REGION – Now is the time to be thinking about what you’d like to plant this spring!
Each spring, the Crawford-Roscommon Conservation District provides residents the opportunity to purchase tree seedlings, native wildflower bulbs/roots, berry bushes and wildflower seed. Tree days are Friday, April 24th noon-3pm & Saturday, April 25th 9am-1pm at the Michigan Fire Training Grounds on 290 Ballenger Rd in Roscommon. Mark your calendars!
To be sure of getting what you’d like, please pre-order by March 16. After that date, orders are taken as supplies last or until April 10.
Conifers (evergreens) are sold in seedling and transplant form. A seedling has been in a seedbed for two years; whereas, a transplant is grown as a seedling, then transplanted to a larger bed for another year or two to develop thicker and stronger root systems.
Types of conifers that may be available at our walk-in sale this spring are: Red Cedar, White Cedar, Douglas Fir; Jack, Red & White Pine; Blue, Norway & White Spruce.
Hardwoods will arrive at an average height of 2 ft tall. Chinese Chestnut, Birch, Hybrid Poplar, Red Maple, Sugar Maple, Red & White Oak; along with sets of 3 semi-dwarf apple trees.
Wildlife shrubs may consist of: American Plum, Black Chokeberry, Butterfly Bush, Elderberry, Forsythia, Gray Dogwood, Hazelnut, High Bush Cranberry, Lilac, Nannyberry, Red Mulberry, Pussy Willow, Red Osier Dogwood, Roselow Crab, Sand Cherry, Serviceberry, Sumac, Trumpet Vine, Washington Hawthorne, Winterberry/Holly & Witch Hazel. These plants will be 12-24 inches at planting.
Native wildflowers in bulb/bare root form are: Jack-In-The-Pulpit, Lady Slipper & White Trillium.
Other plants consist of: Asparagus, Black and Red Raspberry & Blueberry.
These items will be available as supplies last. . .
For further info contact the Crawford-Roscommon Conservation District at (989) 275-3163, barb.stauffer@macd.org, OR www.Crawfordroscommoncd.weebly.com
