Grown for winters that don't negotiate.
Cold-hardy potted trees and conservation seedlings from the Turtle Mountains. Read your soil, find your species, watch it grow forty years, design the windbreak, and reserve your 2027 trees in a couple of minutes.
Read your ground before you dig.
From the Souris River bottoms to the lakes on top of Turtle Mountain, the county crosses seven kinds of ground. Pick yours to see what's in the soil, which NRCS tree group it falls in, and what to plant.
Five questions. Three trees.
Matches update as you answer. Scores weigh your goal and your soil most, then room, foliage and patience.
Planting day to year forty.
Pick up to four trees and drag through time. Each curve passes through the NRCS 20-year height for North Dakota and levels off at the tree's mature height.
Illustrative. Assumes a 1.5 ft tree at planting and good weed control, as NRCS assumes for its 20-year heights. Prime, typical and tough use the top, middle and bottom of the NRCS range. Blue bar: NRCS 20-year height range. Dashed line: mature height.
Design the windbreak. See the shelter.
A windbreak shelters roughly ten times its height downwind and piles the deepest snow within about three times its height. Set the length and rows; the plan redraws to scale.
Spacing defaults follow the NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center trial layout: shrubs 5 ft apart, trees 10 ft, rows 20 ft.
Thirteen trees for hard winters.
Trade-gallon trees grown on in the Turtle Mountains, ready to plant the day you pick them up. Every species is rated zone 3 or colder. Tap + to reserve; nothing is charged until pickup is confirmed.
Conservation stock, limited run
Bareroot and cutting-grown seedlings for conservation districts and farmers. Minimum 25 per species, pickup only. Note your interest and Tanner follows up with pricing.
| Species | Scientific name | NRCS 20-yr height | Best use | Seedlings |
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Plant it right the first time.
NRCS names grass competition and dry soil as the big hurdles for new trees in North Dakota, not cold. These steps cover a potted tree in a yard or a windbreak row.
Pick the spot
Check the mature height and spread on the tree's card. Stay clear of power lines, septic fields and foundations, and put windbreaks upwind of what you're protecting.
Dig wide, not deep
Make the hole two to three times as wide as the pot and no deeper than the root ball, so the tree sits at the same level it grew in the pot.
Loosen the roots
Slide the tree out and tease apart any roots circling the pot so they grow out into your soil instead of around themselves.
Backfill and soak
Refill with the soil you dug out, firm it gently by hand, and soak the hole right away to settle out air pockets.
Mulch and kill the grass
Spread a few inches of wood chips in a wide ring, kept off the trunk, and keep grass and weeds out of that ring until the tree is well established.
Water the first seasons
Soak deeply once a week whenever it doesn't rain, through the first summer and into fall before freeze-up. Guard against deer and rabbits with a cage or tree shelter.
Ask about your site.
Describe your yard, farmstead or shoreline. The advisor works from this site's catalog, soil notes and windbreak rules. For anything that needs eyes on the ground, call Tanner.
A young nursery on a real timeline.
Founded in 2024 by Tanner Lord in Bottineau County. Two experimentation years, a production rebuild, then the first retail crop.
Straight answers.
Anything else, call or text (701) 263-1669.
Do I pay when I reserve?
No. A reservation holds your trees. Tanner confirms your total and how you'd like to pay before pickup.
When can I pick up?
The 2027 crop is potted in spring 2027. Tanner contacts you when your trees are ready, and pickup is at the nursery in Bottineau County.
How big are the trees?
Every tree comes in a trade-gallon pot. Size varies by species: the spruce and pine start larger, while aspen, juneberry and chokecherry put on fast growth in their first summer. Ask for current sizes before pickup.
Will they survive a Bottineau winter?
Every species is rated zone 3 or colder. Bottineau sits in USDA zone 3b, where the average coldest night of the year falls between −35 and −30°F.
Do you deliver or plant?
Pickup only for now. For planting or landscaping help, contact Tanner directly.
When should I plant?
Spring and early fall are easiest. North Dakota tree planting usually runs from early May into early June, once the soil reaches about 45°F. Potted trees can go in later as long as you water through dry spells.
Can I order conservation seedlings in bulk?
Yes, starting Spring 2029: bareroot and cutting-grown seedlings, minimum 25 per species, pickup only. Note your interest on this page and Tanner follows up with pricing.
Reserve your 2027 trees.
Quantities are limited each season. Send your list and Tanner gets it by email right away, then contacts you to confirm and schedule pickup.
Tanner has your list. He'll reach out at to confirm your trees and set a pickup time. Keep your reservation number handy.