Virginia Evergreen Summer 2018

Murray x species. The Leightons were tight, dense and too cone shaped when sheared two to three time yearly. Great for landscapes as a cone shape, but to a Christmas tree customer, no appeal at all. When I planted my first Murray x Leylands, I saw the difference. More openness, beautiful foliar texture and no foliar diseases at all. Planting these in an open area with plenty of wind circulation will more than overcome any foli- age disease. This foliage is perfect to mix with other evergreens in wreaths. The Arizona cypress varieties of ‘Blue Ice’ and Carolina Sapphire have popular appeal as Christmas trees. ‘Blue Ice’ is a beautiful powder blue, blue spruce blue and is quite fragrant of citrus.’ Caro- lina Sapphire’ is used for the same

purpose but grows fast and not as appealing as ‘Blue Ice’. However, it is fragrant and better suited to wreath making. It too can become too dense like the’ Leighton Green’ Leyland. Here again both of these are propagated as rooted cuttings for reproduction. Like the Leylands, these are propagated in propagation nurseries in the South mainly Georgia and South Caro- lina. These are taken from ‘mother’ trees used as hedging. Winter cuttings are primarily used and placed on bottom heat in the greenhouse to promote faster cal- lus and eventual roots. When ordering both Leyland cy- press and Arizona cypress they will come in a 2.75x3 inch lined pot which the cutting was stuck to begin rooting. It may be two years before these are ready to ship

which may explain less availabil- ity. I have ordered 150 of these and comes shipped in wax coated cardboard boxes. Unfortunately, during shipment these boxes are tossed and thrown and the soil comes out of the pot and some- times there are exposed roots. Its best to process quickly before the roots dries out. I place them in greenhouse flats that fits the pot size and will transplant them to a one gallon nursery pot for produc- tion at least a year with slow re- lease fertilizer to enhance more growth. This is the normal nursery production procedure under over- head irrigation. Rooted cuttings are not recommended for field planting when received from the propagation nursery because they are no more than 4-8 inches in height and the root system is not

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Wholesale Price List for 2018 Quality Seedlings & Transplants

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FRASER FIR (2-2, PL+2) (2-2, PL+2) (P+2, P+3) BALSAM FIR (2-1, P+1) (2-2, P+2) (P+2, P+3) CANAAN FIR (2-1, P+1) (P+2) (P+2, P+3)

WHITE SPRUCE - Lake States (2-0, 3-0) 9-15”

WHITE PINE - Lake States (2-0, 3-0) 6-12”

8-15” 10-18” 12-22”

$135.00 $145.00 $155.00

$830.00 $880.00 $950.00

$50.00 $100.00 $125.00

$210.00 $675.00 $775.00

$55.00 $95.00 $110.00

$250.00 $595.00 $695.00

(2-1)

12-18” 15-24”

(2-1)

6-12” 10-16” 12-18”

(2-1, 2-2)

(2-1, 3-1)

(2-2)

$135

XXX

NORWAY SPRUCE - Lake States (2-0, 3-0) 9-15”

SCOTCH PINE - Scothighland + French (2-0, 3-0) 9-15” $55.00

8-14” 10-18” 12-22”

$95.00 $125.00 $135.00

$610.00 $810.00 $850.00

$50.00 $110.00 $125.00

$210.00 $675.00 $775.00

(2-1)

12-18” 15-24”

$250.00

(2-1, 2-2)

WHITE CEDAR (2-0, 3-0)

BLACKHILL SPRUCE (2-0) 5-12”

6-12” 8-15” 15-24”

$55.00 $95.00 $145.00

$275.00 $610.00

8-14” 10-18” 12-22”

$115.00 $145.00 $155.00

$725.00 $890.00 $950.00

$55.00 $110.00 $135.00 $160.00

$250.00 $690.00 $850.00

(2-1) (2-2)

(2-1, 2-2)

10-15” 10-18” 15-24”

XXX ARBORvITAE - *EMERALD, *GREEN GIANT, TECHNY & DARK GREEN (RC+1) 6-12” $140.00 $890.00 *(P+1) 8-14” $165.00 XXX

(2-2) (2-2)

XXX

DOUGLAS FIR - Lincoln (2-0, 3-0) 9-15”

SERBIAN SPRUCE (2-0)

$55.00 $100.00

$250.00 $630.00

8-14” 8-15” 12-18”

$60.00 $105.00 $135.00

$295.00 $650.00 $850.00

(2-1)

8-14”

(2-1) (2-1)

CONCOLOR FIR (2-0)

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5-12” 8-14” 10-15”

$55.00 $110.00 $115.00

$250.00 $680.00

AUSTRIAN PINE (2-0)

(2-1, P+1) (P+1)

6-14”

$55.00

$250.00

$725.00 COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE - San Juan & Kiabab (2-0, 3-0) 9-15” $50.00 $210.00 (2-1, P+1) 10-16” $100.00 $630.00 (2-2, P+2) 12-18” $135.00 $850.00 (P+2, P+3) 15-24” $160.00 XXX

RED PINE - Lake States (2-0, 3-0) 6-14”

$55.00

$250.00

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