NATIVE SUN NURSERY & LNDSCPG

Not happy with the results of our visit

Overall I was happy with the work crews and the quality of service that was provided during the first few years. Gil, the owner, is as friendly as can be, which is why I kept using them, but I finally realized that I put more trust in him than I should have. The biggest complaint I have about Native Sun Landscaping concerns a tree that was planted in my mom?s yard two years ago. (She had three planted at one time, each costing $650 plus labor.) The Drake Elm didn?t look healthy during the first few months, but Gil assured us that it would be okay with time because he could see buds on it. We waited a year, and then he agreed to replace it. But the replacement tree was badly misshapen. I know that now. At the time though, we didn?t know what it should look like. Our ignorance caused us to accept a tree that we should have refused to let them plant. Mom paid top dollar for poor quality. In addition to the branches being completely crooked (all growing in one direction, rather than falling evenly on all sides) the trunk grows at a slant. We have learned (two years later) that nothing can straighten this trunk because the ball was planted crooked. * We thought that branches would fall into place over time, but they didn?t. * We thought that the ropes they tied to it would straighten the trunk. * One year later, a tree service and a different landscaper both said that this tree was badly deformed at the nursery and will never grow into a pretty tree. (A month earlier, Gil gave Mom a quote for pruning, claiming that it would help the shape.) In Feb. 2014 I wrote a letter to Gil Mayeaux, asking him to remove this ugly tree. He ignored the letter.