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Fall Tree Planting

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 00:44:21 +0000

Balsam Fir is just one of many evergreens Arbor Hill Tree Farm grows, sells & plants for our customers. This tree is tolerant of partial shade & wetter soil conditions than other evergreens.
Fall is a great time to plant trees. Evergreen trees are starting to go dormant & cooler temperatures make for perfect tree transplanting weather. Other evergreen available in many sizes include Black Hill Spruce, Colorado Spruce, White Pine, Canadian Hemlock, Black Spruce, Austrian Pine, Fat Albert Spruce and others.
Check out our “Tree Specials Page” for $70.00 savings on Spruce.

Mn Arbor Day

Jerry — Sun, 01 May 2016 02:17:50 +0000

Happy Arbor Day Minnesota. The last Friday in April is typically Arbor Day in Minnesota. The spring has been a mixed bag of warm & cool weather. Sales for trees have been very busy. WE appreciate all the customers that … Continue reading →

Early Spring

Jerry — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:15:56 +0000

Spring has sprung incredibly early this year. On March 10th the snow melted & frost is out. This is a record at Arbor Hill Tree Farm for earliest digging. Coupled with a record late date for planting ( December 21st, 2015), this has been a short winter.

Arbor Hill Tree Farm has a great selection of evergreens as well as shade trees to add to your landscape. Check out our TREE SPECIALS PAGE on our website for some spring tree savings. We are open by appointment till early May, so please call ahead for an appointment. Jerry at 651-245-7978 or jerry@arborhilltreefarm.com

Trees for Bird & Wildlife Habitat.

Jerry — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 19:30:17 +0000

Fruit Trees Provide food in the Cold winter.
Birds & Wildlife benefit from fruit trees in your landscape every winter. Birds need food to survive the winter. Many types of Flowering Crab Trees produce small fruit that is not messy in your landscape & provides food for birds in the winter.

Evergreen trees such as Spruce, Pine & Fir provide nesting sites for songbirds in the summer & provide cover from the extreme cold & wind in the winter months.

Evergreens for screening

Jerry — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 23:44:58 +0000

BALSAM FIR NATURAL SCREEN OR BORDER FROM NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.

One of the most common uses of evergreen trees in a landscape or property is screening. Many times individuals are looking to establish some privacy in their landscape. Others may have views to neighboring properties that are undesirable. Planting evergreens is a great way to establish these goals.

The photo above shows a site Arbor Hill Tree Farm planted Balsam Fir Trees along the driveway, helping define the lot line from another property.

Arbor Hill Tree Farm has years of experience assisting homeowners with tree species selection, placement recommendations as well as full planting and installations and over 37 acres of trees in production.

December Tree Planting

Jerry — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 23:21:04 +0000

Its hard to believe but 2015 is just hours from being over. The snow & cold was slow to arrive, keeping the frost from making the ground hard. We had a late order & we were able to dig & plant 4 beautiful 12 foot White Pine in Bayport, Mn on December 21st, 2015. Definitely a record for the latest tree planting of the season at Arbor Hill Tree Farm. 2015 was a record sales year. Thanks to all our customers for making it all possible. We look forward to another successful year in 2016.

Early Spring Pruning

Jerry — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:47:10 +0000

Winter finally came to a close as far as the calendar is concerned. We are still in March and had some more snow after experiencing some great warm, above average temperatures for about 2 weeks. People are anxious to get to there Spring projects, even though it is quite early to start digging in the ground. It is a great time to do some tree pruning. A good rule to follow for the safest time to prune trees is as long as the month has an “R” in it, then it is safe. Pruning shade tree this time of year also allows you to see the true branching of the tree. I recommend pruning lower limbs up to about eye level. This will allow walking below trees easy.

Evergreen trees are pruned to maintain 1 dominant leader & prune off anything irregular. The photo above is a Balsam Fir planting we completed last year. These trees were placed so that they will eventually provide some privacy from a neighboring property.

Arbor Hill Tree Farm is completing our pruning for the year and will soon be out in our fields burlapping trees. If you have a project in mind for the Spring & are in need of some trees, we are currently taking orders. Customers can contact us to come out & walk our fields to select trees if they wish, or we can select trees for them. As soon as weather permits, we start planting trees at customers sites. Typically end of April. For much more information on our products, pricing & services Arbor Hill Tree Farm offers, please review our website or contact Jerry at 651-245-7978 or email us at jerry@arborhilltreefarm.com.

Minneapolis Home & Garden Show

Jerry — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:37:57 +0000

Arbor Hill Tree Farm will be an exhibitor at the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show again this year. Take a break from the cold, get some excercise & get inspired for a spring or summer project. We will be in the 900 isle, a short distance off innovation avenue. We will be displaying a large Balsam Fir & an Autumn Blaze Maple. We will also have our updated price list and flier on our Spring & Show Tree Specials.http://www.arborhilltreefarm.com/coupon.php Hope to see you at the show.

Korean Dwarf Lilac Tree

Jerry — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:50:34 +0000

The Korean Dwarf Lilac tree, shown here in Summer & Winter, is a great addition to your landscape. This is a tree form of a Lilac. It is produced at the nursery by grafting a branch onto a tree stem or standard. It has a very rounded shape, getting about 6 ft in diameter by 8 ft tall. To keep a nice shape, prune yearly after the flowers are done. The flowers are a typical purple color and extremely fragrant. Birds like making nests in this tree because it is very dense. Arbor Hill Tree Farm sells this tree potted or burlapped. Bailey nurseries has also produced a similar tree using a Miss Kim Lilac. That variety has a bright pink flower and is called Tinker Belle. As you can see by the picture on the right, the Ivory Silk Lilac Tree can be very attractive in the cold of winter when nature paints it white with frost. I have found this tree to be extremely hearty in Minnesota and very easy to grow.

Winter Beauty

Jerry — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:32:57 +0000

Winter came very early this year bringing bitter cold & snow before Thanksgiving. Now we are having way above normal temperatures. The unique warm, wet, sometimes foggy weather has made for some beautifully naturally decorated trees. I took several photos & wanted to share a few.