Riverside Native Trees located in Delaware, OH specializes in growing containerized trees native to Ohio and the Midwest. We grow 30+ species of trees and shrubs from local provenance (local genotype) seed sources. Our primary product is a 5-6' tree about 3/4" caliper in a 3 gallon container. All of our nursery stock is grown in air-root pruning containers to produce the root system essential to transplant success. Our customers recognize the importance of local genetics and genetic diversity in their trees and shrubs to the overall health of the habitats they are restoring. Riverside Native Trees collects seeds state-wide and varies collection sites yearly to ensure optimum genetic diversity.
Different by Design
From the beginning Riverside Native Trees was designed to be different. After years of careful research and consultation prior to starting the nursery we decided the single most important factor to growing superior trees was growing good ROOTS. If the roots are well developed and healthy the natural outcome is good top growth. We chose to grow trees in containers (container grown) because this met our requirement for producing healthy roots. Ball and burlapping was too destructive to roots to be considered a viable growing system as was bare rooting. Our growing regimen is a multi-year program consisting of two or three transplants. The end result are trees that thrive after planting and survive in great numbers because they have greater root mass. With so many roots providing water and nutrition transplant shock is minimized or eliminated.
Good Genetics = Good Trees
Good genetics forms the basis for long term success with trees. Many landscapers and restoration professionals see the sense in choosing trees whose seeds are collected from our area. Swamp White Oaks grown from a 200+ year old, 4' in diameter parent tree are genetically adapted to our soil and climate. They already have a growing advantage over trees brought in from the West Coast or anywhere else. If you are restoring land to include the species of trees that were present 100 or more years ago then the only way that can happen is if you choose seeds from trees that are 200 years old. We've cataloged hundreds of trees (some 8' in diameter!) this old and older that are the parents of our trees. We eliminate the guesswork in getting the best genetics and thus best adapted trees for you. Each year we vary our seed collection locations so as to further improve genetic diversity.
An Invitation and a Request
I would like to personally invite you to tour our nursery to see for yourself the quality of our nursery stock. Please call me (Ed Kapraly) at 740-815-3230 or email to schedule a visit and to talk trees. There's no obligation and we're not high pressure sales types. You can be assured of talking with the owner every time.
My request is this: would you forward my website to someone that may be interested in trees whether that be a landscaper, homeowner or nursery grower? Thank you in advance and I hope to meet you soon to talk about native trees.
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