Planting Autumn Blaze Red Maple Tree

14 years ago

Hi everyone..

I just bought my 1st tree! We built a house and moved in 60 days ago. Since we don't have sod yet, I figured this would be the best time to plant trees.

So I decided to buy Autumn Blaze Red Maple from http://www.fast-growing-trees.com/AutumnBlaze.htm

What does everyone think of this website? Does it take a long time to receive your tree, good customer service, etc etc?

Also, they have instructions on how to plant trees, but not very specific. I'm going to local hardware store and what should I be picking up? Soil, Mulch??

Thanks!!

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iforgotitsonevermind

14 years ago

A couple of things.
For starters, in Ohio there are better maples. If you want a fast growing maple with top performing fall color, go with October Glory or one of the RED maples.

Autumn Blaze is not RED maple, it is a hybrid between SILVER and RED and it's really not a very good tree IMO aside from the fall color. It also doesn't grow very quickly at all. Medium growth rate at best. And contrary to what it says on their site, they usually have rather poor form.

Second of all, that site doctors their photos. Rather than showing actual trees, they photoshop them and I don't like dishonesty. In fact dishonesty makes me mad. For the longest time that site had a their "site tested daily" bug on the site but wasn't actually having their site scanned by McAffee or whatever the company was. And they stole an image from someone I know with a tree blog.

Third of all, they sell junk trees. Paulownia, Pear trees, silver maples. These are junk trees that you don't want.

Forth of all, after shipping, a 3-4' tree is $71.90 THAT IS A RIP-OFF. You can buy a tree 3 times that size at lowes, in an actual container, with a 1 year warranty from a reputable source for the same price.

Fifth of all, the Better Business Bureau has processed so many complaints for their company, they have garnered a score of "C-"

Aren't you glad you asked?

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