I ordered a lot of plants, a barefoot butterfly bush and six barefoot red twig dogwoods. After three months, the plants are struggling. The bareroots are just dried up dead twigs and the crown vetch and Walk on Me are worthless.
This is a terrible source for anything you plan to spend money on to beautify your yard or garden.
Burgess offers a FAKE guarentee their trees will live a year. 1 of those ordered died within weeks, but they sent a form letter saying I had to let it sit and rot for 6 weeks. The thing is DEAD. Don't order from them. I will never order from them again!
I never received my order... they had no problem cashing my check, but never received my order from them. I can't get my money back and now I have to go our and buy everything... worse company I have ever dealt with.
I ordered 24 trees 24 to 36" tall. I received 24 trees 6 to 8" tall and 16 were dead upon arrival. I call Burgess and they said I would have to ship back the dead trees to get replacements. What a joke. They packaged poorly and the tree were totally dried out and they were not even close to the size promised. Don't throw away your money. They are a terrible and deceitful company. Stay Away
EBurgess refuses to honor their guarantee policy. Trying to get them to send née plants like their policy states when the plants they sent first time died is a run around, I still do not have new plants and have been contacting them since spring of 2021 it is now end of summer. Other companies are easier to work with and honor their policies. They do not deserve 1 star.
If only I had read these reviews 45 days ago. Ordered mid April. First they told me they would ship when season was appropriate. June 1, they told me that item had shipped 5/23. I insisted on a tracking number and when I tracked with USPS, preshipment was issued 5/29. That doesn't even prove it has shipped, just that they issued a pickup order. BOGUS E-TAILER! Just going to dispute charge to my card.
When i placed my order i was told it would ship on feb 28th 2022. They keep changing the shipping date. I am in florida by the time i get my plants and seeds it will be to late to plant them cause the heat, now they say shipping will be 3/21
Ordered $150 worth of plants in April. Just received 1 dried up dead plant and still waiting on 6 more. Customer service is terrible. Takes forever to get through. Stay away! Never every will shop here again.
Ordered privet hedge in July 2020 expecting to get plants in a few weeks. Called company and was assured that I would get my order in Oct when it would be the best time to plant the hedge. Oct 18,2020 I called company and was told I would have to wait until Spring 2021 to get the plants because they didn't have any. Person I spoke with was condescending. Implied that it was my fault that I didn't read the catalog which said they would only ship if they had plants in stock. I would figure that they could get plants in 4 months from time of order. I would assume they probably would never have sent me a refund or the plants. I am pretty sure I will never get my refund but I am positive I will NEVER do business with this outfit again and will be sure to spread the word about their awful business practices and attitudes toward their customers.
Dan Deines
I ordered from this sham company. Because of covid they said orders would be running late 2-3 weeks. After 4 weeks I contacted them regarding my order. They said it was in shipping, when they bothered responding at all. After 5 weeks I asked for a refund of my order. I was told it was just being ready to ship and rhey could not refund. After 7 weeks I again ask for a refund, nothing. After 8 weeks it showed up missing some plants. I sent a message stating the shipment was incomplete. I'm still waiting for a response (after three weeks). I planted what was received and only two plants lived. I sent a message stating their plants never germinated. I have heard absolutely nothing from them. I gave them one star only because zero was not available. This company is a sham that offers defective and inferior products. STAY AWAY FROM THEM!
Answer: My advice is to NEVER order anything from Burgess as they send dead plants, sticks and twigs and if you have placed an order then go ahead and ask for a refund because you wont be happy. The plants they send are typically dead or will not live long. Don't trust their warranty as they do not honor any warranty. Burgess has sister companies with different names because Burgess is now known as dishonest and a scam. Any good reviews you see are probably from the company itself. Read through the 1000's of reviews and you will be satisfied you did not buy from Burgess or its sister companies.
Burgess has a rating of 1.3 stars from 281 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Burgess most frequently mention customer service, credit card and dead plants. Burgess ranks 124th among Gardening Supplies sites.