Planting trees in late fall can be highly successful if done with care. While spring is often recommended, fall planting offers advantages such as cooler temperatures, less heat stress, and more consistent soil moisture. Here’s how to ensure your trees thrive when planted late in the season. 1. Timing Matters by Region The ideal planting… Read more »
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Plant a Tree in the Winter
It may seem completely counter-intuitive because everyone always talks about how you plant things in the fall, or spring, or summer, but not many people discuss the winter. With winter right around the corner, there’s no better time to discuss just how effective it can be to plant a new tree in the winter. Types… Read more »
Fall Planting Tips
The autumn is a very crucial time of year for many plant varieties. The changing of the seasons typically means the dying off flowering plants that delighted during the summer months. Cold Stream Farm wants to make sure that our blog readers have all of the information they need to properly tend to their shrubs… Read more »
Have Color in Winter with these Shrubs
It may still be the summertime, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to start thinking about your winter landscape. In fact, this time of year is the perfect time to plant several unique species that can brighten up the cold winter days! It’s important to start thinking about your winter landscape in the late… Read more »
Fall is the Time to Plant Trees, Shrubs
Although spring is known as the “flower child” of gardening, there are many great opportunities to plant in the fall as well. Specifically, gardeners should consider planting trees and shrubs during autumn since there are many noticeable planting benefits. Have you ever wanted to get out in garden in the spring or summer, but it… Read more »
Place Your Fall Tree and Shrub Order Now
Summer is the perfect time to start thinking about reserving fall trees and shrubs. We’re now taking orders for the fall to help improve your landscape. Take a look at the full selection of plants available from Cold Stream Farm. Evergreens Evergreen trees are always a popular option for decorating a landscape. As the leading… Read more »
Planting Suggestions & Information
INSPECT YOUR ORDER: Stock is guaranteed fresh and healthy upon delivery. Please inspect your plants immediately upon delivery. If a branch or root is broken, simply prune it off. This will not dam- age your tree. We try very hard to place “safety belts” on all our plants that we ship, however, sometimes the plants… Read more »
Deciduous Trees
Trees are a fundamental feature of any landscape, especially here in North America. Many homeowners who decide to plant new trees on their property mistakenly believe that once they’re in the soil, they don’t require any further care. But if you want your trees to grow and thrive for decades to come, it’s important to… Read more »
Groundcover
As the name suggests, groundcover is a type of plant that grows directly over the top of the ground and covers it. While there are several types of groundcover around, the most common and prolific type is the miniature shrub bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi). In order to provide much-needed coverage and aesthetic appeal to soil-poor areas,… Read more »
Conifers
Are you looking for wholesale conifer and cedar trees? If so, Cold Stream Farm is the place to go. Whether you’re looking to buy wholesale to distribute beautiful evergreen trees to your customers, or you’re a landowner working on creating a picturesque landscape, we can provide orders of varying sizes on all sorts of amazing… Read more »
Winter Planting and Gardening
What’s better than planting your favorite flowers, trees, and shrubs in the spring? How about preparing for spring planting in the winter! That’s right. Your green thumb doesn’t have to rest just because the weather grows colder. Spend the cold season preparing for your upcoming springtime planting plans with these helpful tips: Plan a Clear… Read more »
Things to Know About Deciduous Plants
Deciduous Meaning First things first– what does the word deciduous mean? It refers to the falling off at maturity of leaves, petals and/or ripe fruit. So, if you’ve seen a shrub or tree shed leaves around September, October or November, you’re looking at a deciduous plant. Typically, these are some of the most beautiful features… Read more »
