Chief River Nursery is your hardiest selection of conifer and hardwood bare-root seedling and bare-root transplant specimens. We offer White Spruce, Douglas Fir, Choke Cherry, Black Walnut, and many other seedling and transplant species.

Bare-root Seedlings
We sell 2-year olds in scotch, red and white pine and spruces, 3-year olds in fir, except the Douglas fir, which is a 2-year old. Hardwood and shrubs are 1-year old with some two year seedlings. Our experience shows these are the best combination of value and survivability.

Although millions of seedlings are planted direct to the field, best results are obtained by creating a transplant bed. Seedlings held like this for two years are easy to weed and make a great transplant.

Bare-root Transplants
Our transplants are well branched and have excellent root systems. Transplants are our specialty. We grow them without irrigation to provide you with extra hardy specimens. As with any transplant, watering in your stock provides them with a good start. We also recommend Super Gel and Super Spore for dry locations and where watering is not practical. Customers come back year after year for our huge transplants. Our experience in growing transplants produces a tree with excellent survival in direct to field planting. They are especially winter-hardy. Tree measurements are from the ground up and are very conservative.

As always, you can reach us at 800-367-9254.