It’s risky to plant B&B (Ball & Burlap) trees this late in the season. But it’s a great time to plant our Container-Grown trees (like the Golden Rain Tree above)! Why the difference?
A container grown tree has a complete, healthy root system that’s able to start growing in your landscape as soon as it is planted. A B&B tree has been dug from the field where, unfortunately, about 60 to 90% of its roots have been left behind. This means the tree will struggle, needing a lot more water and physical support to establish. A container-grown tree will ‘catch up’ to or surpass a B&B tree in size in just a few years.
CLOSE-OUT SALE on beautiful Patio Trees in classy, outdoor ceramic pots, AND select trees.
‘Chanticleer’ Ornamental Pear: in 22” Blue Ceramic pot was $525, Now $210
Columnar Bosnian Pine: in 24” Brown ceramic pot was $500 Now $200
Russian Hawthorn: in 20” Brown Ceramic pot was $325 Now $125
Russian Hawthorn: in 17” Brown Ceramic pot, was $200 Now $70
Russian Hawthorn: in 17” Brown Ceramic pot, was $220 Now $80
TREE SALE
David Elm: to possibly 35’, resistant to both Dutch Elm disease and scale, nice small leaves, this one has some attractive corky bark, successful in Ft. Collins; 7’ tall in a 17” pot $120
Northern Catalpa
Northern Catalpa: Upright, low-water shade tree to 40’-50’, large heart-shaped leaves, beautiful orchid-like white with purple flowers, grows fast but strong, vertical habit; loved by bees, hummers and moths; 1.5” diameter trunk $75; also several 3’ tall $45 each
Ginnala Maple: 15-20’; drought tolerant, brilliant red/orange fall color; small creamy white flowers in spring for bees; #5 $65, #15 bonsai look $150
Euonymus carnosus: small tree 10’-15’, small flowers for bees, very showy pink fruits; sun or shade; tough/low water; 10-gallon pot $65
One-Seed Juniper: Juniperus monosperma, Regional Native; very xeric, 10’-15’ pyramidal shape; plant away from house for fire safety. 2 gallon pot $40.
Rocky Mt. Juniper-our local native; 12-15’ upright, habitat and berries for the birds; very drought tolerant, excellent evergreen screen; plant away from house for fire safety; 3’ trees in 5-gal. pots $45 each
Sucker Punch Chokecherry
‘Suckerpunch’ Chokecherry: non-suckering, single-trunk hybrid chokecherry, showy white clusters of flowers for bees, berries for the birds, leaves emerge green, turn red mid spring; Plant Select winner: 5-gallon trees, tall $80
Kentucky Coffee Tree: 40-50’ shade tree, slow-growing, fine-textured leaves, strong branching, picturesque trunks; water-wise; 5-gallon trees $40 & $60
Redbud: 20’-30’; stunning early magenta flowers in spring, often multi-stemmed; great ornamental; 2 gallon trees $40
Bur Oak: large tough shade tree 50’-60’, withstands drought, wind, extreme cold and heavy soils; long-lived; 5-gallon trees $35
American Linden: Big shade tree 50’+, very fragrant flowers loved by bees; needs a little water, high resistance to Japanese Beetles (unlike European lindens): 8-9’ tall trees $100
Chicago Hardy Fig
Chicago Hardy Fig: good tasting figs, outside in summer inside for winter OR plant against house foundation where it dies to ground but grows back quickly to make figs; beautiful leaves; OK in winter in unheated poly house: 2-gallon pot $42
Columnar Swedish Aspen: narrow 20’-30’ tall Aspen, very cold hardy to 10,000’; leaves turn yellow to orange in fall, tall screen; 5’-6’ tall trees $55
Tatarian Maple: 15’ low water maple, red seed pods in summer look like flowers, very attractive and tough, OK with our alkaline soils: $70
Golden Rain Tree: 20’-35’ ornamental tree, big panicles of golden flowers in summer followed by ‘Chinese lantern’ pods, very drought tolerant; 5-gallon trees at $55,$65,$75.
Not cheap, but very good deals:
Wavyleaf Oak, courtesy Colorado Springs Utilities
Wavyleaf Oak – (Quercus undulata)-native oak 10’-20’ tall and 8’-16’ wide, similar to Gambel Oak with highly variable leaf forms, xeric, small acorns, many eco-services: 2 gallon trees $75
Arizona Cypress – (Hesperocyparis arizonica): 25’-35’ handsome dense pyramidal evergreen, with soft-textured blue foliage, makes a big screen, fairly water-wise, songbird haven, likes gravelly soils: only one left – 7’ tall tree for $170.