The Bigtooth Maple (Acer grandidentatum), also knows as the Canyon Maple, is a slow growing tree.  It's native to the Western United States and is well adapted to dry conditions and alkaline soils.  It's perfect for Utah yards because it thrives in normally adverse, or difficult, growing conditions.  It can have a broad, spreading canopy which often develops into a multi-stemmed small tree.  It's got beautiful, large leaves (anywhere from 2"-5" in diameter) that show a brilliant transformation in fall, changing from green to wonderful shades of red, orange, and yellow.

We recently completed a job where we brought in three different trees. The two smaller ones, 6′ and 8′, were fairly easy to get in, but the largest one, a 16′ Colorado blue spruce, proved to be more difficult.  With some ingenuity and use of mechanics we were able to plant all of the trees.  What a great day to be a tree moving service!

With the air getting chilly we've had a lot of questions about photo shoots on our Christmas tree lot here in draper. Read all about it here: willowcreektrees.com/christmas-tree-farms-in-utah (at Draper, Utah)

People know that we’re great at moving large trees, but don’t always know that we’re also a nursery.   Being a nursery and a tree mover is a great benefit to you as a customer.  Not only do you get to come and explore our large nursery, you get to hand pick your tree.  Once you’ve picked it, we will load it up, deliver it straight to your house, and ensure that it’s planted properly and expertly. By being one of the few Utah nurseries that grows their own trees and plants them, we provide you with an easy, stress-free tree buying process.

We recently completed this job for a customer in Herriman.  She wanted her own little grove to greet her every morning as she looked out her front door.  It consists of three Aspen and one Colorado Blue Spruce.  It’s possible we may add another tree down the road to it, but as for right now, she’s super enthused with the work we did. Creating your own little tree sanctuary is great, not only for you, but for the environment and your neighborhood.  For this customer it adds more color, privacy, and joy to her life and property. Besides the Colorado Blue Spruce and Aspen, we’ve got many other trees for landscaping front yard.  We go out every week and give free estimates to potential customers wanting to beautify their yard and would love to help you out.

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The Austrian Pine was introduced to the U.S. in 1759, coming from Europe.  It works great as a beautiful landscape tree, producing a dense, dark green crown.  It’s also great at restoring scarred land by stabilizing the soil and providing a great wind break.  It grows to a height of 50-60’ and has a spread of 20-40’ at full maturity.  Austrian Pines grow at a medium rate, generally growing 13-24” each year.  It’s quite hardy and was actually used to help during the nation’s great dust bowl shelterbelt project.  Also known as the European Black Pine, it has a high tolerance for pollution, smog, and tough soil.  It grows basically everywhere in the US and is tolerant of temperatures down to -20F.  It needs full sun and needs to be watered weekly, or sometimes more often in extreme heat.  Even though they're in high demand, we have plenty of Austrian Pine for sale.

While we normally talk about our pine trees for sale, today we’d like to take a different approach and talk about some of the insects and problems that can affect your trees. Living in Utah there are a few different insects that you should know about: the white pine weevil, the pine needle scale, the Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth, and the Western Pine Beetle. These are all different insects with different life cycles and breeding patterns, but they all are harmful to different types of pine trees. An obvious sign of any insect population is going to be oozing sap, discolored needles, and varying effects on the bark. Most of the time the insects and larvae are going to be very small, anywhere from 4mm up to 1cm, whereas the full-grown insects vary from 5mm up to an inch. The majority of the invasion and damages happen in mid-March through April, as that’s when the adults are breeding and laying their eggs. Between May and July is when the larvae develop and start to hatch. Late July through August is normally when the young emerge and do more damage to the host tree(s). To learn more about our pine trees for sale or the different bugs that can affect them, click here. We hope you’ve learned something valuable!