Comments regarding Brent & Becky's Bulbs

like Hexane I too ordered crocosmia bulbs and had the same problem, also I had ordered lily bulbs which were horrible, when I called them they said they would give me credit on the bulbs, but I never reordered, needless to say I have not ordered from them since.

These guys seem really awesome! I cannot wait to order!

Ordered 4 crinum bulbs in late February. Company promptly gave me a shipping date for two weeks later. I don't believe my credit card was charged until shipping was done. Received box on Saturday, shortly after receiving my notice earlier in week that bulbs had been shipped. I know that size of bulbs vary greatly depending on the crinum, but all four bulbs appear to be blooming size for these particular crinums. Company has great service and prices, but don't offer much variety in crinums. They have lots of other bulbs and I will be ordering cannas and elephant ears next since I am pleased with this company.

I love this company! Some years ago I ordered 100s of bulbs from Brent & Becky's for fall planting. It was an end of season sale & the prices were unbelievably low- my expectations were to receive the dregs of their leftover stock but for those amazing prices it was soooooo worth the risk! I was overjoyed with the quality of the bulbs I received. They were large & firm, not a dud in the bunch. They were well-packaged in large plastic crates. I ordered Thalia daffodils, crocus tommasinius, anemones, ipheon & others. The ground was nearly frozen when I planted it all. In the spring I was thrilled by the beauty of the blooming display! Sadly, I divorced these wonderful plants in 2006. I have since relocated to a new home of my own and am now looking forward to doing busines with Brent & Becky's again :)

High quality plants and bulbs, excellent customer service, reasonable prices. What more is there to say?

High quality plants and bulbs, informative catalog, conscientious customer service, and prices that compare favorably with other companies offering the same quality. I've ordered from Brent and Becky's for years and will continue to do so.

Posted on May 8, 2010, updated February 13, 2011
I have ordered from B&B many times. Service has always been excellent. Bulbs are among the largest I have encountered locally or mail order. I also get what I order. Have used some other companies and ended up with orange asiatics coming up instead of pink etc. Just placed an order for fall bulbs. Things went well as usual.

My lily of the valley pips are starting to bloom and the blooms are plentiful. Easy to order, fast delivery after order, looking forward to ordering lilies.

Posted on January 10, 2007, updated January 5, 2011
Received big fat firm daffodil bulbs, just when expected. Good communication; good selection of bulbs.

Posted on April 21, 2010, updated January 4, 2011
Great company,very nice bulbs. They were very considerate of my needs of not using UPS for my rescue dogs who have issues with the driver in our area.

Spring 2009 I purchased two sets of Crocosmia bulbs from Brent and Beck's Bulbs. They were much smaller than Crocosmia bulbs I have planted in the past. True to their disclaimer, the bulbs sprouted but did not flower the first year. I fertilized with bulb food and mulched the bed over the winter in anticipation of beautiful long-stemmed, hummingbird enticing plumes of Crocosmia in Spring 2010. I waited May, June, July, August, but no green shoots, much less flowers. When I called B&B to request a replacement, their manager wasn't in, but would call me back. Several days went by and the same person I had previously spoken to left me a voicemail that since the bulbs had been green the year before, I should have added fertilizer and essentially it was my fault that the bulbs never bloomed. I have gardened for over 40 years and have hundreds of daffodils, iris, lillies, tulips, etc. etc and have successfully grown Crocosmias in the past. B&B should have certainly replaced the bulbs or offered a refund. That will be the last time I purchase anything from B&B.

Posted on November 9, 2009, updated November 6, 2010
Posted on December 14, 2006, updated November 09, 2009
I ordered four times directly from Brent and Becky's Bulbs this year. The number of bulbs ordered was about 950 bulbs. Most of the orders where for spring blooming bulbs for 2007. The website, as well as the catalog, are precise, easy to use and their bulb selection is the most extensive I've seen in the industry for the U.S. gardener. Their prices are competitive and the shipping is very fair. Their fall sales are a terrific way to indulge and experiment with some of the more unusual items. It was hard to wait for the final mark down, but I received a good portion of what I selected and the size and condition of the bulbs was as good as it gets. I posted a picture of a clump of a Hippeastrum, 'supreme Garden' that I received this past week in the bulb forum as an example of a terrific bulb. It was incredibly generous. The lilies I planted from them last summer all did splendidly. Patti

Brent and Becky's is my first choice for bulbs. The bulbs are healthy and arrive early in the fall. They even ship the most tender bulbs ahead of the rest for immediate planting. Great selections, good instructions. I have ordered for a number of years.

I had been looking for the yellow daffodils with white trumpets. B & B had a nice selection of them. I already grow "pipit' so I know the photos are true to the actual colors of the plants when they bloom. The bulbs are large, healthy looking, and many are "doubles". The bags came with name tags, which are handy. The shipping was fast. I have ordered from them before, and will continue to do so.

Jay I clicked on the picture of the summer catalog and it brought me here. I actually wanted to find out if your still sold Alstromeria or if I had to find it somewhere else.
Molly

"On Oct 4, 2010 1:07 PM, Brent & Becky's Bulbs responded with:

Molly, I don't get it. i click on the picture and I go into the Summer Catalogue. Wait, you're actually clicking on the Garden Watchdog Top 5 link next to it! Make sure to click on the catalogue. You can tell in the lower left corner of your screen, you can see the URL address before you click. Make sure it is a Brent and Becky's Bulbs address.

Thanks!"

your products are fine i would not say good but just fine.I would say you should step up in the competition.

"On Sep 17, 2010 10:32 AM, Brent & Becky's Bulbs responded with:

Hmmm...(thinks)......

Well, Brent and Becky's Bulbs utilizes Dave's GardenWatchdog to see how we're doing and to get feedback from our customers. We appreciate that you think our products are "fine", however we'd also like to know what it is you think we can do to improve. It's not really fair to say "step up" without an explanation. Feel free to contact me directly (877-661-2852 toll free) or send me an email (jay@brentandbeckysbulbs.com) and let me know how we can turn that "fine" and that "neutral" into a "great" and a "positive".

Thanks!

Jay Hutchins
General Manager
Brent and Becky's Bulbs"

I have almost exclusively used Brent and Becky for my bulb gardening needs. I have quite the collection of rare indoor clivia and daylily and hope to get into some of their canna var. Im in the middle of an ongoing lesson in the horticulture of cannas. Will update when I finally get some blooming. This is a must have nursery for your bulb and rare blooming needs!

Posted on June 28, 2010, updated June 28, 2010
I have ordered bulbs from Brent and Beckys twice in the last few years and they have done very well. My latest aquisition was a order in May where I got two of their Amaryliss and planted them immediately. Worried a little because being in San Diego, I usually order them around Christmas and they usually bloom March, April, maybe May. So I wondered about planting them in June. Would they bloom? Well, right now I have the most gorgeous three huge blooming flowers, looking just beautiful and the second one, a white, has sent up a bloom stalk with about 4 buds on it, looking as if it's going to be as beautiful.

The two other bulbs I ordered at the same time have started showing and of course, I can't wait to see what they will be like. Very satisfied customer.

My mother, her neighbor, and I did a group order of narcissi, iris, and hyacinths and were quite pleased with the size and quality of our bulbs when they arrived.

Why is it that when i go to the Brent and Becky's website i get "Dave's Garden"? With all the cybercrime issues on the internet, this makes me very reluctant to use this site.

Also, when i requested my B&B login information, it came via email from Dave's Gardens.

I find this very unsettling.
Susan

"On Jun 7, 2010 9:23 AM, Brent & Becky's Bulbs responded with:

Susan, I have to say that this is troubling to me, too! How bizarre! Let me just make sure that you went to http://www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com. We don't have any login information on our website. It's free for anyone to browse. I'll check with the DG staff here and make sure our links are directing properly. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!

Jay Hutchins
General Manager
Brent and Becky's Bulbs"

Had a bad experience with another company so the order I placed was never delivered. Because of this I ordered dahlia bulbs very late and within a day or two my entire order shipped and I had them within a week of ordering. Also there was a sale going on so I got more bulbs than I ever have before and they are about 2 inches high and I just planted last weekend - so one week and they are already coming up. And my daughter got half my order cause I got so much more for my money. Very good experience - they confirm via email and also send the tracking number immediately once it ships. Bulbs very big. Will order again.

Ordered summer bulbs this past winter, they were delivered for spring planting at the right time for my zone They were perfectly packed the bulbs were big and very healthy ( Dahlias and lilies ). Loved the crate they came in . It is now June every single one has come up and is either blooming or is ready to bloom. I am very happy with my purchase Will be ordering my bulbs for next spring soon .

Wonderful all the way around. The order was taken with good customer service, the tubers and bulbs looked great and were packed with care and came in 2 days. I planted them ASAP and they rotted due to the weather and I explained this to Brent and Becky's Bulbs and DID NOT BLAME THEM at all and they sent replacements free of charge! How great! I am thrilled with this company! I wish I lived closer to them so I could work there! I am telling everyone I know how wonderful they are!

I can't say enough good things about Brent and Becky's! Everything I have ordered from them has been topnotch and delivered in quick, efficient manner! I will be ordering from them again in the future.

Wow, is about all I can say! My husband and I were driving and found this very unusual plant. We stopped to ask what it was and where they had gotten it. It was a "Sparkler" and they ordered it from Brent and Becky's Bulbs.

I ordered the sparkler and some tall garden Phlox and have been so pleased. Not only by the quality of the plants, but also by the detail of information that was provided. I can't wait until my "Sparklers" pop!

This was my first order from Brent & Becky's bulbs. My order consisted of gladiolus bulbs, canna tubers and 2 alstromeria plants. The plants had some of the best packing I've seen and the plants themselves are large and healthy. The bulbs and tubers all look large and fresh; I'm so pleased with this order. Also loved that the plants were packed with shredded newspaper that can go into my compost bin. Great job! Will definitely order again.

Let me preface this by saying, I’m no amateur. I’ve gardened most of my life; have my Master Gardener from VA; and have done estate gardening as a trusted “have at it” contractor, working for some extremely fussy ladies.

B & B’s, last year -

20 ($56.00) Polianthes - tuberosa 'The Pearl' - no flowers, not a one.
Carex phyllocephala 'Sparkler', $9.00 – died.
5 Uvularia grandiflora, $27.00 – struggled, but I put them in a pot, and have nursed them through. At least they came up this year.

No response to email, requesting credit. Now, mind you, I have been a good customer, also, and this is the first time I’ve ever asked for credit. I should have done so previously.

2008

5 ($65.00) Convallaria majalis variegate – ditto, uvularia, above. The pips were tiny, but you figure, hey, it’s Lily of the Valley, right? One was lost. The other four in the pot are still teeny.

Arisema sikokianum, $30.00. A very small ‘bulblet, didn’t make it through last winter – which was pretty mild, comparatively, with much snow ‘mulch’. It should be hardy in my zone.

10 tuberoses, two flowers.

I did get 20 lily bulbs from them in ’08 that are doing fine, however.

My take: they’re probably still good for bulbs? I did buy a load of minor bulbs from B & B’s in ’06, and they’re still doing pretty well. However, I won’t need any more bulbs for quite some time. The frosting on the cake here: no response to email, for big ticket items. Take that as you will.

Meanwhile, I’ve found Easy To Grow Bulbs. Huge tuberose clumps! And two good sized potted plants, verrrry well packed. I also gave them a positive review, and will be using them again.

First ever order with B&B's Bulbs. Very nice large-sized Colocasia, excellent packaging. Will order again!

Very quick Service. Beautiful Bulbs. I am a repeat customer, and I will use them again.

I placed an order with Brent and Becky's for the first time and was delighted with the bulbs I received. The lilies I ordered were amazing. They were by far the largest and healthiest lilies I have ever purchased anywhere. The other summer-blooming bulbs were also large and well-budded. The company provided great communication. I am sure you will not be disappointed if you choose to order from this nursery.

I tried to place an order for the first time from Brent and Becky's this week and did not have a good experience. I ordered 10 Sedum rupestre 'Angelina' from the website. There was no information as to when these would ship but I assumed it would be for spring. I received an email a few days later stating that my order was scheduled to be fulfilled in September. After contacting customer service, they explained that Sedum is a fall shipping plant because it should not be planted in the spring. This was news to me since I have several types of sedums, all planted in the spring. In fact, being that I am in NJ zone 6b, small potted plants do not tend to survive the winters well when planted in the fall. I explained this to the representative, but she explained that she could not help me because they only ship this item in the fall. So I canceled the order.

Overall, I was left feeling that they (or at least customer service) was not very knowledgeable about the plants they sell especially when shipped to different climate zones (they are in Virginia). I also noticed that the hardiness of this item was incorrectly shown as zone 7 on their website when this species survives at least into zone 6. Another thing that concerned me was that the confirmation I received stated that I had order Sedum rupestre without specifying the 'Angelina' cultivar. Maybe a small item, but they are different plants that are both sold, so I was a little concerned. Not a very good experience from a company that does not seem very professional.

"On Apr 21, 2010 2:03 PM, Brent & Becky's Bulbs responded with:

Hi, bjohn1974. Just read your post and I'm sorry that your experience wasn't an enjoyable one. We try to make everyone's experience easy and worry free.

On our home page at http://www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com, there is our Summer catalogue and our Spring/Fall catalogue. The words above our Spring/Fall Catalogue state "These bulbs can be ordered now and will be delivered in the fall which is the proper time for planting." Once you click that catalogue you go to the Main Spring/Fall page and above the "5% discount" logo, it states "Our Spring/Fall 2010 catalogue now activated - order now for delivery in the fall when it's the proper time to plant." I'm going to look at seeing if we can't make that a bold font to make sure it's easier for everyone to see.

This is the only time we have Sedum available. If we had some now ready to ship, we would have been more than happy to ship them to you. Our Customer Service folks grow much of what we sell, for their own knowledge. And we have found, however, that perennials planted in the early Fall get a better head start than ones planted in the Late Fall and tend to survive quite well once their roots are established.

We are looking into why the name of the Sedum did not appear on your confirmation. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! There is plenty of space for it, but for some reason our system has chosen to leave it out. Our IT guy is being contacted.

Thanks so much for your business, and if you have any other problems such as this, please feel free to call and ask for me directly.

Sincerely,

Jay Hutchins
General Manager
Brent and Becky's Bulbs
877-661-2852"

Posted on November 21, 2009, updated April 14, 2010
WOW! The assortment of bulbs they carry is amazing! This is my second order, and again the order arrived in a timely manner, with huge, solid bulbs, well-packed. B&B's was the only place I could find El-Cid Tulip, and am planning to give this as a gift to a friend at Christmas. Their prices, espcially with the sales, are very, very good. I will not hestitate to order from them again, as each time I have been pleased with communication, size and health of the bulbs. Thanks B&B for being a solid resource for those of us looking for something a bit off the beaten track!

As I'm landscaping my garden, I order hundreds of bulbs each year of many different varieties, but often look for value and varieties that bloom over different periods of the spring daffodil bloom season. (I also order other bulbs (e.g., tulips, crocus, narcisus, etc), but not as many due to required gopher protection.) I have ordered from numerous companies, but plan to just order this year from Brent and Becky's, due to quality, selection, and some value.

I found Brent and Becky's from Dave's garden website. I have ordered bulbs from Brent and Becky's bulbs for 4 years, so I'm relatively new customer, but over this period of time I have ordered over a thousand bulbs from them. I prefer bulbs from Brent and Becky's, as I receive high quality bulbs in good condition at the appropriate time to plant for my zone or as I request. I tend to order so that I receive 5-10% discounts (prepay) for early orders and receive my preferred variety of bulbs.

I have been discovering many varieties of bulbs that are new to me through Brent and Becky's expansive selection of bulbs. I really like Brent and Becky's individual bulb/plant descriptions and photographs. Brent and Becky's provides details regarding the size of the bulb that you can expect in the bulb description. They offer discounts for quantities.

I love the catalog and enjoy just looking at it, but to save paper I requested no catalog and order exclusively online. The bulb/plant online search engines for selecting bulbs and plants are great, as they provide many options: zone, bloom season, color, height, family, nick name, divisions, favorites, etc. The search engine would be better, if it included price options (e.g., bulb/quantity (as price changes for larger quantities and I’m also looking for value through the expansive catalog), etc.) It would also be nice, if they would include bonus bulbs in each order, but they don't.

I would recommend taking advantage of their clearance bulbs sales later in the year, but some of ny preferred bulbs are sold out - a risk. I also order from a couple other companies and bought bulbs at a warehouse store last year, but these are generally much smaller and seemingly lower quality by appearance (look scarred or battered.) Even the high quality nursery stocks of bulbs often appear smaller than Brent and Becky's bulbs.

Last year, in 2009, I did order plants, bare root day lilies and dahlias, during a 50% off plant sale at Brent and Becky’s. A few Roots from the daylily packages were missing, rotten or small. I contacted Brent and Becky's and they did not offer to replace the missing or diseased daylily plants or offer a refund. As the remaining daylily roots, generally survived, I believe the clearance price was as reasonable as warehouse stores. The Dahlias arrived in much better condition and all bloomed. I would consider the risks of purchasing discounted plants, as you might enjoy purchasing plants that you would otherwise not purchase due to cost.

Received my dahlia tubers promptly and in great shape. Individually packaged and label attached. They are a couple of inches out of the soil already so I'm looking forward to a great show in a couple of months.

good quality, ordred from them last year. The prices have gone up a little though

My experiences with Brent & Becky's have been overwhelmingly positively. Last year i ended up ordering the exact same daffodil from both them and another bulb vendor and the B & B bulbs were virtually TWICE THE SIZE!!! I was elated, but not totally surprised because my bulbs have always been wonderful. I recommend them constantly to friends and clients.

Have bought from Brent & Becky's bulbs for 2-3 years now and have had a wonderful experience. Great quality and prices. I have never been dissapointed! Definitely recommend to everyone from a beginner to expert gardener!!!

Based on comments left here, I changed my plans and whom I was going to order from. I saw the A+ ratings for Brent & Becky, so I decided to buy from them this fall. Bulb size and health were top rate. Plants have not come up yet, but I have no doubt they will be strong and healthy, based on the quality of the bulbs after shipment. Glad I found Dave's Garden Watchdog!

I ordered for the first time this Fall. I ordered a few bulbs and all were seemed ok. Looking forward to seeing them in bloom next Spring.

Looking forward to their catalog arriving that list Summer blooming bulbs.

Will be a repeat customer.