BJ, I've had luck with trees ordered from Willis, but have only ordered berries once. I ordered Anne raspberries (12) and they never broke out of dormancy. I believe most were dead on arrival, but then I got busy with other plantings and never attempted to return them. Most of what we've gotten from Willis has been successful, though. I would strongly recommend either Pense nursery or Bramble Berry Farm (just do a Google search). They are both in Arkansas, and with blueberries and blackberries, we experienced nearly a 95% survival rate out of some 300 plants. Pense has 3-yr blueberries that will bear in the first year, but they are a little more pricey than the 2-yr versions. You can't go wrong with either one. Plus, I think both of them are even less expensive than Willis, but I could be wrong... -TK

I was looking to purchase some guava trees for my home orchard, when I stumbled upon this forum and am I glad I did. After doing my research I have decided to not purchase any plant material from Willis Orchards. I have found that they have a F rating on the Better Business Bureau which indicates that they do not even reply to customer's concerns at all. After checking with the Colquitt County Court House it revealed that there are several companies currently suing Willisorchards.com. After seeing all this, I decided to do a simple search for Jason Willis, the owner, on Google to see what else I could find, and I discovered where he has put Willis Orchards and Paradise Palms Co up for sale at the price of nine million dollars, here's the link, (http://www.buybusiness.com/Businesses/13803/Multi-Million-Dollar-Mail-Order-Nursery-for-Sale-Top-Nationally-Recognized-Company). The reason for the sale is the owner, Jason Willis, wants to pursue other interests in a foreign country. I hope this means, he is not planing on going bankrupt and leaving all his customer's on the hook. Boy, am I glad I did 15 minutes worth of research it saved me $65.00, and in this economy that can go along way. Here is a link that might be useful: Willis Orchards For Sale

This may be true or it may be a bogus claim from a competitor. One of Willis's competitors has been caught numerous times making just this type of claim, falsely. One red flag is that Joynme appears to have just joined Gardenweb and probably solely for the purpose of posting this claim. I would take this with a HUGE grain of salt (about the size of one of those salt licks they use for cattle). I'm in no way recommending Willis Orchard Company. I don't really know whether they are good or bad, overall. But, it is a shame that one of their competitors spends so much time trying to make Willis look bad when they really need to be spending time trying to straighten out their own mess that is generally considered to be the worst mail-order business in existence. I do know that the owner of Willis nursery does appear to care about their business. They have posted on Gardenweb a number of times (sometimes in response to a false negative statement like this thread possibly represents). From what I've seen over the last few years and trying to take many things into consideration, I'd guess Willis is probably somewhere around "average" for quality, customer service, etc. Their competitor just down the road, on the other hand, appears to be dishonest and the lowest scum in the nursery business.

Governmental agents have leaked a report of a widespread, ongoing investigation of Paradise Palm Co. Nursery and Willis Orchard Nursery, and that the owner of Willis Orchards has panicked to rush to sell out his company and to flee the United States. This result of this online information has been published at (www.buybusiness.com/Businesses/13803/Multi-Million-Dollar-Mail-Order-Nursery-for-Sale-Top-Nationally-Recognized-Company) Authorities claim that Paradise Palm Co. was formally a website operated under the Internet address, www.paradisepalmco.com owned by Jason Willis, who also owns www.willisorchards.com, and the closed down company, Paradise Palm Co. has been forced off the INTERNET due to illegal activities. Rumors fly, that the U.S.D.A, recently fined Willis Orchard Co. for illegally shipping infected citrus into Texas and other States. Jason Willis was forced to destroy all his on site diseased citrus trees and then to "Cease and Desist" the selling of citrus on the www.willisorchards.com website. A garden watchdog website, is reporting that Willis Orchard Nursery has compiled more negative complaints that positives, and the B.B.B. after three years is still showing an 'F' rating for www.willisorchards.com, a rating that is so bad. that you cannot even bring up the name Willis Orchards unless you type in the now defunct company, Paradise Palm Co in Moultrie, Georgia. It is unclear. whether or not, the greatly indebted and empty pockets of former suppliers of Willis Orchards will seek a Court intervention to block the sale of Willis Orchards, before the owner, Jason Willis, has a chance to flee the United States and pursue his other interests in a foreign county. Website investigators have advised present and past customers of Willis Orchards and Paradise Palm Co. to complain to the following agencies, if they have any complaints against the Willis Orchards complex, or if the customers are owed free replacements resulting from dead or infected plants. Tommy Irvin Georgia State Agriculture Commissioner: Email- tommy.irvin@agr.georgia.gov Phone- 1-800-282-5852 Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs: Office of the Attorney General of Georgia Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General 40 Capitol Square, SW Atlanta, GA 30334 Call 404-651-8600 or Toll Free 1-800-869-1123 Website: http://consumer.georgia.gov/00/channel_title/0,2094,5426814_39102589,00.html Georgia BBB: 500 12th Street Columbus GA 31901 Phone- (706)324-0712 Email- info@columbus-ga.bbb.org Website- http://columbusga.bbb.org For protection you can file charge backs with your credit card company also.