I don't have any pics, but Forest Farm did an excellent job.. The order arrived in large narrow box (ordered about 8 trees, bare root) within that, was a series of sectioned off areas for each tree. All where tied, wrapped and such a way that the UPS guy could have thrown this box into my driveway and the trees would still be fine. Not to mention the trees where all in great condition.

J

Ken I'm expecting a package this Saturday... I'll post some pics then.

My order that came this past week from Iconic (you saw this thread) was in a rectangle box about 3' x 1' ... he had 2-3 trees on the far right facing inward... he had 2-3 trees on the far left facing inward. Then at each end, he cut two 1" x 1" holes through the box. He ran tape through 1 hole, to the inside of the box, out the other hole. The plastic bags stuck to the tape real well and were held in nicely.

The order I received from Maplestone... everything was in square quart size containers. They were packed in the box like a puzzle... there wasn't any room for anything to move. Then he filled the top of the box with newspaper.

Forest Farm does everything possible in their packaging. I mean wow. Don't know if I ever took a picture inside the box though...

This is the way how I pack conifers...
All are my Thuja occidentalis 'Filip's Magic Moment'
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no disrespect to 'Filip's Magic Moment,' but that's either a really *huge* or a really boring landscape that requires 10,000 of them.

LOL

What's the leftover plant material on the top of your forklift. Are you in a hurry?

~Dave

Jeez Edwin. There's nothing small time about you!

That's hilarious, and awesome!

Dax

Here's my shipment from today from Carters... was taken from my camera phone so apparently I had the phone turned the wrong way =)

Anyhow, this is how the Fedex driver sat it down... I opened it up and there is actually a plant at both ends. So in this picture, there are 3 plants right side up, 3 plants upside down. Because of the good bags around the pots, no soil spilled out. These size boxes fit the 1 gals perfect. You can see the actual plants in the new thread I'm about to create with my review...

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