What trees are you planting spring 2026 ?

[Diesel5610]

I graft about 6 apple trees every spring now, mostly just to replace dead or damaged trees from the bears and I enjoy grafting. I find a spot for any leftover but I am really out of space for new apple trees. Those get planted in the fall. I have moved on to other trees and shrubs for spring planting;

100 Norway Spruce plugs
100 White Spruce plugs
75 Red Osier Dogwood
20 American Plum

I did order a couple Ormistion Roy crabapples from St. Lawrence for the birds.

 

[bigboreblr]

Got (3) Franklin ciders on B118, Liberty on M111, 10 g890 rootstocks, 10 P18 rootstocks, 4 m111 rootstocks, 3 omg 87 pear rootstocks. Mostly zone 3 friendly crabapples grafting for camp, farmland, and home.

Haven't put a spruce or red dogwwood tree order from local soil n water, but doing a few from them.

IF nature and my back cooperates, I am relocating a kerr and black Arkansas to camp or the farm. planting the Arkansas black deeper to make its b118 rootstock more sturdy. leans and is loose in the root.

 

[b116757]

100 oaks and a few fruit trees 4 maybe I don’t even remember what I ordered for the fruit trees. Some crabs I think.

 

[Teeder]

This is going to be a big planting year for me.
Pretty sure I have a couple replacement persimmons ordered, though I can't see them on the Bluehill sight when I login. I have 12 apple rootstock ordered from somewhere coming. Probably plant them this year and then graft next year with a couple turning point, sweet November, Buckman and a little yellow wild crab from my house property. Then I'll be putting in about 100 oaks, 20 chestnuts, 50-75 or so hazelnuts, 20 mulberry. Plus my forester is planting about 8 acres of riparean zone with various shrubs and trees.
I'll be starting the oaks, chestnuts and hazelnuts in the basement in a couple weeks.
I told my wife this is my last big planting push. She burst out laughing. Still not sure what she thought was so funny.

 

[Derek Reese 29]

This is going to be a big planting year for me.
Pretty sure I have a couple replacement persimmons ordered, though I can't see them on the Bluehill sight when I login. I have 12 apple rootstock ordered from somewhere coming. Probably plant them this year and then graft next year with a couple turning point, sweet November, Buckman and a little yellow wild crab from my house property. Then I'll be putting in about 100 oaks, 20 chestnuts, 50-75 or so hazelnuts, 20 mulberry. Plus my forester is planting about 8 acres of riparean zone with various shrubs and trees.
I'll be starting the oaks, chestnuts and hazelnuts in the basement in a couple weeks.
I told my wife this is my last big planting push. She burst out laughing. Still not sure what she thought was so funny.

my wife had a similar reply when I told her I was "almost done" planting trees..there was a bit more of smirk in there though....

 

[Double Creek]

I have 200 Chickasaw plums coming in March. I got them cheap from a state nursery and none will be protected. I’d be happy if 10% survived. I don’t have the time or money to protect that many at one time.

Also have 50 Ozark Chinquapin stratifying in the fridge that will need to be planted soon. Those will be protected.

Plenty to do!

 

[bigboreblr]

I have 200 Chickasaw plums coming in March. I got them cheap from a state nursery and none will be protected. I’d be happy if 10% survived. I don’t have the time or money to protect that many at one time.

Also have 50 Ozark Chinquapin stratifying in the fridge that will need to be planted soon. Those will be protected.

Plenty to do!

Ifd cage one or two. The rest dump branches around so critters have trouble walking to them.

Turkey creek has 3 big dogs and chestnut still. Think I need to call my tree planter anonymous sponsor.

 

[Hoytvectrix]

By tree species:
Chestnut: Red Feather, Feralwood, Stehli Elite, Empire Elite, Ozark Chinquapin, OZC X Crenata, Gideon, Qing, AU Homestead, Silverleaf, Colossal

Hazelnut: McDonald, Yamhill, Jefferson, and some wilds from UMN and MN.

Persimmon: Prok X Szukis, Full Draw, Elmo, and Deer Luscious.

Pear: Rifle Deer pear, 10 grafts of Bartlett, Moonglow, Seckel, Kieffer, and a few locally sourced unknowns on OHxFx333.

Apple: Houdini apples, 10 grafts of Arkansas Black, Liberty, Wolf River, Goldrush, and Triumph on M111.

About 100 bare root seedlings of various trees from MDC and a few dozen cuttings of ROD and sandbar willow.

The other thing I am excited about planting is an assortment of wildflowers. This will be my second year of starting some indoors and transplanting them into our prairie plots. Some of this seed is what I collected and cleaned myself, and some I purchased from Prairie Moon. The number in the parentheses is from my notes on days needed for cold stratification to time them all to be planted on the same day.

• Swamp milkweed (60d)
• Butterflyweed (30d)
• Common milkweed (60d)
• Purple cone flower (30d)
• Button blazing star (60d)
• Eastern bluestar (60d)
• Bottle gentian (60d)
• Indian paintbrush (60d)
• Lead plant (10d)
• Self-heal (30d)
• Anise hyssop (30d)
• New Jersey tea (60d)
• Tall larkspur (60d)
• Clustered mountain mint (0d)
• Yellow coneflower (30d)
• Orange coneflower (60d)
• Ground plum (10d)
• Fragrant false indigo (10d)
• Blue wild indigo (10d)
• White wild indigo (10d)
• Purple prairie clover (10d)
• Large flowered gaura (60d)
• Prairie blazing star (60d)
• Meadow blazing star (60d)

 

[Dantana]

I dont plan to purchase any fruit trees this year unless I found a good sale. I have around 20 purchased and wild rootstocks that were grafted last spring that need to be moved to their final destination. Another half dozen failed grafts that need to be re-grafted this spring. Probably another half dozen wild seedlings or root suckers that I found over the past year that I will top work and move. Most of my grafting work will be topworking existing fruit trees.

I looked at my grafts from last spring. I will be planting:
1 August Rain (wild tree I named)
1 Enterprise
1 October crab
2 Liberty
1 Arkansas Black
1 Turning Point
1 Corvette crab (wild tree I named)
1 Yates
1 Sweet Dog
1 Candy crab
1 Golden Delicious

I have 7 grafts that failed. I will re-graft this spring with a combination of Crossbow, Droptine, Liberty and a couple of my wild crabs.

Last year I began topworking Hawthorn trees. I only did pear scion to start and had pretty good success with all but two taking. I will continue that process this spring , adding in apple and crabapple scion this time.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Best Draw trees this year were a 2nd leaf Sweet Advent Pear, 4th leaf Eliza’s Choice, 3rd leaf droptine, 3rd leaf golden hornet, 2nd leaf roadkill crab, 2nd leaf hunter deer pear and the best was a 2nd leaf harvest pear. That harvest pear was LOADED and you could smell the sweetness from 30’ away.
Harvest Pear
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Golden Hornet
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I know where my alternate archery set-up is going to be this coming fall .............

 

[Bowsnbucks]

This is going to be a big planting year for me.
Pretty sure I have a couple replacement persimmons ordered, though I can't see them on the Bluehill sight when I login. I have 12 apple rootstock ordered from somewhere coming. Probably plant them this year and then graft next year with a couple turning point, sweet November, Buckman and a little yellow wild crab from my house property. Then I'll be putting in about 100 oaks, 20 chestnuts, 50-75 or so hazelnuts, 20 mulberry. Plus my forester is planting about 8 acres of riparean zone with various shrubs and trees.
I'll be starting the oaks, chestnuts and hazelnuts in the basement in a couple weeks.
I told my wife this is my last big planting push. She burst out laughing. Still not sure what she thought was so funny.

Famous brave words of habitat junkies, Teeder!!!! Most of us find "just one more spot" and "one more variety." Just wanted to let you know you're not the only sucker here ....... Best of luck with your Spring plantings, friend!

 

[Derek Reese 29]

I know where my alternate archery set-up is going to be this coming fall .............

come on over...got a nice comfy 2 man stand overlooking all of it....that pear is at about 40 yards....the GH might be closer to 45....

 

[sandbur]

I still have resisted the temptation to order trees. Thinking of how much water I would need to carry reminds me not yo order.