Not all landscapers put bubblers in when they put in the landscaping, and don't tell their customers they have to water by hand twice a day for 30 minutes after a new tree is planted for a minimum of 10 days... Some of those people had their landscaping done and left. I walk by those homes... The trees aren't getting watered.
As to The Villages trees... They will be replaced and no one will know they died...
There is a belief that if you plant the same trees as The Villages they won't die... Since I've been here... I've watched them replace trees throughout the area, that have in fact died.... Most people don't notice it.
Trust me... When the rains come.... The trees will be replaced and except for you and a few others.... no one will notice.
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