I felt kinda bad, because I was the one who gave them the tree ☺️
I had picked up a Desert Willow seedling in a one gallon pot at a garden club sale in Kingsland. I paid a dollar for it. I kept it in the container for 2 years, while I was looking for a place to plant it in my yard. I finally decided that I just didn't have that perfect spot and asked her if she wanted it. It had grown quite a bit and was probably a couple of feet tall by this time and it was time for it to come out of that one gallon container. After she told me in great detail about their efforts to plant it, I did have a few moments of guilt. Last summer, after we had moved to Houston, she sent me a picture of it in bloom. I don't feel any guilt now!