Evergreen Tree Buyers Guide

We wrote up this evergreen tree buyers guide to help you decide what species of evergreen seedling is best for your needs. This is a list of species that we sell, but keep in mind let there is a huge number of other species out there.

Common Name Latin Name Sun Soils Zones Height
Austrian Pine
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
Pinus nigra
salty soils
clay soils
wide range of soils
Zones 3-7 60ft
Bald Cypress
Seasonally available as:
bare root seedling
Taxodium distichum rich wet soils
swampy soils
flooded areas
marshes
Zones 5-10 70ft
Balsam Fir
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
bare root transplant
Abies balsamea
rich soils
swampy soils
sandy soils
Zones 3-7 90ft
Black Hills Spruce
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
bare root transplant
Picea glauca ‘Densata’ sandy soils
light soils
Zones 3-6 80ft
Black Spruce
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
Picea mariana
rich soils
swampy soils
darker soils
wetlands
Zones 3-6 30ft
Canaan Fir
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root transplant
Abies balsamea var.
phanerolepsis

rich soils
swampy soils
darker soils
Zones 3-7 50ft
Canadian Hemlock
[species discontinued]
Tsuga canadensis
rich soils
clay soils
Zones 3-7 70ft
Colorado Blue Spruce
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
bare root transplant
Picea pungens ‘Glauca’ wide range of soils Zones 3-6 100ft
Concolor Fir
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
bare root transplant
Abies concolor
rich soils
sandy soils
clay soils
Zones 3-7 150ft
Douglas Fir
Seasonally available as:
bare root seedling
bare root transplant
plug seedling
Pseudotsuga menziesii rich soils
swampy soils
Zones 3-7 200ft
Eastern Red Cedar
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
bare root transplant
Juniperus virginiana lighter soils
sandier soils
drier soils
poor soils
Zones 3-9 40ft
Fraser Fir
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
bare root transplant
Abies fraseri slightly acidic soils
rocky soils
sandy soils
Zones 3-7 80ft
Leyland Cypress
[discontinued]
x Cupressocyparis leylandii
wide range of soils
wide range of pH levels
drier soils
Zones 6-10 50ft
Meyer Spruce
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
Picea meyeri
light soils
heavy soils
acidic soils
Zones 3-8 40ft
Noble Fir
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
Abies procera
loamy soils
acidic soils
Zones 5-6 200ft
Norway Spruce
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
bare root transplant
Picea abies rich soils
sandy soils
Zones 3-6 150ft
Ponderosa Pine
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
bare root transplant
Pinus ponderosa poor soils
clay soils
rocky soils
well drained soils
acidic soils
Zones 3-7 125ft
Red Pine
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
Pinus resinosa sandy soils
light soils
rocky soils
poor soils
Zones 3-6 150ft
Serbian Spruce
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
Picea omorika wide range of soils Zones 4-7 60ft
Tamarack Larch
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
Larix laricina swampy soils
wide range of soils
Zones 2-6 65ft
Western Red Cedar
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
Thuja plicata
moist soils
loamy soils
lowlying areas
Zones 2-6 150ft
White Cedar
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
Thuja occidentalis
wide range of soils Zones 3-9 40ft
White Pine
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
bare root transplant
Pinus strobus sandy soils
light soils
Zones 3-7 200ft
White Spruce
Seasonally available as:
plug seedling
bare root seedling
bare root transplant
Picea glauca
wide range of soils Zones 3-6 100ft