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Nursery 
Trees:
$20 to $45
Nursery trees are to be picked up at the mill site. Delivery may be available for large orders. Please call us for details!
About some of our trees:
Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens glauca)
This is a superb evergreen conifer with rich blue coloring, depending on the individual plant. It has dense branching and a pyramidal form that makes a wonderful living Christmas tree and an excellent landscape specimen. It is known for its extreme hardiness, and it grows in practically every town in Colorado, from the plains to timberline. It is tolerant of drought and very moist conditions, and very hot to very cold weather, and will thrive best with medium, deep watering. Full sun is best, but it will grow in the shade.
White Fir (Abies concolor) (local common name-Balsam)
This is also a superb evergreen conifer with variable rich blue-green coloring. Grown in full sun with plenty of spacing, it will form a tree with dense branching and pyramidal form, making a wonderful Christmas tree and an excellent landscape specimen. White fir has soft, long, blue-green needles, and forms very unusual upright cones at maturity. It is less tolerant of extreme environmental conditions than blue spruce.
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Named after David Douglas (1798-1834), a Scottish botanist, this western American species grows from Colorado to the Pacific northwest, and is known for its majestic form. In Colorado, its light green to blue green coloring, light to dense branching, and pyramidal form make it an excellent landscape specimen. It thrives best with some shade, especially in the early years, but will do well later in open sun. At planting, some southwestern shade is recommended.
Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Named for the species’ ponderous size at maturity, this tree grows in drier sites and poorer, rock and gravelly soils all over the west. Its hardiness makes it a good choice for open sun planting where watering may be less than optimal. It will make a superb evergreen with dense branching and a pyramidal form during its growing years, through 30 years of age, and then form a forest-type specimen.
