The Lower Loup NRD accepts orders for trees beginning November 1st of each year and ending April 1st. All orders are subject to stock availability. You may print a copy of the District's Tree Order Form, available as a pdf, at the Forms tab of this section.  Return it to the Lower Loup Natural Resources District, 2620 Airport Drive, Ord, Nebraska, 68862 or to any NRD Field Office.  Tree sales are limited to residents of the Lower Loup NRD.

  • All trees and shrubs are $1.20 per seedling plus sales tax. 
  • Each species must be ordered in lots of 25. 
  • Container trees may provide improved survivability and are $1.20 per seedling, minimum order 20 seedlings. 
  • The 20 cu. in. container trees are $3.25 per seedling. 
  • Small acreage packages are also available for $65. 
  • The machine planting charge is $80/100 (.80 each/minimum charge $250) plus sales tax. Orders for machine planted trees must be received by April 1st. 
  • Spraying is $50.00 plus $3.00/100 foot of row. Conservation tree seedlings are not guaranteed.

Contact the LLNRD or your local NRCS office for more information. An invoice for handplant tree orders (tree seedlings planted by landowner) will be sent to confirm your request. 

This year the LLNRD is also offering coconut mats for weed control, they are $1.80 a piece or $45 for 25 mats.

Use the form at the bottom of the page to order your trees!

 

Site Preparation

If you are planning on buying trees from the NRD or having the NRD plant trees for you it is important to do site preparation before the trees arrive. What is site preparation? Site preparation is creating soil conditions that will give the trees the best opportunity survive. This is done by destroying any vegetation or sod forming grasses that will compete with the trees for water, nutrients, and sunlight. Site preparation is important because it creates soil conditions that ensure good root to soil contact. One of the leading reasons that plantings fail is because of air pockets in the soil.

If you are planning on planting trees in a pasture or area with grass sod you should follow these five steps for sit preparation. First, you should mow or shred the vegetation two to three weeks before herbicide application is made. Second, you should apply herbicide to the area. The best time to apply herbicide to alfalfa and cool-season grasses is September 15th to October 15th. The best time to apply herbicide for warm-season pastures is late August or early September. To destroy grass sod, you can use Fusilade or Roundup. To destroy alfalfa you can use 2, 4-D or Banvel. Third, you should disc and harrow or rototill the area to break up soil clods and chunks of sod. Fourth, let the site sit dormant all winter to allow the ground to settle. Finally, you should disc and harrow or rototill the site again in the spring before the trees are planted.

If you are planting into crop ground, you should follow these three steps. First, disc and harrow or rototill the crop stubble in fall after harvesting. Second, let the area lay dormant for the winter so the ground can settle. Finally, disc and harrow or rototill in the spring before the tree are planted.

 

Conifers

Austrian Pine, Black Hills Spruce (6 inch container), Black Hills Spruce (20 inch container), Colorado Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce (6 inch container), Eastern Redcedar, Jack Pine, Norway Spruce, Ponderosa Pine, Ponderosa Pine (6 cu. in. container), Ponderosa Pine (20 cu. in. container), Rocky Mountain Juniper, South Western White Pine, Douglas Fir, Limber Pine

Hardwoods

American Elm, Bur Oak, Crabapple, Hybrid Cottonwood, Native Cottonwood, Hackberry, Honeylocust, Manchurian Apricot, Red Oak, Silver Maple, Swamp White Oak, American Sycamore, Black Cherry, Black Walnut, and Catalpa

Shrubs

American Plum, Amur Maple, Buffaloberry, Caragana, Chokecherry, Common Lilac, Cotoneaster (Peking), Elderberry, False Indigo, Hazelnut, Lilac (Vilosa), Red Osier Dogwood, Sandcherry, Serviceberry, Skunkbush Sumac, McKenzie Chokeberry, Cotoneaster (Centennial), Lilac (Common and Vilosa)