Comments regarding Rush Industries Inc.

I ordered 2 sets of trees(8 in all) from Rush Industries, Royal Empress trees. The first group, the 4 trees arrived -1 appeared to be strong but the others looked thin and spindly but planted them anyway in 2 days, 3 wilted and died. One hung on. I was shocked as this was suppose to be a hardy tree growing in less than perfect soils. I reordered another set but did tell Rush Industries of my disappointment that 3 trees didn't last a week. The next batch looked worse and after carefully removing these from the packaging all the leaves fell off. I put them in the ground. The instructions say trees might wilt but come back.They wilted and died. Miffed I wrote Rush Industries about my lack of success. 8 trees and only one survived. They did refund one "set" to my credit card. The lone tree has been growing since May and it isn't even 8 inches high yet. I don't think the tree will live up to their advertising claims-but I am hoping. Our region is harsh but my neighbor has the same trees and they are doing wonderfully. Hers were grown from seed not plants..stick to good seed.