You shouldn't have a problem. I've seen people transplant 5-7' white spruce with a front end loader. Spruce have wide shallow root systems. Ideal is a disk about 10" thick and 1/3 to half the height of the tree. Keep the new tree moist but not soggy. fertilize with 10-51-10 The last number can be larger. Important thing is a large phosphorus (middle number) The latter should be mixed in the trees water, about 1 teaspoon per gallon. If you have a bunch of large buckets, put one with a rock in it by each tree. Put a small hole in the bucket, and fill the bucket up once a week. This will water your tree more gradually. Ballpark: 1-2 gallons per foot of tree per week. Check more often if you get a hot spell. If your deciduous trees haven't broken bud yet, you're in time. If the spruce already have light green buds, your success will be limited. If he's any good with a dozer he should be able to lift a slab of tree root with it. If he's bull dozing the whole thing offer him $10 per tree.

you have to go here .. if its still there Engelearth gardens, hopkins,MI ... jsut south of grand rapids MI ... probably just off the beaten path you will follow ... find a phone number in your AHS directory .. under some version of the spelling of the last name .... read this to find out about the Engelerths : http://www.ahsregion2.org/englerth99.pdf and this here: http://giboshi.com/00/0/6/3/grower/onir.htm the thumbnail .... larry was good friends with mr walters... which is one of the biggest wholesalers in the world .... somewhere along the line in the 40's i think .. herb benedict joined the 'gang' ... and they proceeded to hybridize ... anything they could cause to have sex.. lol ... i think herb started with those early spring flowers, which i cant recall the name of.. because i cant grow them .. lol .. then they went to hosta.. and to daylilies ... and god knows what else ... they were half a century ahead of the gardening world ... what are those early flowers small.. very early.. Romain looking leaves but much smaller ... i think of Easter when i see them ... anyway ... that's how i remember the history .. it may or may not be true... lol .... of course the old timers are gone .. and i haven't been there in 10 years or more ... who knows what is there .... it was basically the place that injected my veins with the hosta heroin .... i didn't know there were more than the white centered.. the white edged.. and the green and the blue one. .. lol .... please report back .... i will remember the name of the unknown flower as soon as i turn off the computer .... ken PS: primrose ....!!!!!! PPS: that place is way west .. you might not be going close to it... if you are blasting up 69 ... you might want to throw in gee tree farm just north of jackson MI ON THE WAY HOME .... more on that if you wish ... Here is a link that might be useful: find out about larry

Plant list: (divided to give you an idea of inventory) ANDREW'S GREENHOUSE: Hydrangea "Anomala Petiolaris" (climbing hydrangea) Schizophragma "Moonlight" (japanese false hydrangea) Astilbe "Dunkellachs" Anemone "Honorine Jobert" Miscanthus "Morning Light" Carex "Evergold" Tricyrtis "Lightning Strike" Euphorbia "Helena's Blush" Lonicera "Harlequin" Lavender "Provence" Alternanthera "red threads" ACER GARDENS: Rose "Pat Austin" Rose "Julia Child" Plox "Rubymine" Juncus Effusus "big twister" Rheingold Arbovitae Hakonechloa Macra "Aureola" Oriental lily "Casa Blanca" Daphne "Carol Mackie" Boulevard Cypress Pennistamen "Karley Rose" Amsonia Hubrichtii oriental lily "Tom Pouce" TOWER FARMS: Juncus "Quartz Creek" BAY STATE PERENNIALS: Japanese Burnet Tamarix "Pink Cascade"

Please let us know what you think of them after you get your order. There are few enough OGR sources that it would be nice to have another to add to the list.