great condition.

After seeing a fair number of negative comments so I felt compelled to write in. I've been doing most of my veggie seed and plant business w/ Jung for the last 5 years after switching from Park's and Burpee (cost). I've had great luck with them, including this year's order and their customer service has been very, very good the few times I've had an issue. I also ordered from their sister companies, McClure& Zimmerman and Roots & Rhizomes and those orders were very good as well. Had a small issue with M&Z and they promptly sent a new plant, no questions asked.

I ordered three bare-root plum trees and two dwarf/semi-dwarf bare-root cherry trees for spring 2014 shipment. They arrived well packed, very much larger than I had expected, and with well-developed root systems. Miserable, cold, rainy/sleety weather caused a few days' delay in getting them into the ground, but the roots stayed moist in their moss packing. Jung had hardy varieties that I haven't seen elsewhere, which is important for me in Minneapolis.

Posted on April 24, 2014, updated May 3, 2014 Posted on April 24, 2014, updated April 24, 2014 I am not sure exactly how to review because the customer service person today was helpful. I put in a huge order, more than 40 plants, which should have arrived in March for my climate. Jung made a mistake and lumped me in with a town of a few hundred people 4000 feet higher in elevation. I called a month ago to get my plants shipped and they said they would ship. I got an email 2 weeks ago saying all had shipped, but only 4 had and the rest were not packaged yet. They took 2 weeks to get here and one was poorly packed and severely damaged. I called today to find out where the rest were and had to cancel my order because I will be gone for 3 weeks in May and they can't get here before I leave. No local nurseries offer unusual varieties and I am set back a whole year. The order was lots of fruit trees, grapes, etc...The woman waived their normal inability to refund and cancel at this late date since I had requested my plants come immediately a month ago because I was not only upset, but would have refused shipment, That is the only thing that elevated them from neutral from negative. Honestly, I just wanted my plants, is that too much to ask? Since when does it take 2 weeks in hot weather to ship from Wisconsin to Utah? I guess the bottom line from other reviews is go in person, but do not do mail order

My experience with Jung Seed seems to be rather mixed. I have had some really great products from them, and other times, not so much. I have been a customer of theirs for over 30 years. When we had our home in SE WI, I bought everything from them - seeds, trees, berry bushes, perennials, products. While you may occasionally have a tree that didn't make it through transplant or a flower that didn't overwinter, it was a rare occurrence. Over the years, I have been buying a lot of perennials and bulbs. When I get them, they are often not blooming. I will hand it to Jung's -- the plants are always healthy and always grow well. When I first started buy things I had no problems. Even the items that I buy as bare root perennials that look like withered up nothings, but a little soil and water will make them flourish with life. While their products still grow well and are healthy, it seems that I buy 'surprises' more often. By surprise, I mean you have a coneflower that is supposed to have red-orange flowers and it blooms purple. They are good about replacing things if you go to the garden center, but sometimes you get it home and it blooms the wrong color again. Is it that someone mixed up the cuttings? The supplier mixed it up? Who knows. But it makes me hesitate to buy something down the road. Where is their quality control? I have learned that it is better to go through the gardening center to purchase items than to do it through mail order. And, given that I live close enough, I have that luxury. I used to feel confident in calling their catalog with questions and concerns. I originally talked for years to a man named Dwayne, and then more recently to a lady names Treena(spelling?). Both were very smart and seemed to know exactly what they were talking about. You could tell that these people were gardeners! The last couple years when I have called their catalog, I have been told that they are no longer available and I instead get to talk to people that have no idea what is going on. I've been placing orders and have people that cannot even pronounce the names of the plants. Day-ha-las (Dahlias). Hoe-stas (Hostas). Other times, when I called in with questions or with issues about a plant I bought, I've been told answers that make no sense at all, like the irises I bought in 2012 that were supposed to be deep blue and bloomed white in 2013 will darken in color to the correct color over the years. It may take 3-5 years to get to their correct color. Really? I don't think so. I realize that I may be picking, but as a place with plants, I would expect those I speak with to have actually gardened. Yes, I ask, and it seems that a warm body is enough to make you a gardening 'expert'. It's like having a person working in the computer section at Best Buy that has never used one. Another thing that doesn't settle well with me is that we have had a lot of issues with seed not growing the way it was supposed to. There are been times when we order a packet of seeds and it looks like we bought a mixed packet of seeds -- especially peas. (It's worse with their Totally Tomatoes items -- see comment there). We had Cajun Belle pepper a few years ago that was supposed to be mild that was so hot that you could scald your digestive system to the intestines by putting just one in a pot of soup. And trust me, we eat a lot of chilis and jalapenos, so it's not like we don't know what heat is. This year, we had the Dick's Pick Butternut that was supposed to be wonderful, but ended up being this little mini butternut squashes that fit in the palm of your hand. I realize that 'all things are relative' when it comes to gardening because your particular climate can greatly affect the outcome of the plants. But when your other peppers aren't suddenly wildly hot or your other butternut varieties (Waltham and Pennsylvania Crookneck) are growing to their normal sizes, and your other gardening friends in other counties or states have the same issues too, you start to wonder about what you really received in that packet. Again, quality control? I like the garden centers and the amount of products they carry. It is nice to go in and be able to see the planting trays before I buy them or look at the gardening tools to see what they feel like in my hands before I buy them. Also, I love their outdoor garden trellis (biggest and most varied selection around). Jung Dollars are great too! So, for now, I buy cautiously from Jung Seed. I hope that this will change down the road, as I like supporting a seed company that is from WI and is family owned.

I ordered two almond trees, Bounty and Oracle, from Jung Seed Company. Both were very healthy upon arrival and did very well for me their first summer.

Called customer service about an order of some plants. The plants were tiny and weak, but the customer service dept. really didn't care. Basically, that is what you get for that money. They did refund the money, but actually, I'd rather have some advice and concern as a failure isn't really about money, but rather that it sets things back a year. I got the feeling that if I wanted better quality, I should look elsewhere, which I can do. I've ordered from them for probably 30+ years at maybe $200 a year, referred friends and family. Seems that every year this company gets worse, and I used to really rely on them.

Posted on January 7, 2013, updated August 12, 2013 Posted on January 6, 2013, updated January 7, 2013 GMO's, may be why you are growing your own food, so you might be surprised to know Jungs is selling GMO corn seed. It doesn't say GMO, it says "synergistic", but lots of looking on the internet turns up that "synergistic" is a euphamism for genetically engineered AKA GMO. Thank my mother's keen skepticism. I thought, surly, as GMO sweet corn has only been legal a year, no one would be pushing it on home gardeners in 2013. Well, Mom's cynisism is rarely misplaced and careful research put me in my place. I don't even have the words, just glad she caught it before we paid to grow their poison.

My order was processed promptly and received from UPS two days after Jung's on-line shipping notification. Three bare root roses and one bare root corkscrew willow all in excellent condition. Was surprised the willow was almost 4' tall (a bargain for the price!). All doing fine. Have never had any problems dealing with Jung over a long span of years.