Arbor Day FoundationReviews of arborday.org

They arrived in a bag which is not very safe for them to be going through the mail in but luckily only the tip of one was broken, they should be shipped in a box to make sure they don't get destroyed. Mine were moldy when they came do I don't know if that's gonna affect them or not. They've been planted for over a week and still no signs of life. They have no branches, they're just dry, brittle twigs with roots so I'm not very confident they'll do anything.

I filled out the tree survey and received 12 very small seedlings. They arrived safely and we planted them at the appropriate times 7 years ago. All of them did well. I have been happy so far until I realized that the 3 labeled as white flowering dogwoods are actually Bradford Pears! I would NEVER have planted Bradford Pears in my yard. They have been growing consistently but really took off in the last two years. One of them is about 15’ tall now. I was suspicious last year but they have the distinct foul smell this year. I went back and looked at the info the Arbor Day Foundation sent and absolutely everything said I would received 3 white flowering dogwoods. Nothing in their communication even mentions Bradford Pear. I even tried to search their website and they have nothing on the Bradford Pear. What a scam! Now we have to deal with removing them. We live on the SC coast. Bradford Pears are dangerous in Hurricane prone areas.