We offer a variety of local food products, animal repellents, natural resource related books and pamphlets as well as other assorted items. Check out our current catalog of products. Click here to see our catalog.
Our 2012 Spring Seedling Sale order form is ready, click here to download your copy! If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive our catalogs throughout the year click here to contact us.
Undecided on what plants to purchase for Fall 2011? Look below for a list of typical plants we sell in our spring tree sales and links with good information about each species…. (Please note, some species listed below are not available during our fall sale but a majority of them will be available for our 2012 spring tree sale.) You can also call us at 231-256-9783 for personal assistance!
| Species | Mature | Moisture | Sun | Notes |
| Seedlings | Height | *=Native Species | ||
| *Red Pine | 50-80′ | Dry-Mod | Full Sun | Drought tolerant, Plantation pine, Good in sand |
| *White Pine | 50-80′ | Dry-Mod | Sun-Shade | Good under oak/aspen, open grown gets bushy |
| *White Spruce | 40-60′ | Dry-Mod | Full Sun | Christmas, Fast grower, good screen |
| Norway Spruce | 40-60′ | Dry-Mod | Full Sun | Fastest growing conifer, good screen, drooping branches |
| Transplants | ||||
| *White Cedar | 40-60′ | Mod-Wet | Sun-Shade | Good hedge sun/shade, Wide growing tolerance, Deer eat it |
| Concolor Fir | 30-50′ | Moderate | Full Sun | Christmas, Tolerates clay, needs air drainage |
| Blue Spruce | 30-60′ | Dry-Mod | Full Sun | Christmas, Screen, Do not Plant by Douglas Fir |
| Norway Spruce | 40-60′ | Dry-Mod | Full Sun | Fastest conifer grower, good screen, drooping branches |
| *White Spruce | 40-60′ | Dry-Mod | Full Sun | Christmas, Fast grower, good screen |
| *White Pine | 50-80′ | Dry-Mod | Sun-Shade | Good under oak/aspen, open grown gets bushy |
| Fraser Fir | 30-40′ | Moderate | Full Sun | Great Christmas, winter hardy, great needle fragrance |
| *Hemlock | 40-70′ | Moist-Wet | Shade | Extremely shade tolerant, long lived, cover for birds |
| Hardwoods | ||||
| *White Oak | 50-80′ | Dry-Mod | Sun-PS | Drought tolerant, very good wildlife, slower growing oak |
| *White Birch | 50-70′ | Mod-Moist | Full Sun | White bark, shade intolerant, birch borer resistant |
| *Sugar Maple | 60-75′ | Mod-Moist | Sun-Shade | Lumber value, maple syrup, shade tolerant, good fall color |
| *Tulip Tree | 70-90′ | Mod-Moist | Full Sun | Fast growing/tall, avoid frost pockets, good yellow fall color |
| *Black Walnut | 50-75′ | Mod-Moist | Full Sun | Great lumber, wildlife food, do not plant near delicate flowers |
| Shrubs | ||||
| *Highbush Cranberry | 8-12′ | Wet | Sun-PS | Great wildlife shrub, holds fruit into winter, likes wet feet |
| *White Flowering Dogwood | 10-15′ | Dry-Moist | Sun-PS | Away from frost pocket for best white flowers, wildlife benefit |
| *Red-Osier Dogwood | 7-9′ | Moist-Wet | Sun-Shade | Good wildlife, stem is red in full sun, prefers wet feet |
| *Amer. Mountain Ash | 10-30′ | Moist-Wet | Sun-PS | Great berry and fall color, shorter lived, prune w/clean tools |
| *Serviceberry | 15-25′ | Dry-Moist | Full Sun | Great wildlife, drought tolerant, large shrub-small tree |
| Native Grasses | Full Size | |||
| *Prairie Dropseed | 1.5-2′ | Dry-Mod | Full Sun | Arching clumps, delicate looking seed stalks, good seeds |
| *Indian Grass | 4-6′ | Dry-Mod | Full Sun | Prairie, clumping, drought tolerant, unique brown seed stalks |
| *Switch Grass | 5-6′ | Dry-Mod | Full Sun | Vase shaped clumps, prairie, drought tolerant, pretty stalks |
| *Amer. Beach Grass | 1-1.5′ | Dry-Mod | Full Sun | Perfect for the sandy beach setting, will slowly spread |
| Ground Covers | Full Size | |||
| *Bearberry | 1-3″ | Dry-Mod | Sun-PS | Ever-expanding ground cover, tolerates sand and acid soils |
| *Anise Hyssop | 2.5-3′ | Mod-Moist | Full Sun | Purple flowers last, anise fragrance, butterflies-hummingbirds |
| *White Coneflower | 2.5-3′ | Dry-Mod | Full Sun | Spreads some, birds eat seeds, lasting white flowers |
| *False Sunflower | 2.5-3′ | Mod-Moist | Full Sun | Long lasting brilliant yellow flowers, low maintenance, |
| Ferns | Full Size | |||
| *Royal Fern | 2-5′ | Moist-Wet | Sun-Shade | Prefers acid soils, Grows in bogs naturally, graceful foliage |
| *Ostrich Fern | 3-5′ | Moist-Wet | PS-Shade | Wide shape, ostrich feather-like large leaves, tough, hardy |
| *Interrupted Fern | 2-4′ | Moist-Wet | Sun-Shade | Upright shape, best near a pond or stream, unique fruiting |
| Mod=Moderate | ||||
Effort was made to purchase the largest and thus more expensive size trees available since most of the recent customers want fewer but larger plants. If you do not see a species or size you want, call us we may be able to find it. Other tree planting products and local food products are still available. Call, stop in or visit www.leelanaucd.org for more information.
The best time to plant a tree is NOW! We expect shrubs to bear fruit in 3-7 years after planting, depending on site and conditions. For all our plants, we encourage watering often, 1-2 times a week for the first two years is ideal, and use TerrasorbTM to ensure success. Always over-dig the size of your hole, and never put roots into a J shape in a hole that is too short. Use only mechanical/manual weed control when planting for the first year if no site prep is done already. Mulching should be 2-4” deep only, and never allow the mulch to physically touch the stem of the plant keep it back an inch or more. Liquid fertilization is not recommended until the plant has been in the ground at least a year if at all. Get a soil test.
