Should have mentioned, I only bought 2 Physocarpus shrubs,2 David Austin roses and 2 Acers thank goodness my garden has elastic sides!
The 2 physocarpus shrubs cost only £12.99 each, Lady in Red and Diablo, they were smashing plants for the money, unlike the Wild swan and Rozanne plugs from T&M which when I bought them were advertised at £9.99 per plug!
Like I said the Wild Swan kicked the bucket but the Rozanne eventually grew into fine plants!
I bought T&M Eryngium (Sea Holly) & Osteospermum seeds in March. None of them germinated , despite my Johnsons Ageratums germinating in the same room, and the Unwins Sweet Peas, and the Suttons Sunflowers now all thriving plants.
I waited patiently, carefully monitoring, watering, checking temperature (constant 18°C in my kitchen). It is obvious to me from the myriad complaints about T&M that they are guilty of sharp practice - others on this forum noted that there are no production dates on their seed packets !! Why not ? In order to ensure selling all their out-of date unviable seed stock.
I think it's a con and in breach of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 which states that goods must be fit for purpose and of satisfactory quality. They should clearly state the age of their seeds, as do other seed companies.
T&M have offered me replacement seeds or a voucher (not received yet), but really I think they'd benefit from a review of their unscrupulous marketing. Having wasted 2 months tending for their duff seeds I am considering reporting them to trading standards.
At our gardening club we use Suttons to buy seeds etc in bulk at a good discount,year before last someone proposed that we use T&M instead, a few of the old ladies "exploded" and said " their seeds never germinate" so that was that as far as T&M were concerned!
Me I have now learned my lesson, I would buy nothing from them at any price, they are the pits!
I was looking for a comments section on the T&M website (it turns out they only allow 'praise me' type comments!) and I found this, so I thought I'd add to the T&M ranting!
I've had several seeds off them, and can't complain about those. However, some plug plants I ordered spent 6 days in the post and turned up battered. The delivery company was blamed for that (which didn't explain the missing leaves etc, which should have still been in the packet if they'd come off in transit).
Today I received 3 blueberry bushes in 3 ltr tubs... They were packed in a box designed for small trees (long and thin) and of the 3 tubs, one was sitting on top of another (as in ON the plant), while the third was upside down on top of them. Needless to say, the plants (what is left of them) are in a very sorry state! They did offer to replace them, but they couldn't guarantee them before the end of June (I'd already been waiting a while) so I'm getting a refund. Needless to say though, I won't be ordering anything else from them again, if that's the quality of their packing department!
I agree Redwing. I had the same nonsense with Parker. I'm surprised they're still in business. I got eighty odd pounds worth of mush delivered to three (that I know of) different addresses!
What people post about some of these companies must be "very" true, or else they would be suing the posters, or worse getting the posts removed from this site !
Ps, They could always threaten, "We will not advertise in your Magazine again"!
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Thats why I like buying online ....easier to find the order details than a paper receipt
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Should have mentioned, I only bought 2 Physocarpus shrubs,2 David Austin roses and 2 Acers thank goodness my garden has elastic sides!
The 2 physocarpus shrubs cost only £12.99 each, Lady in Red and Diablo, they were smashing plants for the money, unlike the Wild swan and Rozanne plugs from T&M which when I bought them were advertised at £9.99 per plug!
Like I said the Wild Swan kicked the bucket but the Rozanne eventually grew into fine plants!
The joys of gardening!
I bought T&M Eryngium (Sea Holly) & Osteospermum seeds in March. None of them germinated
, despite my Johnsons Ageratums germinating in the same room, and the Unwins Sweet Peas, and the Suttons Sunflowers now all thriving plants.
I waited patiently, carefully monitoring, watering, checking temperature (constant 18°C in my kitchen). It is obvious to me from the myriad complaints about T&M that they are guilty of sharp practice - others on this forum noted that there are no production dates on their seed packets !! Why not ? In order to ensure selling all their out-of date unviable seed stock.
I think it's a con and in breach of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 which states that goods must be fit for purpose and of satisfactory quality. They should clearly state the age of their seeds, as do other seed companies.
T&M have offered me replacement seeds or a voucher (not received yet), but really I think they'd benefit from a review of their unscrupulous marketing. Having wasted 2 months tending for their duff seeds I am considering reporting them to trading standards.
Jon - the seed packets should all have a 'use by' date. I don't trust anyone who sells seeds without that.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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At our gardening club we use Suttons to buy seeds etc in bulk at a good discount,year before last someone proposed that we use T&M instead, a few of the old ladies "exploded" and said " their seeds never germinate" so that was that as far as T&M were concerned!
Me I have now learned my lesson, I would buy nothing from them at any price, they are the pits!
I was looking for a comments section on the T&M website (it turns out they only allow 'praise me' type comments!) and I found this, so I thought I'd add to the T&M ranting!
I've had several seeds off them, and can't complain about those. However, some plug plants I ordered spent 6 days in the post and turned up battered. The delivery company was blamed for that (which didn't explain the missing leaves etc, which should have still been in the packet if they'd come off in transit).
Today I received 3 blueberry bushes in 3 ltr tubs... They were packed in a box designed for small trees (long and thin) and of the 3 tubs, one was sitting on top of another (as in ON the plant), while the third was upside down on top of them. Needless to say, the plants (what is left of them) are in a very sorry state! They did offer to replace them, but they couldn't guarantee them before the end of June (I'd already been waiting a while) so I'm getting a refund. Needless to say though, I won't be ordering anything else from them again, if that's the quality of their packing department!
It's a wonder why anyone buys from them with so many complaints!
I agree Redwing. I had the same nonsense with Parker. I'm surprised they're still in business. I got eighty odd pounds worth of mush delivered to three (that I know of) different addresses!
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What people post about some of these companies must be "very" true, or else they would be suing the posters, or worse getting the posts removed from this site !
Ps, They could always threaten, "We will not advertise in your Magazine again"!