Spartan Juniper

Both Fast Growing Trees and I messed up. I live in Austin and it has hot summers. Last year I waited until the beginning of October to put plants in so they would not have to deal with 13+ hours of intense sun with temperatures above 95. This year it got cool in early September. My plants arrived wilted. They never recovered. I had so much joy growing their Carolina Sapphires- 6 of them- and some of their smaller plants- that I ordered this time way too soon. Watching a plant slowly die, not being able to save it, is painful for me. But, when it became obvious that most of my order was done, I called their chat line. This is the second time I have needed to connect with them on an issue. This was 5 trees that did not make it. Catherine helped me and was able to resend the 5 trees I lost. Just got them- and they look great! Temperatures here are now great too. I think they should tell people how much heat a plant can take. They tell about their low temperature tolerance. I do love their support. Catherine got them to me and, as promised, that day I placed another order!

Plants came in excellent condition. We bought 26 and all of them look healthy. They were packaged really well too. I’ll be buying from this website again

• Price - good, market average price. • Quality - Spartan bushes/shrubs seem good quality • Shipping- damaged trees, top branch broken during shipping (3 out of 12), cramped in box (2 per box) • Customer Service - great, efficient and responsive

I'm very pleased with these trees. They're advertised as growing "fast," but it may take some years to get very tall (my 3-year-old ones are 5-6 feet tall). I'm growing them into something of a privacy fence, as well as using them to mark the property line (since the wooden stakes will be gone one day). Hearty, easy to grow. There were a lot of Japanese beetles on them last year, and these trees seemed unfazed. Tough, attractive, functional. 5 stars.