Additional Nursery Information & Links
Useful Links
- Colorado Nursery & Greenhouse Association - Support your local commercial nursery for landscaping and ornamental needs
- Colorado Garden & Home Show - Discover the Rocky Mountain region's oldest and largest garden and home show a nine-day spectacular event where you can find the latest ideas in landscaping, gardening and home improvement
- Windbreak Publications - from the USDA National Agroforestry Center
- Growing Trees From Seed (62 KB PDF) - from Montana State University
- Weed Barrier Fabric Mulch for Tree & Shrub Planting (171 KB PDF) - from Kansas State and Extension Forestry
Raising Forest Tree Seedlings at Home
Dumroese RK, Landis TD, Wenny DL. 1998. Raising Forest Tree Seedlings at Home: Simple Methods for Growing Conifers of the Pacific Northwest from Seeds. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho, Idaho Forest, Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station Contribution Number 860. 56 p.
This manual comes in eight sections:
- Cover, Table of Contents and Introduction (141 KB PDF)
- Should I Grow My Own Seedlings? (95 KB PDF)
- It Starts With Seeds (168 KB PDF)
- Growing Seedlings (Bare root) (146 KB PDF)
- Growing Seedlings (Container & Plug+One) (233 KB PDF)
- Field Planting Considerations (79 KB PDF)
- Keeping Records (20 KB PDF)
- Appendices (80 KB PDF)