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Frequently Asked Questions
- updated 6/17/11
Q. You website says you are by appointment during the week. Is
that true?
A. Yes. Scott and I have to maintain thousands of
maples and sometimes we have to load or unload trucks, or pot hundreds of
bareroots, or spray for bugs, or go get supplies, or pull water well pumps, or
go together and play golf (which we never seem to have time for).
Q. Do I need an appointment for Saturday?
A. No, unless Christmas is on a Saturday you don't need an
appointment. On Saturdays we have extra help and will always be open 8am -
2pm.
Q. Do you deliver and plant your trees?
A. No. We never have any time to get away but D&I Landscape,
817-723-0814, can do this for a small fee.
Q. Do you have this maple and how big does it get?
A. Everything we have to sell is on our 'Availability' page and also
includes the size you can expect in twenty years.
Q. Do you sell to the public?
A. Yes. Retail sales now are over 90 percent of our business and get
priority over wholesale accounts.
Q. Do you ship?
A. No. Try Sooner Plant Farm for mail order 'Fire Dragon's®.
Q. Is now a good time to plant?
A. The best time to transport and plant is when the maples are
dormant. In Texas the weather can change so fast and winds be so hard that
newly planted trees can be stressed. Then after they are stressed it most
likely gets too hot to function normally leading to more stress. They can
be planted anytime if you keep them watered, but our Japanese maples are grown under post oaks and once they have adapted
to this shade (by around May), it is very hard to move them from our shade
out into more hot Texas sun.
Q. Do you recommend a Japanese maple for full sun?
A. If you live 500 miles or more north of Dallas we can recommend some
varieties, but Texas full sun can lead to serious injury without tons of water
and a watchful eye. Long-term you are in for trouble in full sun in Texas.
I like 1-2 hours of sun and then dappled high-shade the rest of the day. If you
must try one in lots of sun you should plant in November thru February. We
recommend Shantung maples for full sun. | 
