Comisac's - a Great Place to Buy Trees
It's no secret that I love trees - all kinds of trees - and that I love planting and watching trees grow at my farm. About a year ago, I learned about Comisac Nursery in nearby Bedford Hills, New York. I like to think of this place as a pop-up venture that provides the public with a very special product. Mike Comisac explained to me that they have tree farms in Pennsylvania and New York State, where they grow large specimen trees. They wanted to supply the area where I live with these trees, selling them direct from the growers. In fact, Comisac is the only wholesale yard in the area that sells directly to the public. I recently went there and purchased seventeen beautiful trees, which are in the process of being planted right now. Comisac is also known for the auctions that they hold during the year. This Sunday, May 2nd, they will be auctioning off approximately 1,000 amazing trees. This is a really fun event to attend and a chance to get really good buys on mature trees, shrubs, and bushes. Maybe I'll see you there!
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- Which tree is it?
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- This London plane will grow beautifully here.
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- This is one of four London Plane trees delivered for planting. The most striking feature of this tree is its flaking bark that peels to reveal a lighter colored bark beneath.
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- The seventeen trees I purchased were delivered with this flatbed. That’s Shaun up there with the driver.
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- Chhiring used the Hi-Lo to move the trees.
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- The trees were quite heavy to upright.
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- The fork of the Hi-Lo is positioned on either side of the root ball.
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- Wilmer holds the tree while moving.
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- Positioning the trees in the general planting area
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- Some trees were placed on the dump truck to go elsewhere on the farm.
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- This is the list of trees I bought – Because the London Plane trees are quite large, I agreed to have a team from Comisac come and plant them.
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- That’s Mike Comisac in the gray sweater supervising his crew.
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- This is Mike Comisac standing next to quite a large copper beech, which was just delivered to his nursery from Pennsylvania.
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- A bronze Kwanzan cherry – a spectacular flowering tree
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- Yellow Wood – another gorgeous flowering specimen
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- Comisac specializes in Norway Spruce – this one is 30-feet tall.
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- Jacquemonti birch
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- Beautiful white bark
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- A nicely shaped redbud
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- A spectacular columnar English oak
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- Mike is pointing to a 35-40-foot tall sycamore.
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- A hard to find fern leaf beech
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- Its serrated leaves are just beginning to unfurl.
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- A group of compact burning bush
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- Mike has about 2.5 acres here.
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- These are purple leaf plum
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- A flatbed of Norway Spruce being delivered to Shelter Island, out on the east end of Long Island
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- And a corkscrew willow
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- I love the corkscrew branches.
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- The sign at the entrance
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- The tree is lowered into the hole.
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- Bolt cutters are used to remove wire frame.
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- Filling in the hole – Notice how red with clay the root ball is compared to my Bedford soil. And notice the mottled bark.
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- We like to use Bio-tone Starter http://www.espoma.com/p_consumer/biotone_overview.html when planting trees. It is an all natural product proven to help transplants establish faster by increasing root mass to avoid transplant loss.
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