In the past we have ordered seeds from Burpees (good but expensive), Gurneys (cheap & vegetable seeds are reliable), Henry Field (ditto as Gurneys), Thompson & Morgan ( expensive & very few seeds germinated), E & S (cheap but only fair germination). I am sure there are more but do not remember all. For vegetables that are standards such as some beet varieties we use seeds from Walmart if they are cheaper. I agree you can't find some varieties of flowers or veggies without trying the more expensive catalogs. I have often googled for seeds I have difficulty finding. I then try to find reviews of those companies before I order.

Personally, I don't like the looks of either, and at the least it would take 2-3 years to "heal", but could fail some time down the line. Which would mean replacement then, the responsible party may then claim no responsibility, and your delay in having a new plant established to do what you wanted in the first place. In addition, in the second pic there appears to be very small buds growing from just at ground level, if so, I take that as a bad sign the the tree is basically in panic mode and believes it is dying. Lastly, I see no sign of callus forming in either pic (maybe I'm missing it). In short I would try for replacement of them all. The responsible party can go to a tree farm and buy HEALTHY replacements there, assuming they actually have a business license. Again, you can bet yours aren't the only one's in this condition, and the responsible party needs motivation to do their job correctly. JMHO Arktrees

Reply from "Vicki" at W-C on when/if the Taurus might find its way into a sale list in the near future at that great $262 price... I'm afraid I generally don't know sales before they happen. I do know that next week there will be a 20% retail prices sale for the grand opening reception (we are in the new location). It is possible that there could be a bigger one in the future but we really don't set the sales far in advance so I have no idea when it would be. I am very sorry that I couldn't be of more help, thank you very much for your interest and have a great day,

DirecTV has new "customer service," which is great, if you like a lot of phone calls. We scheduled someone to come out on Monday to replace all the boxes. You know how you have to wait and wait and wait for the service person to show up? Well, Sunday night we got a robo call telling us he would be here the following morning between 8am and noon. Fine. First thing Monday morning another robo call saying he'd be here between 9:20 and 9:50. He was here at 9:40! Shocked! After he left, we got another robo call wanting me to take a survey. By then I just hung up. I was so tired of answering the phone. lol But it's a new service of DTV's and I'm pleased. Saved lots of time waiting.