Musser Forests in PA - source for trees and native plants

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Musser Forests begins fall shipping on Sept 15th and it continues to Nov 30. This is the BEST time of year to plant trees and shrubs so their winter root growth has an entire season to help them become established.

About.Forestry

Here's a link to the Musser catalog and website http://www.musserforests.com/

Known for their bare root trees and native plants, Musser has been in business for 85 years.

On the left side of the site's main page, there are links: Plant Index, Plant by Use and Plant by Variety.

The Plant by Use link goes to this menu (below) which is incredibly thorough and helpful to any gardener or landscaper whether or not you want to purchase trees to be shipped!

Accent Plant Acidic Soil
Attracts Butterflies Attracts Hummingbirds
Background Plant or Against Fence or Wall Balled & Burlapped
Books Christmas Trees-Cut Trees
Cold Temperatures Cut or Dried Flower Arrangement
Deciduous Flowering Shrub Deciduous Screens
Deer Resistant Disease Resistant
Drought and Heat Tolerant Dry, Windy, Rocky Conditions
Evergreen Flowering Shrubs Evergreen Hedges
Evergreen Screens Fall Color
Fast Growing Fern
Fertilizer Flowering Trees
Food for Songbirds and Gold Finches Foundation Planting
Fruit Trees and Shrubs Gift Certificate
Grasses or Sedges Ground Covers
Highway and Park Planting Hostas
Individually Wrapped Seedlings Landscape Ornamental
Lightly Wooded Areas Low or No Maintenance
Mass Plantings or Groupings Native Plants
Noise Barrier Non Invasive
Nut Trees Ornamental Trees or Shrubs
Perennials Planting Aide
Plants Plants for Birds and Wild Turkeys
Plants for Green Roof Plants for Naturalizing
Potted Stock Rabbit Resistant
Repellents Rockery or Japanese Gardens
Salt Spray-Highway Salt Shade Tolerant
Shade Trees Slopes or Stoney Ledges, Rocks and Walls
Slow Growing Snail & Slug Resistant
Special Offers Specimen
Spring-Summer Color Street Trees and Utility Lines
Suitable for Container Planting Tools
Trees and Shrubs for Acidic Soil Trees and Shrubs for Bonsai
Trees and Shrubs for Limited Space Trees and Shrubs for Poor Soil
Trees and Shrubs for Shade Trees and Shrubs for Soil Erosion
Trees and Shrubs for Wet Areas Trees and Shrubs for Wildlife
Trees for Christmas Tree Production Trees for Timber Use
Walkways or Terrace Margins Wet Tolerant
Wilderness or Meadow Plant Wildlife Habitat
Winter Color Winter Interest
Woodland Edge or Border

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