Been planted for about 20 days now and starting to leaf out nicely. Very happy/pleased with this purchase for a number of reasons. 1. Tree was shipped at the time I requested; according to my note. I wanted to get it planted during a short break of warmer/dryer weather, and was able to. Also, I didn't want tree to sit over the weekend in a shipping facility (which was avoided). 2. Tree was packaged very well, with sufficient (just enough, per my experience) roots, plastic bag and plenty of decent ' potting soil' ensured roots were kept moist, and crunched up paper along entire tree to keep branches from getting broken (thank you!). Side note, this tree was well branched out throughout, and because Its job will not only be to look so very beautiful, but to also provide a wind screen (from (at times) very strong West winds) along with a well established Norway Spruce (next to it) for much of my front yard (to protect less 'built like a bigfoot' trees, haha). And all of those important branches - even the lower ones (that will help stop the winds) are doing fine. 3. Tree was 4 feet tall (from ground level to top tip); at the upper limit of indicated (thanks again). 4. Price was very good when compared with competitors; it just happened to be on sale (which helped me to go with a 'generally more expensive type of tree', and it came with free shipping. Only negative thing I can come up with is that I'm not able to include some photos of this beauty. Very pleased!!