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J Parkers let down
I ordered some plants from j parkers over a month ago and have still not recieved them,I have just phoned them and have been informed that they dont have them to send. After taking my money and waiting a month I think out of decency they would have informed me and refunded my money, I wonder what would have happened if I had not phoned them.Needless to say I wont be dealing with them again.
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What did they say about refunding your money ?
They will refund it in the next 4 or 5 days. Just annoyed they should have done it without me having to query it.
Not had a bad experience with J.Parkers. I have had 2 plants fail but were replaced without a problem. Personally they should advise on the site if a plant is in stock or not. I have had no problems with their bulbs - healthy and raring to go! Better than the dried out bulbs in supermarkets and garden centres.
Their bulbs are good but their plants rarely live up to expectations. Bought some plants from them years ago including 10 x hemerocallis. I'm still waiting for some to flower as they were so small when they came and so far, apart from one yellow one, they're all 'Sammy Russell' type. Unfortunately that's the one variety that I already had! Every other plant, whether shrubs or perennials, have all failed and they're not cheap. I've had better results from Wilkos plants and they are cheap.
Make that 3 agrees!
I ordered some orienral poppies 4 for £12 -odd plus postage . They arrived not as small plants as Id had a few week ago from Jersey .
These were 1 to 2 inch dried up black roots , and 1 piece of white root 3 inch long . No planting instructions so I set them in pots of free draining soil . The same as Id done with the small jersey's actual plants .( Which were almost double in size since they arrived ).
I checked after a few weeks . I ended up phoning for a replacement as I couldnt even find the dried up roots .
I will follow this up when ? I recieve the replacement .
To give credit where its due , my shrubs which I had from them about 8 yrs ago are realy beautiful and in flower right now -
Oh really? I bought various perennials from Parkers which are fairly poor. Very small as you say - some freeby fuchsia and dahlias came and are doing OK although I didn't need or want them. I'm actually still waiting for my hellebore order so I'd better get on the phone and see if they are actually coming. Who do people recomment as a herbaceous supplier?