Andy said he would like a Ponderosa pine tree to replace one of our conifers that don’t survive. Ponderosas were hard to find but I found a site that sells them, and to protect the tree they carefully marked on the box which way was up. Unfortunately they packed the tree upside down.
It looks as if it will be all right, so Andy put it in the greenhouse for the time being. Fingers crossed.
June 13, 2022
Jeez
That had to be annoying
:/
We thought it was funny…we think the tree will survive,
How strange they’d make such a packing error.
It sounds as if they’re jammed right now. It took a while for them to send it and they did write to say how busy they are.
a brave little tree! we’ll be following its progress for sure. xoxo
Yes. 🙂
I have never heard of this kind of Pine Tree, and we have a lot of different kinds around here. How is it different? It looks like it was not too injured.
It’s common around here:
We had some mature ones up on the land before the 2011 fire. We won’t be around to see if this one lasts that long. 😀
Just goes to show that good help is hard to find these days. You would think a person would be able to get a plant in the box in the right direction.
It sounds as if they’re swamped and were in a rush. If the tree survives we’ll be happy just to have it.
I hope it is ok, it is hard to believe that tiny tree will become a really tall Ponderosa Pine… Andy can save it, he has The Green Thumb ability.. I wonder just who packed a tree upside down. did the dirt fall out? that said, it is amazing that a tree can be ordered online and delivered… wonderful world of wide wide web…
We’re happy we could order it. As I quoted above:
We won’t know if it survives that long. 😀
I do hope it survives and you get to show us how much it grows from time to time.
We will let you know either way. 🙂
Well, I’m glad y’all chose to see the humor in it! Sometimes it seems like people are working faster and thinking slower.
Best wishes to the little guy!
I’m assuming they’re doing their best to get the orders out. We’re happy to have the tree. 🙂
Poor thing. Hopefully it will be okay.
Thanks, we think it wasn’t hurt by the mishap.
Well, that was an odd mistake. We too look forward to seeing how the little tree progresses.
We will let you know. That’s the fun of planting them. 🙂
maybe the pine in the box was the right up way until the next assistant put the tape on…any way with the care Andy gives to anything, I’m sure it will survive once it’s got it bearings sorted…
The writing was on the box itself, that’s why it’s so funny.