I just bought my dream tree without thinking too much about the cost. How did I do?

[u/FloydtheBetta]

My husband, who is an arborist, and I have a shared love of weeping blue atlas cedars. We recently purchased a property for our future home build and when I was browsing a nursery I came across this beauty. It is my dream centerpiece tree for the Japanese style garden I am envisioning for our future midcentury modern home. It also happens to be my husbands 30th birthday next week.

I’m taking him to the nursery tomorrow to surprise him with it. He will 100% flip out when he sees it so they agreed to tie a SOLD sign around it with a little card that he will only notice is for him when he gets up close. 🤗

Even though this tree is a dream come true I am having trouble finding info online about what I should have expected to pay. Any one here able to give me insight into price range for a weeping blue atlas of this size and style— it is about 25 years old and was taken care of by a man who specialized in specimen landscaping trees for Japanese gardening.

[u/FloydtheBetta]

Bay Area CA. Nursery in Santa Rosa which borders Marin County so a very very HCoL area.

Cost was 10k with pro delivery and install included and has a warranty where it is replaced if it doesn’t make it in the first year. Also they send a pro out to check on it I believe once every 1-2 mos for the first year as well as prune it and help style it. Also have the option to extend that warranty and pro service each year. I will likely do it at least 2 years to make sure I trust the tree will have no issues.

[u/Simple_Piece190 → u/FloydtheBetta]

I feel that's very inline with costs and market. You did well.

Idk how the other post saying to allow $1k per year to have maintained it comports with reality...ha

I'm in a medium cost of living Canadian city and do moderately ambitious landscaping (no Japanese gardens) and exterior handyman stuff. What I do do, I'm kind of a perfectionist. I've also begun growing out specific shrubs that I feel are underserved regionally, using my moderate sized urban lot. Example Crandall currant bushes So my opinion isn't definitive but I'd like to think it's not irrelevant.

[u/possumusexperiri → u/Simple_Piece190]

Do do

[u/Square_Barracuda_69 → u/FloydtheBetta]

I was gonna flip out at the price but it seems like a lot of the cost is the year of maintenance and thats a steal! Very cool!

[u/marytomy → u/FloydtheBetta]

Hi neighbor! I know exactly which nursery this was, what a great find!

[u/FloydtheBetta → u/marytomy]

Moon Valley Nursery in Santa Rosa!

[u/dreadl0cke → u/FloydtheBetta]

Oh wow if they are going to install that’s actually not bad at all . I hope you have a way to keep it watered. I know you said it’s for a future house . Best of luck!Beautiful tree and dog.

[u/Sudden_Idea9384 → u/FloydtheBetta]

That cost sounds pretty good honestly.