The Arbor Day Foundation does not condone the practice of tree topping. Topping creates many problems for trees including insect infestations and diseases, weak limbs, shock and starvation to the tree and poor aesthetic qualities. For more information on tree topping, please contact Member Services for Tree City USA Bulletin #8 "Don't Top Trees". This bulletin is available for $3.

To be sure that your trees arrive in a strong and healthy condition, we ship bare root stock only when it is dormant in the fall and spring seasons. Trees are sent according to your local climate and this year's weather. Fall Shipping: We have to wait for a couple of hard frosts so the trees go dormant and can be shipped safely. Trees can be planted until the ground is frozen solid. Fall shipments are made between October 15 and December 10.

Lodgepole pine and Douglasfir trees are planted in national forests, in areas destroyed by fire, disease or insects. These trees will help reestablish vital habitat for grizzly bears, bald eagles, and timber wolves, and will contribute to a better environment for everyone.

Pruning trees, especially when younger, helps promote healthy trees with good branch architecture. Again, think of a tree in its native environment, the forest. There the tree is in stiff competition with other trees. It is forced to grow fast and upright to fill what is usually a very limited space. Trees growing in man-made conditions usually have much more space and less competition. They will spread out to form much broader trees than they would if located in the forest.

Trees often require fertilization at some point in their life span. Remember, most tree’s natural environment is the forest. There nutrients are continually recycled as leaves and other plant, and even animal material, fall and decompose on the forest floor. When you put a tree in a landscape setting it is usually deprived of these nutrients. One thing you can do is try to recreate the tree’s natural environment by providing mulch rings. See Mulches.

Bark Beetle Epidemic: Many people have inquired about the large number of dead pine trees they are seeing on the Coconino National Forest and around the City of Flagstaff. The majority of these trees have been attacked by beetles or have fallen victim to drought stress. More information..

No. It was just a flash. I was working on an entirely different thing when I saw a cartoon picture of these trees carrying on like fools. I thought, "What if trees acted like people?" So I saw it as a cartoon really, and wrote it that way. I think that's the image that it conjures up to a listener or a reader. A very simple statement." -- Neil Peart, in the April/May 1980 Modern Drummer magazine

Not if they are located on National Forest land. Dead trees provide habitat for a number of species of wildlife. The South Platte District opens fuel wood cutting areas during the summer months and permits are available at our district office in Morrison. Check out the Fuel wood link on this site or call 303 275-5610.

Fall shipments are made after a hard frost has allowed the trees to go dormant. In the fall, trees can be planted until the ground is frozen solid. As long as a spade can be inserted into the ground, it is okay to plant the trees. If it has already snowed, test the soil. If it's too dry or too wet, don't plant. The soil should have enough moisture to crumble in your hand.

Our member trees are swatched with specific colors and shipped with a color key so that you can identify them. Your Identification Key is also available for download.

There are at least 200 plants/trees or shrubs that are toxic to horses at some level if they are ingested. Depending on the plant species, only a small amount need be ingested to prove fatal. With other plants or grasses, a larger quantity would need to be eaten over a longer period of time before toxic levels would be reached.

Although all plants are flammable under the right conditions, steps can be taken that may decrease their flammability and reduce their accessibility to fire. For information regarding fire-resistant landscaping, please contact your local County Extension Agent. There is a great deal of good information about this topic on the internet.

The Foundation follows the guidelines of the National Invasive Species Information Center. Plants found to be invasive or problematic by this agency are removed from the lists of trees and shrubs offered by the Foundation. In addition, we take into consideration recommendations found in the publication entitled, Invasive Plants, Changing the Landscape of America, by the Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds.

The best way is to have the tree appraised by a qualified arborist. This professional will use a formula developed by the Council of Tree & Landscape Appraisers, and endorsed by the International Society of Arboriculture. For more information on placing a value on your trees, please contact Member Services for Tree City USA Bulletin #28 "Placing a Value on Trees". This bulletin is available for $3.

The trees are made of Lodge Pole Pine from the western slope of the Rocky Mountains which has been desert dried. This is a very straight grained, relatively light weight wood with very small knots and when it is properly dried will not warp or twist over time.

DENNYS WOODS is environmentally friendly, in that I have NEVER cut a tree down, just to carve it. All of the carvings on our site have been carved from trees that have been brought down by natural causes.

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Approximate seedling availability is April to mid-May, depending upon weather. You may choose to pick up your trees at the nearest state nursery and then you will be contacted by the nursery to schedule a pick up date. You may also choose to have your seedlings delivered on a county truck and your local DNR forester will notify you of the pick up location and date.

In most cases, no. Trees can protect a home from a fire's radiant heat, or airborne embers. It may be necessary to thin some young trees to reduce the volume of fuel on a property, but it is generally wise to leave the oldest trees, if they are healthy, since mature trees are quite resistant to damage from low- to medium-intensity wildland fire.

If you have any questions that we didn't cover here, don't hesitate to contact us at info@landingsite.net or call Aaron at (860)324-3579. Adrienne and Aaron play for Pete (bottom left) and Daron (bottom right) as "The Non" in 1997 -Provo, UT Rare photo of a very young band on their second summer tour.