I'd recommend against trying to transplant native "scrub" trees. You'd
be better off developing a plan for your yard. You can go with trees
which are native, but select a variety which will give you better
characteristics than a scrub you get in the woods. If you stick with
fairly standard trees you could go to a place like Broadwells and get
all you need for a VERY reasonable price. In the long run this will
give you much better results.

If you insist on going the transplant route, your best results are going
to be to select the trees in the late summer. Tag them while they still
have leaves, and then transplant them after they've gone dormant. This
is a bad time to transplant because they are just starting to grow.
they will not have enough time to send out roots.

Chuck

Elizabeth wrote:

Hey Tom,

While I don't have trees for you (in fact, I'm dealing with the same
problem), I have a suggestion. The Arbor Day Foundation sends free tree
seedlings for a $10 contribution. I just received and planted my 10 trees.
They are all flowering ornamentals that are starting to bud and leaf out
already. See their website: http://www.arborday.org. I think they are
offering other free stuff too.

Elizabeth

"Tom" wrote in message
...
Here's the situation. I was born and raised in NC, and every home I
lived in growing up had a nice wooded lot. Then I went out and bought
my first home, in a modern subdivision built on what was a farm. Now I
have a flat, treeless (except for the ubiquitous two bradford pears
dropped in by the developer) 1/2 acre lot...and I hate it. Love the
house, hate opening the back door and seeing ten different neighbors.
So I've decided I need to plant trees. I've planted a couple Japanese
red maples (about 4 foot tall now) two granny smith apples, and a
wisconsin weeping willow. I want more. And I wouldn't mind planting
some native trees that I grew up with.

I see all these properties around wake county with hundreds upon
hundreds of what I call "Scrub" trees. 3 to four foot saplings, mostly
pines, some hardwoods. If you have similar trees on your property and
wouldn't mind someone digging up say, ten or so, and hauling them
away, please let me know.