Dug to order
You pick the size; we dig to order with our tree spade and prep the tree with burlap and a wire basket, ready to pick up and transplant.
Spruce or blue spruce
Both are grown for northern winters and planted for the same jobs: a windbreak or a privacy screen. The difference is the look.
Spruce is the classic northern evergreen: dense, green, and reliable in a row.
White spruce is hardy to zone 2, well inside what Peace Region winters demand.
Growth is moderate, about 12–24 inches per year, with landscape size commonly 40–60 feet tall and 10–20 feet wide over decades.
Blue spruce has stiff, sharp, blue needles and a pyramid of stiff branches that hold to the ground.
Colorado blue spruce is hardy in zones 3–7 and sits at the cold edge of that range in northern climates like the Peace Region.
Growth is slow to moderate, about 12–24 inches per year, with landscape size commonly 30–60 feet tall and 10–30 feet wide over decades.
How each band reads once it is in your yard.
4–6'
A 4–6 foot tree stands about first-floor window height beside a house or fence.
6–8'
A 6–8 foot tree reaches about first-story window to eave height and starts a visible privacy line along a fence.
8–10'
An 8–10 foot tree stands about eave height on a one-story house, a solid screen along a fence.
10–12'
A 10–12 foot tree is about first-story roof height, a full windbreak or privacy row next to a house.
Every dug tree leaves the field ready to plant.
Faster and most economical
Bring a heavy-duty trailer and we load the trees with our skid steer. Dug to order, ready when you arrive.
Subject to weather and availability
We dig, haul and plant. Quoted per job and scheduled around the season and our availability, so expect a longer wait.
When to plant, how deep to dig, setting the tree, watering in and bracing against Peace Region wind.
How often to water, how to check the root ball, fall watering before freeze-up and preventing winter burn.
Potted trees are sized so you can plant them yourself: pick a spot and transplant.
Privacy and windbreaks
Privacy is just a phone call away.
A privacy wall or windbreak of mature spruce, grown 25 minutes from Fort St John. Pick up a load, or ask about delivery and planting.