Comments regarding Jung Seed

Posted on February 22, 2010, updated May 6, 2010
Seeds ordered January 29th, all received February 5th.
Will report back in late spring on germination.
This has been a good year for me, seeds ordered from 10 companies and everything now received.

I ordered plants from four companies this spring. Jung was the best of all three. The plants (red currant, rosemary, rhubarb, potatoes) arrived all alive and very healthy. The red currant and rosemary came with moist soil and carefully wrapped in boxes.

I was pleased with my order and found their staff most kind. Seed germination was very good and I was glad to see that they carry some of the hard to find items that are the life blood for those like us that grow for a farmers market with customers that demand both quality and items different from what they could buy in the local supermarket.

Just received my order from Jung's - 150 strawberry plants ( 6 different varieties) and 2 rhubarb roots (Victoria). Everything was well packaged, clearly marked as to variety and instructions on how to store the plants if they can't be put out right away, along with clear planting instructions. They also threw in a couple of packets of seed for free with my order (1 flower and 1 lettuce mix).

I inspected the plants - as the paperwork from Jung's instructs - and they're all in great shape. No mold, smashed plants, broken roots,etc. Everything's just fine.

This is the correct time for them to ship to my area. No complaints at all from me! Great transaction.

I ordered three plants, two of which arrived healthy. I notified the company that the third plant didn't live and today received three healthy replacements for the one plant that died. I had used Jung many years ago but, being unsure of current company policies, made only a minimum order. With such a positive response, I placed a much larger order & I am delighted their service remains outstanding.

Posted on December 19, 2005, updated April 13, 2010
I have been pleased with the seeds I have ordered from Jung's, but have had mixed results with plants/bulbs. All orders have come quickly, but on two occasions now I received the wrong plant order. In each case the plants I did received retailed for much higher than what I ordered and worked fine where I had planned to plant, so I did not call them about it. However, in reviewing my 2004 seed/plant orders from all companies, I found that I never received some lily bulbs ordered from Jung's. Too late now I'm sure, but I will still call them about it. I doubt I will order any plants or bulbs from Jung's in the future, but may still order seed if I can't find an alternative sources for what I want.

Posted on February 9, 2010, updated March 30, 2010
I had placed a small order on 1/26 and received a confirming e-mail the same day. On 2/9/10, I received the non-perishable portion of my order. (Very prompt, well packed, and in good condition.) I'm looking forward to recieving the #20 2yr. old asparagus crowns at the proper planting time for North Idaho.
Catherine in Athol,ID

J. W. Jung Seed Company has usually sent good plants and always sent a refund if not. My mom and me are completely satisified with their company. We love to order in the spring and fall.

Jungs is my favorite mail order nursery. My yard is full of their plants. Everything arrives healthy and well cared for. Their customer service matches their top of the line products. Last year I had great results from their Nanking Bush Cherries, Japanese tree lilac, hardy hibiscus, contorted filbert, red rhubarb etc etc! With their great plants and helpful customer service staff, you just can't go wrong.

I had the same problem as Dawn0007 did. I waited until the next day and called them. They said thank you for bringing this to our attention. We will change that for you right away. I said thanks and that was the end of the call. I really could see no reason to cancel my order. I've always had good service from Jungs.

I have ordered from Jung's for 10 years and have always had a very positive experience. I received my 2010 order in 5 business days which surprised me because I ordered in late December and with the holidays, expected to wait longer. Two years ago I ordered one of their perennial garden packages. The plants were all extremely healthy, but small, most only in 3" pots. I planted them in the fall and was concerned they wouldn't make it through a harsh Michigan winter due to their size, but every one of them came up last year and I was surprised to see how large they got considering their petite size when planted. I am looking forward to seeing them this year!

Every time I ordered from Jung I have been pleased with the speed and accuracy iwth my order. I have been a faithful Jung customer for years and will continue to be.

I recently ordered some flower seeds from Jung's because I wanted seeds for the Millenial Hybrid delplhiniums from New Zealand without having to buy expensive plants. I also ordered some snapdragons and foxglove, all of which I will start indoors and transplant in the spring. I had no problems ordering, and they sent me a nice catalog which is always good to see. The seed packets arrived within a few days, nicely packaged with ample instructions on them. I am very interested in the delplhiniums as they are hard to grow here in Tidewater Virginia, because of the high heat and humidity in the summer. However, the Millenial hybrids are supposed to be more heat and humidity tolerant. I will let you know in a later post of the outcome, especially for those who live in the south with high humidity.

My parents have been using Jung Seed Co for a long time and I have used them for the past two years. I've had great success each year with the sugary hybrid cherry tomato as well as the filet green bean. Each tomato plant yields huge amounts of fruit and the beans do well even in our acidic soil. I've been very happy with the results of all of the seeds I have tried.

I ordered seeds for my fall garden along with the peat pots that come in sets of 12. I only received one set of pots instead of 12. I called Jung and they sent the remainder within a week. Their mistake, but they handled it well. Seeds, so far, are doing well. Haven't planted all varieties yet.

mrdavidtx

What a fine company this is! My seeds were packaged beautifully in a resealable paper packet with pretty art work - made me want to get out in my garden and get to work! Everyting grew/sprouted nicely - I will return again & again!

I have ordered seeds from Jung for several years and have been very pleased with their service and products. I ordered a bittersweet plant with my order this year, and it arrived looking very good. I planted it and it grew for a bit then just mysteriously wilted over and bit the big one! :( I emailed them about it, and they promptly and courteously gave me credit for it! Since I'm already plannign a fall order from them, this will come in handy. Very happy with the company and their business practices. Will continue to be a customer for years to come!

Not the best packing and shipping (Plants arrived dried out, out of their pots, and in a jumble but only one was in really bad shape - and they promptly replaced it with a healthy plant) Once plants recovered from that, they picked up and seem happy. SIze was as expected - not extraordinary but not sub-par either. I ordered VERY early from them yet the one thing I wanted most was out-of-stock. If they had notified me sooner I might have been able to find a replacement but none were left at other plant sites by the time I got the order and found out. Their customer service is what pushed this rating from a neutral to a positive. If plants are doing well next spring, I would consider ordering from them again, but if it is something I really want, I'd probably look elsewhere.

Long time customer of their garden stores in WIsconsin. Placed my first mail order this year.

I ordered 6 apple trees, some blueberries, grapes, & strawberries. Everything arrived on time and in very good condition.

Very happy & will order from them again.

First let me say that at 40 years old I have been ordering from this company for 33 years - first through a relative and then myself. I live just outside Chicago and need a "Northern" gardening supply company - Southern/Eastern ones often cater to their customers in their zone or a warmer one. I am truly shocked at some of the negative feedback for this company.

I have ordered from the best nurseries - Song Sparrow - related to the Klehm family and now in Wisconsin, as well other great companies like White Flower Farm, Wayside Gardens and Harris Seeds. All of the nurseries are fighting for their lives against competitors like Home Depot, Lowes and Wal-Mart. (I dont think customer service gets better when these guys enter your market - I think you struggle to reduce costs and remain competitive with them.)

That said, I want to say I was SHOCKED at the recent handling of a problem I had with a Plum tree I ordered and received (in record time) two weeks ago. (I should add that I have had much luck with their products over the many years so I assumed everything would be perfect with this order...as it always had been in the years before.)

The tree had been wrapped for shipping at the nursery (does anybody think they grow EVERYTHING they sell???) and it's lower limb had been tied too tightly and the branch tore down the trunk of the tree about four inches. The tear was very deep and I wondered how I could save the tree and still get some plums from it. I rethought the idea when I read that the heavy weight from fruit might break the limb and it was better not to fix it.

I called their customer help line - asked them to replace it - the rep asked a few questions asked me to hold to ask a supervisor a question and quickly jumped back on the line to say that they would expedite a replacement plum tree. Two business days later there was an even better looking tree for my yard without any problems.

One note - Jung sells many "bare-root" plants - no matter what nursery ships them they usually look TERRIBLE in the package. If you're not a master gardener - DONT BUY BARE-ROOT PERENNIALS! They are harder to plant correctly and make thrive. (I have a tough time judging the depth of where the plant should be planted!) Even being a good gardener, not to mention growing up on a farm, I AVOID them as much as possible! (The ones I have bought from Jungs have been of the same quality as any other nursery I have ordered from.)

Great service and my order looked great. Trees are big at 5-6ft the roses are from weeks roses. The small beries and plants are well loved and full of life. The bulbs are also great. My seeds have 100% germ rate as well. A very happy first timer. A five star rating+++++

This was my second year of ordering from Jung. Last year I ordered only seeds and some (delicious) "Candy" onion sets that did very well in my Michigan garden. This year I also ordered some berry plants (black raspberries and a blueberry bush. The seeds came promptly (mid-March). The plants and onion sets did not arrive until a month later (mid-April) which was later than I was hoping for the onions, but I was very pleased with the plants. I received four raspberry plants in place of the pack of three I ordered. They were small (about 4 inches) but had swelling buds. They all have nice leaves now. I was really pleased with the blueberry bush. It had multiple shoots up to 18" and swelling buds. It was very well-wrapped in plastic with moist newspaper. It now has beautiful blossoms and leaves. Overall, I'm pleased with Jung Seeds and will likely order from them again.

i email them about a certain rare canna pink sunburst,they emailed me quickly,i ordered,with in week my order was shipped, fresh root,packed great,thanks for great service,fast delivery,nice price a +

After ordering from Jung a couple of times, I must say I'm very satisfied. My potato tubers came right on time and were healthy and ready to plant, the seeds I've gotten have done well, and the orders are shipped in a reasonable amount of time. Free seed packets included! I'm very happy this year, and will continue to order from Jung in the future. The only suggestion I have is that they increase the selection a little bit (hint?)!

I happened upon them by asking my mom where she would buy plants and she told me she liked this nursery in WI, it took her hours to remember the name of it as my mother has an established garden and rarely goes to nurseries any longer, she also gets all my plant divisions and plants I don't like. I am so happy she remembered! After getting their first order everything was healthy and beautiful and grew immediately. So this spring I ordered again. I received a dwarf lilac and an unusual clematis, both are healthy and happy in my garden as I write this. Also I ordered tons of seeds so I am just waiting to plant them but have no fear Jung is great! Timely and beautiful quality.

Ordered plants and non-living merchandise on 3/5/2009. 18 days later my non-plant items arrived, so i called to find out about the rest. I told the woman i spoke with that i have a hoophouse and wanted the plants right away. Nine days later they arrived.

I'm not thrilled about how long it took to get my plants, but they arrived in good shape and the tree i ordered was especially a nice surprise in that it was much larger than i'd expected as a "bonus" buy. Jung included an extra strawberry plant of each variety; all appear to have rooted and put on new growth in a few days. Asparagus roots were mostly large and strong, though about 10% seemed undersized.

All things considered, i'm pleased. I will be more careful specifying a ship date in future orders.

I ordered 2 Paw Paw trees from Jung a couple weeks ago. A couple days after placing the order I realized that I could save some money by purchasing them as a collection rather than individually. I sent customer service an e-mail asking if it would be possible to switch the order. Within two days I had the money credited back to my credit card. I received the order about one week later. The trees were well packed and in excellent health. I especially like the trial seeds they packed with the order. I look forward to ordering from Jung again.

Ordered from Jungs for the first time this year. I've always ordered from pinetree and park seed in the past, but have been getting very poor germination rates from their seeds in recent years (this year is no better). So, I bought more from Jung and less from the others, and I have to say I'm quite satisfied with their seeds, and will be ordering from them from now on.. Please don't go downhill like the others have, Jung.

This is my second year ordering from Jung's and based on my experience, I will definitely continue shopping with them.

I placed my order on March 7th and received it on March 18th. Since many suppliers are being hit with a deluge of new customers and increased demand this year, I expected a short shipping delay. I don't think 11 days was too long to wait for my seed and starting supplies, especially since my order was placed over the weekend.

My order was packed well, shipped in full, and included free gifts that I wasn't expecting. The seeds that I have sown so far are germinating very well. I have no complaints.

My experience with this company was good. I got a newly released rose from them. Price was good and it arrived at the scheduled time in excellent condition. I was a little hesitant because of the less than stellar rating in the GWD, but their product/service was completely satisfactory.

I ordered for the first time this year, on March 6. I was afraid that my order would be delayed because I was so late, but on March 18 I received my seeds. They were packed very well, in a plastic bag inside a small sturdy box. I noticed that one packet was labelled as being "overfilled" because the germination rate was low, and I appreciate that. Three full packets of free seeds were included, even though I had only ordered about $10 worth of seeds.

My experience with this company goes back about 5 years. I have never had a complaint, and this year my seeds arrived in 8 days.

I ordered Candy Hybrid (both white and red) onion plants back in January, and they arrived last Saturday. I was so pleased with them that I wanted to share the good experience with y'all! Each little onion was plump, and the roots were white with no dead brown ones. Jung had left about three inches or so of green tops on each onion, so I didn't have to worry about where each onion was after it was planted. They are now all lined-up like little soldiers in their garden bed and I just KNOW they are going to do well. Thanks, Jung!

I knew the apple trees purchased from Jung needed pruning. I sent digital pictures, which they printed and marked on the pictures where the pruning was needed, sent me the printed pictures.
Kudos for their timely help.

As this was to be my first time ordering seeds via mail order I looked around the GW and settled on Jung's for a few reasons including their proximity to me and their overall good reviews. I've also been impressed with this company's dedication to supporting gardeners, as they regularly offer to give (unpaid) seminars for our master gardener's organization.

I have to say I was not at all disappointed. Their online catalog was full of all the detail I needed, the seeds came quickly (well before I need them), there are a lot of seeds in each pack and they all appear fresh. I feel confident that I'll have success with them.

I also got three packs of sample seeds as a bonus. What a nice gesture. All were packed in a small box so there was no worry of crushing or damage.

I'm thrilled. I'll be back to Jung's again.

I've had no problems with this company. A good selection of seeds and my order always arrives early.
I have no problem with recommending this company for their seeds.

I actually got my seed orders in early this year (Feb) and Jung did their part as well! Complete order, received in one week's time...I was a bit startled. Have used their seeds before and they have always given me great results!

I've ordered from Jung seeds for probably 10 years now. Anytime I have had a problem they always solved it for me or sent me a new plant. They have the most awesome lilacs and send healthy fully rooted plants that survive and thrive, even in our bad clay soil. The only problem I have had is with irises not being true to name, I had ordered 'brides halo' and gotten a blue iris, and a black game cock was not that, it was some sort of silvery blue iris (which I grew to love anyway). But, other than that they have a great company and they really are serious about their service. I just wish they would sell more varieties of own root roses. They took off Paul's Himalayan musk, and I was ready to order it this year.

Quick, accurate orders and had good luck with the seeds!!!