Greetings all,
I live in Zone 5 (Catskill Region of New York State).

I would like to plant a few 10 to 14 foot spruce trees on my side lawn to
screen some unpleasant sightings from across the street.

The side lawn gets plenty of sun.

Please advise what kind of spruce trees would be appropriate and - more
importantly - if they would transplant into soil if they were that large of
a tree.

URL's would be helpful too.

Thanking you in advance.

Eddy Long

On Feb 14, 5:07*pm, "long eddy" wrote:
Greetings all,
I live in Zone 5 (Catskill Region of New York State).

I would like to plant a few 10 to 14 foot spruce trees on my side lawn to
screen some unpleasant sightings from across the street.

The side lawn gets plenty of sun.

Please advise what kind of spruce trees would be appropriate and - more
importantly - if they would transplant into soil if they were that large of
a tree.

URL's would be helpful too.

Thanking you in advance.

Eddy Long


Best source is going to be to go to a few local nurseries and actually
see what they have and recommend. How much are you expecting to
pay? Trees that size can certainly be transplanted, but they are
fairly expensive and it's quite a job. And be sure to consider the
final size of the tree. Spruce can be 60 -100 ft at maturity,
depending on the variety.

"long eddy" wrote in message
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Greetings all,
I live in Zone 5 (Catskill Region of New York State).

I would like to plant a few 10 to 14 foot spruce trees on my side lawn to
screen some unpleasant sightings from across the street.

The side lawn gets plenty of sun.

Please advise what kind of spruce trees would be appropriate and - more
importantly - if they would transplant into soil if they were that large
of
a tree.

Colorado Blue Spruce is one of my favorites. When it gets going it can grow
a foot per year and the multi color branches are great. It's symmetrical.

Cryptomeria Japonica is another fast grower. It has very soft branches and
will grow about 50' and 30' across. We use one to block the view of our
house from the street. It gets pine cones every year but isn't messy.

Hemlock might be a better solution. Spruce's are rigid and are subject to disease. At least you can trim hemlock, spruce also, but hemlock is more pleasing to the eye, especially if you are trying to hide something unsightly. Run up to the Adirondacks, a couple of hours,and see how they grow from seedlings, along the Sacandaga. I planted some in Charlotte, NC, dug in the mountains and they are doing fine. Besides if you have children around and they accidentally fall into a spruce you'll know it. If you want to add some color to the base of whatever you plant go to http://propagatingperennials.blogspot.com