Joel Thesing
Google
We had 50 Italian Cypress trees planted by Rexius in late 2021. Instead of digging into the native soil, Rexius laid a berm of fresh dirt and planted the trees in the dirt berm. they left the top 1/3 of the rootballs above the surface of the dirt. when we questioned about so much of the rootball not being in the ground, they said that Italian cypress grow best this way. however, because they didn't dig into the native soil, the berm has no lateral support/pressure to securely hold the roots, so here we are over 3 years later, and the Italian cypress will not stay up strait on their own. they get blown over by the wind. I attempted to take the support posts off earlier this year (2.5 years after planting) and they all started to lean with the wind. i have spent an enormous amount of time trying to make the trees stand up strait on their own, but I'm convinced that because Rexius didn't prep the ground right and give the trees a proper supportive base for the roots to spread out, I don't know if they will ever be able to support themselves. when I asked Rexius to fix the issue, they were going to charge me ove me $5k to add some dirt! so frustrating!!! last time I will ever use Rexius.