Brooks Gardens

I have purchased peonies mail order from Brooks Gardens several times and I highly recommend them. Very good-sized roots and always true to name. I have also visited the farm in the spring when the peonies and iris are blooming and they are very friendly people.

I have ordered twice from Brooks Gardens and in both cases received great plants and exemplary service. Unfortunately, a couple of peonies didn't make it through the first winter. As we gardeners know, this can happen. But - when I sent them an email I was amazed by the immediate sympathetic response and the offer to replace the plants free of charge! And that is free of ANY charge - shipping, phytosanitary certificate, etc. This is well above and beyond and I am really impressed. This is an excellent company that obviously cares deeply about what they do. They provide excellent plants and unwavering support to their customers. Of which I will be one for life!

I received my order of 3 peonies on 9/20/18 from Brooks Gardens. They were larger than any I'd previously ordered from other companies. Not only were they well packaged but clearly VERY fresh! Two of them had 5 eyes and one had 6. I was thrilled and am very much looking forward to seeing them in the coming years!

I received a very beautiful Molly-The-Witch root from them. I'm happy.

I ordered some peonies from Brooks Gardens after visiting their farm when I went to The APS convention this last Spring. I expected to receive them by fall, and sure enough they came, what I didn't expect was the size and quality of the roots I received. I order by mail quite often and these were the best roots I have ever received by any company. It is no wonder they took the best in show prize with "Bob" this year. I was so happy that I ordered a couple more times before the season was over and when I received the new roots, I was very impressed. I will always buy from Brooks, they made a customer for life!

Superb, quality plants. All flowered the first year. Fun, expert staff. Best Oregon farm to purchase peonies from.

Posted on May 1, 2009, updated May 25, 2011 Update (from farmkitty again): It's April 30 and the two peonies I ordered look quite vigorous. I was worried about them just because I hadn't any experience planting just the bare root with eyes (if it's called a root) and was a nervous newbie. All other peonies I have were either left to me by my mother or purchased at a nursery in potted form. I will post again later in the summer. I don't expect blooms this year but wouldn't that be exciting if it happened. I'll be happy with a nice leafed out plant and it looks like that's just what I'll get. Thanks Brooks Gardens.

I ordered two peony roots from Brooks Gardens. I wrote to them after I received an email acknowledging the purchase and giving me a ship date of the last week in September. I Live in zone 5 and wanted to receive them as soon as possible so I could plant in time for them to establish a good root system. I wrote and asked if I could pay more to have them shipped two day air and I received a response within an hour or two saying I didn't need to pay more. They would dig and ship to me so I would receive on Saturday. And I received them today! Great service and communication. The ground is so wet today (there are flood warnings) that I cannot work the soil to plant - going to rain hard tomorrow too :-( . The roots came in ziploc bags with plenty of (sphagnum, soil, ? - I'm afraid I don't know what it is but they are well protected and labeled). I'll write in a few days when I have planted them and let you know how many eyes each has. The roots are big, I can tell that without taking them out of the bag. Thanks Brooks Gardens for the exceptional personal service.

Brooks Garden has many rare varieties of historic iris, some that cannot be found anywhere else. Their downside would have to be their prices, a bit to high with an average of $7.00. Their product was average, at best. Decent sized rhizomes, although some where a bit dried when I received them. Their worst fault perhaps, is that they only ship in September, meaning that gardeners in the Eastern U.S. will have a harder time getting the iris settled in before frost hits. Definitely shop here if you want that rare historic, but if it can be found somewhere else you may want to go there.