gene these posters join one day and post a single thread about Willis in several forums on several sites every 3-4 weeks. The same post in every thread and every time its a poster who joined that day and makes only one post and in every case they are never heard from again.

Sounds fishy to me.

Willis like a lot of other nurseries produces some of their own stock and purchases most of their stock from wholesalers. Any nursery that does not grow all their own stock is going to have some mislabeling problems as not all suppliers are good about proper labeling.

I wish I lived near Dave Wilson Nursery as I trust them which is also one reason why I like Peaceful Valley. They stock only Dave Wilson grown trees.

Thanks on the clarification of the multiple post and the hit and run. I wasn't being critical of anyone here, but just wondering if we gave the poster a fair shake.
"gene"

11 identical negative posts "spammed" on 11 different Garden Web Forums. No interest in anything but denegrating a commercial nursery.

He got a fair shake.

Dave

My thinking is they use a proxy server to hide who they are because Dave's Garden Watchdog caught TyTy trashing Willis through their DNS server. However if you use an anonomizer the proxy servers are random. Meaning each time you use them it shows you from a different city or even a different country. Any administrator would see right through it if a member posts from a different city or country every day so they can only post until they sign off the proxy server. Sure they could sign on again but the administrator is going to know whats going on right away if their attention is drawn to it for any reason and the thread will be deleted. Which is not what the poster wants.

I don't know how you guys found all that out, but thanks for setting me straight. I guess I'm just a trusting soul.
"gene"

Gene im in same boat as you . One tends to trust someone for something so simple as a fig tree and then Bam !
Something of more value yes i would be more skeptical.
I mean c'mon but i guess people nowadays will go to great lengths to do these things.
By the way in keeping with the spirit of forum my fig trees are getting much close now to start the ripening process.

I bought from this company and I have no problem. I also dealt with Gardeners choice who is nothing but P O Box. They collect orders and Nurseries from all over the country ship the stuff to you. I bought some soil conditioner from them and was shipped from England. It did not bother me I got what I paid for. As for Willis I am very comfortable with them even if they don't produce all their stuff So what big deal.
Abe

All postings by Wh*t*st*n vanished from GW (good!) but
(at least) one is still on Dave's Garden negative reviews.

I have heard that Willis is "some" offshoot from some
other nursery (TyTy?). So all that bla-bla was probably
some trade war.

So far, I have not bought anything from Willes, so I not
know that much about them...

From what I hear, they do not reproduce plants from their
own stocks; but, like many big-box stores (e.g., HD, Lowes)
they get them (at the mercy) from any third party.

If that is the case then Willis should be trusted ,that they will deliver the exact cultivar that the name say,just as the big Box store should be trusted.:With caution.
Because they have no control on what they sell you.
Nobody recoknise what a tree is ,for sure,especially if seadling,unles when fruits are produced.
And that will happen in the gardener posesion,and not at the distribution center.