Late arrival, plants not in the best shape
I didn't appreciate that I placed my order on May 5 and received the plants on June 9. An order placed the same day from Raintree Nursery, same area, also for 2 plants, came to IL weeks earlier. From their shipment info on their website, it appears this company didn't have the staffing/organization to manage their spring orders. Not impressed; I would obviously have preferred to have gotten these in the ground earlier in the season. As for the plants themselves, they arrived in decent but not great shape, soil not dry but not moist (unlike Raintree, fresh and moist, even the bare root tree) but not well (or recently) pruned, and with woody roots that weren't quite root-bound in the pots, but were close. 3 bonus slugs alive but barely, attest to this not being all dessicated. My guess is these plants are a year past where they should be for this pot size. Both had already flowered and one was even setting berries, while the elderberries here are just flowering now. Both elderberries looked kind of wilted, and they still do, 4 days later, after immediate unpacking, watering, and planting within hours, in mild, cloudy, rainy conditions. So that's a bit worrying. Hoping for the best. I don't usually review, but I got multiple requests to review well before the plants arrived! That was also very annoying, so I'm providing feedback in hopes this will be constructive. Bought from this nursery because they were pretty much alone in offering both varieties I wanted.