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Deadline for ordering seeds from St. Lawrence County is April 3

Posted 4/1/15

CANTON -- The St. Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders for its 2015 tree seedling and shrub program through Friday, April 3. They offer a variety of small 1- to …

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Deadline for ordering seeds from St. Lawrence County is April 3

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CANTON -- The St. Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders for its 2015 tree seedling and shrub program through Friday, April 3.

They offer a variety of small 1- to 4-year-old bare root seedlings.

Prices start at $1 and go up to $8.50 each depending on the species ordered. Minimum order is 10 of one species unless otherwise specified or you can order by the thousands.

Some prices decrease with quantity.

They will offer three species of pine, three spruces, balsam fir, cedar, and several hardwood varieties, such as sugar maple, red maple, black cherry, white oak, black walnut, hybrid poplar and thornless honeylocust.

Also available are several trees and shrubs suitable for wildlife such as flowering crabapple, wild plum, wild apple, elderberry, purple lilac, blueberry, cranberry, raspberry, Nanking cherry, rugosa rose, pussy willow, winterberry, nannyberry, black currants, and red stem dogwood.

Wildflower seeds are available along with supplies such as fertilizer tablets, tree plantation signs, tree protectors and stakes.

Proceeds of the sale will support conservation projects in the county. Pick-up date is expected to be April 24, which is also National Arbor Day (Earth Day is April 22).

Order forms, more information: Soil and Water Conservation District office at 1942 Old DeKalb Road, Canton, NY 13617 (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday), 386-3582 or www.slcswcd.org