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Old 04-04-2009, 07:18 PM posted to triangle.gardens
Craig Watts Craig Watts is offline
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Default Good tree nursery in Raleigh / Garner area? Also, what pine treesto plant?

My SO says go the the Farmer's Market. They have trees there
and will bring in you want them to bring next week.

Other than that the common consensus is Broadwells in Anger.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/ralei...er-have-2.html

Craig

mike wrote:
Can anyone recommend a nursery in the Raleigh / Garner area with good
prices? Looking for some Leland Cypress and Red Cedar trees, as well
as some pine trees. Trees from Home Depot or Lowes seem overpriced.

Also wanting to plant some pine trees, but ones that fill out with
branches from bottom to top. I've seen one variety of pine in the area
that is nearly all trunk, with only some pine branches at the top.
That is not at all what I want--I want pine trees that will fill out
bottom to top with branches.

Looking for a variety of pine tree that:
-- Grow relatively fast
-- Has branches from bottom to top / fills-out nicely
-- Drought tolerant if possible
-- Easy to maintain (ideally, *no* maintenance; don't think I care to
shape them)
-- Being fragrant a plus (doesn't seem like many of the pine trees
around here have that "pine forest" scent; or maybe you need a whole
forest of them to get any notable scent?
-- Don't cost a lot; but then I probably only need around 10. So maybe
cost shouldn't be an issue.

I've been told I might like White Pines. Is that a good variety for
what I'm looking for? What others should I consider?

Thanks.

Mike