Anyone shopped at Crapemyrtle.com??

[lbfoss]

I am entertaining the idea of ordering from this website. I have been to it several times, and love the idea of hanging baskets of crape myrtles that bloom from May to October. They have the mini's, but i was wondering if anyone had any experience with their products...do they bloom as long as advertised....are their plants in good shape upon arrival??
If anyone had done business with this company, I woud love to hear from you.
Linda

[lbfoss]

Well, I shopped. I bought 20 crepe myrtles, 5 of each of 4 different varieties. I want color blocks.

The trees came in at one stem each with leaves already on them. Some of the stems were about 24" tall, the pots they were in were terribly rootbound and 2"x2" x 3" deep. The shrubs were only about 10" tall, in the same type of pot. I got the trees planted yesterday, and will repot all of the shrubs into roomier pots today as I am not nearly ready to get them into their permanent homes.

They all seem to have traveled well. I will report on how well they do now that I have them planted. they are supposed to grow about 3' this summer and I shouldn't need to do any pruning as they are supposedly bred for self-branching!!

We will see!!