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Each plant listed on Trees2Go has links, just for that plant. Try links at right, to open DEODAR info. Try links below, to open HOME pages. IMAGES Link to a unique GOOGLE IMAGES, tailored to that plant. Google finds hundreds of images of how a plant could look. FACTS Link to a unique Fact Sheet. Best 'Cultivar', species, or Family match. We link to NCSU when possible, as they are a local (southern) authority. Home pages: NCSU PLANT FACT SHEETS USDA PLANT FACT SHEETS ARBOR DAY PLANT FACT SHEETS TAYLOR, PENDER, FOWLER Link to a unique source nursery plant page. Home pages: PENDERNURSERY.COM (PRICES) TAYLORSNURSERY.COM (PRICES as PDF) FOWLERSNURSERY.COM (PRICES) |
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Height / Spread = ultimate plant dimensions. Size = current plant (FAQ -> Sizing). Retail Price = Delivered Price Planted = Retail Price + A1Planting Service B&B = Balled & Burlapped SS = Single Stem |
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Pots versus Balled and Burlapped (B&B) Primer |
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Pots are container-raised plants (sized by the "gallon"). For light residential, these are usually the best option. They are easier to handle and the success rate will be higher.
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Balled & Burlapped are much heavier. Plants are dug-to-order (in a field), "balled" by a machine, and "burlapped" to keep the rootball together. Caliper = diameter of plant stem. Trees2Go will get these plants to your hole, but be sure to use 2 to 4 people to safely roll these 200-1500# plants in. More B&B Info/Photo |
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Sitemap Visit any part of website. Links on left side go to that section. Links on right side open up a NEW page.  Fair size B&B, maybe 6oo-800 pounds. Top of Help Frequently Asked Questions (919) 266-7939 or Mike@trees2go.com Why list by height in TREES & SHRUBS, and by families in FLOWERS? Trees & Shrubs are best selected by size, to fit the given space. Flowers & More are best selected by families, to fit the given whimsy. Can I trust the plant quality? Yes. Well-established, local sources. Quality plants, usually exceeding expectations, both in initial size and overall fullness. GUARANTEE Can I touch the plants before ordering? Some: Taylors stock only. They have a good display and are convenient to Raleigh. Other SOURCE NURSERIES not set up for retail. Place all orders directly with Trees2Go for free delivery & volume discount. Can we plant this time of year? Yes. From mid-October on, plant ASAP before the summer heat hits. Here in NC, roots can grow year-round, getting a head start on summer. ANY POT is OK, ANY time of year (except for RARE freezes). B&B is best from October 15 through April 1. How do I select for deer resistance? open DEER as reference. Above Right Who do we call to mark utility lines? "1-call" 800-632-4949. Free. Above Right How do I care for new plantings? Water, Mulch, Weed, Prune. Above Right How does your process work? 1. Contact Mike by phone or e-mail. 2. We meet at your site (if planting). 3. Solidify plan through walk & talk, back-and-forth e-mail, and other media as needed. 4. I supply spreadsheet quote. 5. We commence work upon approval. Guarantee vs. Warranty? (DEFINITION) Pots are GUARANTEED to arrive healthy and of satisfactory quality. A1Planting service includes a WARRANTY, for coverage after installation. Can delivered plants wait a few weeks before I get to planting? Yes, but take good care. A plant out of the nursery is like a fish out of water. Rootballs are much safer in the ground. Water about daily. Protect from hot afternoon sun. Plant ASAP. How do I plant here in the South? Consider our A1PLANTING DESCRIPTION. Caliper? Gallons? Tall? Plant Sizing? Plants will arrive either in a pot or as B&B. Plants are priced by caliper, by gallons, or by initial height (tall). Caliper is the diameter of the trunk measured 6" above ground. Applies mainly to B&B. Gallons is the size of the plastic pot the plant may arrive in. This is a nominal dimension, not the actual gallon capacity. Tall is from base of plant to tip (rootball does not count). Any plant may be listed this way. If a pot lists 8' tall = at least 8' to tip. If B&B lists 8' tall = a range of 8' to 10'. see also: Pots Vs B&B Primer Why does ultimate height have a range? Local environment affects growth. Plants rarely reach ultimate height when planted in the open (they get wider instead). Very tall trees usually grow in a deep forest, reaching ever-higher for limited light. Am I limited to the plants on site? No. We acquire from several SOURCES (1200+ plants) - if you find it, tell us where. If you purchase and bring home yourself, we can install CUSTOMER-SUPPLIED-PLANTS. Those B&B are heavy. Can I plant them without heavy equipment? Yes, we get the B&B at the edge of your hole, then 2 to 4 people can roll it in. Chart on right lists some MAXIMUM dimensions. Why was burlap left on the B&B trunk? It protects against sun-scald through the first winter. Please remove it after leaf-out in the springtime. How do I control common plant diseases, like black spot and powdery mildew? Try a plant care formula from your local home store. A product like Bayer Advanced Garden Disease Control should keep these issues in check. This website sure has a lot of searches and links. Do people really use those? Yes, and Mike is the biggest user of all. I check availability, facts, and such all the time. Mike optimized this site for Mike. I keep website open while I build quotes in an Excel file (to attach) to an in-progress customer e-mail. Top of Help More about this Site/Business Trees2Go.com LLC is a homegrown business with roots in Raleigh. We do own the Trees2Go Nursery at 4920 Mial Plantation Road, Raleigh NC 27610. Sorry, not open to public visitation. We are not a big company. We handle only one customer at a time, with Mike as job captain at every site, with his hands on most every plant. 4-tab frame created (in 2003) by Dave Kilian of Killer Creative Group. Firm is notable creator of advertising: KILLERCREATIVE.NET Mike is sole webmaster (since 2003), creating 100% of content. I am always improving it, to present an ever-clearer picture of our quality operation. Site co-optimized for 2 distinct markets: Trees2Go.com (do-it-yourselfers) and A1Planting.com (have us get it done). I have yet to find another plant sales company that uses our unique logic: 1. Sort Trees & Shrubs by height, or combine with sort Flowers by family (first Faq). 2. Linking each plant to FACTS & IMAGES. 3. Using SOURCE links as such. 4. Just being a good Design Tool. If you know of ANY company using part of logic, I would love to hear from you. I value website COMMENTS. Please inform me of any gross errors of any sort (or minor). Or anything that deems a comment. We hope you find this site valuable. Even if you never place an order, please spread the word about us to your friends and neighbors. Thanks! |
Navigation Most of site infomation on 10 main pages. To keep just one page open, use Top Links.
Roll over most any link, icon, or picture for useful information. Morph Help into any page in Sitemap. Index is at foot of Trees & Shrubs page. 250+ plants cross-referenced by multiple common and botanical names. Top of Help Deer Resistance Information DEER RESISTANT PLANTS (or PDF) Lists of seldom, occasionally, and frequently deer damaged plants. Created for Hanover County by NCSU, but very useful for all of us. Top of Help Mark Utilities 1-Call Utilities Locating: 800-632-4949 Free service to locate & mark wired utilities. Usually completed within 24 - 48 hours. Color code Blue = Water Green = Sewer Orange = Phone and cable Red = Power Yellow = Gas Sprinkler & dog fence companies may be able to locate & mark their buried components. Good ideas: Mow lawn just before calling. Take pictures for your records. Top of Help Care For New Plantings Watering Plants waiting (not installed) need a daily watering when over 60F/16Celsius. Plants installed like about one inch a week, spread out over 1 or 2 waterings. Consumption rises greatly during really hot weather, so apply more water and more often. Just 1/4" required during the cooler season, when temps under 70F/21Celsius. Rainfall will help a lot, so keep track with a rain gage. An empty tuna can, measuring just over an inch, can serve as a gage. Avoid Overwatering! Hard to drown an A1Planting. Use lots of water, every time. Gently. How to overwater an A1Planting: water every day, with no break, for weeks on end. An over-watered plant looks a lot like an under-watered plant. If you are diligent with water, and it still looks wilted, stop watering for a week or two. It may pick up. Allowing this minor drought helps prevent root rot. Just 5 or 6 days in a row (per month) of no irrigation and minor rain events only. Short rainfalls will usually just moisten the mulch, leaving the roots dry. If Stage 2 Watering Restrictions come back, watering is allowed, just more difficult. "Watering by a can or bucket will be allowed as long as water comes from inside the house, reclaimed water or rain barrels." 2/7/8 NEWS&OBSERVER, PAGE 14A From inside house: use a big watering can with shower head. Refill fast from tub. Private wells almost always allowed. Newer plantings: water area just 3"-12" away from stem, where roots are. Diligent watering will keep plants alive. Fertilizing Your new plants have slow-release fertilizer tablets buried about 4" down. These tabs last up to 2 years as they are broken down by bacteria. Please do not add additional fertilizer for 2 years. Although fertilization is optional after a plant is established, plants will respond to regular water and nutrients with faster growth, more fullness, and more blooming. If you add fertilizer, commit to heavier watering schedule, to prevent scorching. Mulching Plants like a new layer of mulch at least once a year. 2 to 3" should do it. Keep all mulch from piling up against the stem of the plant (bug invasion route). In addition to retaining moisture, mulch keeps the roots cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Pruning Times Winter is the most common time to prune, with no real damage done on most plants. Read on for more specific information: For plants that bloom in summer/fall on current year's growth (Crape Myrtle, Rose of Sharon, Knockouts), prune in winter. For trees or shrubs that bloom in spring from buds on one-year-old wood (Dogwood, flowering fruit trees), prune after flowers fade. For conifers (needle trees such as pine, cedar and hemlock), you can remove whole branches back to the trunk. Leave part of the branch with some needles if you want it to grow back. Keep the lower branches on the trunks of larger trees for 1 or 2 years to protect against sun-scald. Top of Help Balled & Burlapped (B&B) B&B plants are grown directly in the ground, not in a pot. When harvested (balled) by a large truck-mounted spade, the cone-shaped root system is bound in burlap, wire, and twine. Growing B&B is more economical than pots, but the digging of B&B stock is a very distressing event for the tree: much of the root structure is cut off and must regrow. Option: find larger POTS (to 30 gallon), as a good substitute for B&B. Ask Mike about more pots not findable on T2G. Big pots can have a very nice height and stature.  1200 pound B&B B&B are HEAVY, but not impossible for most homeowners. Trees2Go carefully delivers and places them right at planting locations. It is then possible for two or three people to roll plant into hole. Careful, once it goes in, it's hard to get out! A giant crowbar or stiff pipe as a lever will greatly assist with getting plant to vertical.
B&B WARRANTY restriction. B&B is a riskier planting, due to roots being cut at harvest (pots don't suffer this). Risk of B&B failure is higher when plants are dug-up and re-installed during the hot season (April 1 through October 15), so A1Planting Warranty reduces to 50% for 4 years. Plant during the cooler seasons, and they will settle in and start rooting before the summer heat sets in. Top of Help Design Strategy (a summary of how Mike does it) Consider your property as individual living spaces, or "rooms". Do you want big play areas, or more (smaller) spaces? more privacy? maybe a natural fence? or even just remove barriers? 1. Choose your largest plants first. Decide Where, then proceed . . . 2. Open TREES & SHRUBS first. Narrow to: Deciduous (left column) or Evergreen (right column) 3. What Ultimate Size? Trees & Shrubs are listed from LARGEST to smallest. Pick plants that will fit the given space, and not overwhelm over time. 4. Consider Exposure Check Sun and Cloud icons to make sure plants get the right amount of light. 5. About those specimens . . don't load up on too many flashy plants. Use plenty of more common, basic plants for framing. This will allow the truly beautiful to shine. 6. Now, consider smaller plants. FLOWERS are the jewelry of the plant world. They deliver those great colors, but only for a limited time. 7. Mike likes evergreen plants. They offer structure 365 days a year. Deciduous are mighty important, too. Use enough evergreen to keep the treescape from going too bare (skeletal) in winter. 8. Talk to Mike. He makes nursery calls, knows where to find the best plants, and will make sure you get a nice collection. There is MUCH more to designing, of course, but I hope this info lends some direction. Working together, we are Creating Treescapes of Distinction. |
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Trees2Go main line: 919-266-7939 | A1Planting: 919-266-3494 4920 Mial Plantation Road, Raleigh, NC 27610 sorry, nursery not open to public visitation |