Calusa Creek Florida Tree Farm

We are commonly asked which palms tolerate cold weather, and what exactly a cold hardy palm is. This answer can be different within just a few miles of certain locations. If you live in coastal Florida or South Florida, cold weather is usually not much of an issue. The recent waves of cold fronts passing through Florida have of course been much worse than what is normal for our climate. We have had the coldest weather in over 100 years in South Florida.

Most palm nurserymen you will talk to want to know exactly how cold you get, not what growing zone you are in when you are asking for cold hardy palms. We understand that temperature zones are often discussed, but more vital to us is the actual number (low temperature) anticipated. This is because, within any zone, there are variations and microclimates. We want to know what happens in your garden. When asking for cold hardy palms what may be cold hardy for some may not be for others. The best way to determine how cold your garden gets is to purchase a maximum-minimum or high low thermometer.

Some of the palms that have taken the recent rash of cold weather extremely hard are Coconut Palms, Royal Palms, Adonidia or Christmas Palms, and Foxtail Palms to name just a few. Some of the more cold hardy palms that can be used when replacing these trees are Queen Palms, Washingtonia Palms, Sabal Palms and some of the palms in the Phoenix family. There are of course many others. Look online or ask you local Landscape professional for a complete list of cold hardy palms that are available in your area.

We at Calusa Creek Tree Farm have a very long list of cold hardy palms that are available. What we do not have in stock we can outsource from some of our associated growers through out the state.

Please take a moment to review our website. Call us with any questions you may have. And remember when searching for cold hardy palms please call your friends here at Calusa Creek Tree Farm for the most professional horticultural advice available.

Thank you

Paul Sojka

General Manager

Calusa Creek Tree Farm.

Linking To http://CalusaCreek.com

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Wholesale supplier of the finest interior shade trees, containerized trees, specimen trees, palm trees, and indoor palms available.

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Wholesale Trees and Containerized Trees

At Calusa Creek Tree Farm, we are committed to producing the highest quality containerized trees and wholesale trees at our farm. We are located just west of Stuart, Florida on nearly 4,000 acres along the banks of the St. Lucie River. Beautiful pines, oaks, palms and other Native Florida plants have flourished on our land for hundreds of years. The area is blessed with a climate perfect for growing containerized trees both deciduous and tropical wholesale trees. The property has abundant water and is washed with sunshine during its nine month growing season.

We have some 20,000 Palm trees, representing many varieties native and tropical. These trees are field grown trees and containerized trees grown to better suit your demands concerning availability. Ideal growing conditions are further enhanced when our wholesale trees are custom trimmed, fertilized and drip-irrigated.

In addition to these palms, we are growing over 100,000 containerized trees and specimen accents. Seventy-five varieties are available in sizes ranging from 25-500 gallons. We have actually improved on Mother Nature with these trees. They represent the best Interiorscape and exterior landscape trees available as measured by shape, density, uniformity and survivability. Some steps that we take to guarantee our wholesale trees at this high quality are listed below:

1. All of our wholesale trees are planted in a growing medium which is custom mixed to provide the ideal nutrient blend for our containerized trees. Fertilizers are also custom blended.
2. All containerized trees are serviced by its own irrigation emitter(s) connected to an underground systems that delivers a programmed daily ration of filtered water.
3. All of our single-trunk wholesale trees is supported by proper braces and ties to ensure a straight, vertical trunk.
4. All of our containerized trees are rotated periodically to counter the effects of prevailing winds and the sun’s azimuth and ensure proper verticality and symmetry.
5. All specimens are regularly pruned to assure health, strength and symmetry.
6. Due to the amount of land Calusa Creek Tree Farm has at its disposal, our containerized trees are grown on the widest possible spacing, assuring you of a truly beautiful tree.

The real secret to the survivability of our wholesale trees and rapid growth of containerized trees is the nature of the container itself. Each container on the truck, on the way to your job site, has every bit of its root mass intact….moist, fresh and ready to do business when it goes in the hole. A field tree, no matter how carefully grown, or how carefully dug, will leave the field with much of the business-end of its root system still in the hole. Containerized trees through their fullness and rapid growth will provide the “Wow! Now!’ that your clients and you will love when you use wholesale trees purchased at Calusa Creek Tree Farm.

Planned Production of Material at Calusa Creek Tree Farm

Calusa Creek Tree Farm is planning its production schedule for 2010 and 2011 now. We are adding an additional 20,000 trees to our current inventory of native trees, salt tolerant trees, and tropical palm trees to be ready when the demand returns.

Some of the materials we are preparing in our production line here at Calusa Creek Tree Farm for those of you not familiar with it include 25gal and 45gal Live Oaks, Yellow Tabs, Purple Tabs, Mahogany Trees, Green Buttonwoods, Crape Myrtles and Podocarpus to name just a few. Please see our complete product line on our website. www.CalusaCreek.com

We anticipate a high demand for this product, native trees, salt tolerant trees, and tropical palm trees. Through our research we believe there are very few major nurseries maintaining their inventory and preparing for an economic turnaround in late 2010 early 2011. Calusa Creek Tree Farm as always will stay ahead of the trends and the competition and have material ready for you when you need it. Remember our motto? The quality you need in the quantities you need exactly when you need it!

Please review the information. Should any one wish to reserve or pre-purchase any of our high quality inventory of native trees, salt tolerant trees, and tropical palm trees for your future jobs please contact us. For a small deposit we will hold and grow these trees for you so you can be assured of having quality native trees, salt tolerant trees, and tropical palm trees available to you when needed. Should your job requirements change your deposits can be applied towards any product in our inventory. If you are one of our larger customers or plan to be we can possibly hold and grow these trees for your future projects with no deposit.

Regardless of your size, needs and demands it will be our pleasure to work with you any way we can. Contact any one on our sales staff for further information. Thank you for considering Calusa Creek Tree Farm.

Sincerely
Paul Sojka
General Manager
Calusa Creek Tree Farm

Simply put, we are one of the premiere nurseries and wholesale tree farms in Florida. We work hard every day to earn the right to be your one-stop-shopping destination when it comes to:

- Interior Trees
- Indoor Palms
- Shade Trees
- Specimen Trees
- Containerized Trees

Calusa Creek Tree Farm takes pride in every product we supply to our wholesale customers. The trees we sell are often used as focal points in the most prestigious hotel lobbies, shopping centers, and office buildings throughout the US and abroad. We believe we can offer a greater variety of first quality wholesale trees than any other nursery. We go to extraordinary lengths to produce first rate specimen trees and palm trees which you would be proud to showcase in your landscape projects.

Our dedicated management team oversees every aspect of planting and caring for the 100,000+ containerized trees and field grown trees we have for sale. Our tree farm and wholesale nursery is vast and varied, we are confident we will be able to meet your need for Florida grown trees whether you are looking for indoor palms, shade trees, containerized trees, or wholesale trees of any variety. We look forward to showing you around our wholesale tree farm and nursery, we promise you will not be disappointed!

WHY NOT KEEP PLANTING?

XERISCAPE, NATIVE PLANTS, THE ECONOMY AND THE

FUTURE OF LANDSCAPING IN FLORIDA

My Name is Paul Sojka. I am the General Manager of Calusa Creek Tree Farm and Ranch, a 600 acre tree farm located in Martin County Fl. I am also on the Board of Directors of the Treasure Coast Chapter of the FNGLA (Florida Nursery Growers and Landscape Association) and have been in the Horticulture, Nursery, and Landscape Industry for over 30 years.

I am sure you have all read or seen on TV the report on the more affluent neighborhoods along the coasts and inland and their large water use. Before we condemn these individuals I urge you to read the following. With a little insight and foresight we can have our cake and eat it to.

I would like to briefly address the topics of the current perceived water shortage, water use, new landscaping, xeriscape, landscape maintenance, and the current economy. This is along list and I will just touch briefly on each one.

While this water shortage continues and SFWM along with other agencies continue to put more and more restrictions on our water use it has become increasingly difficult to maintain or add to existing landscape (such as planting of seasonal flowers) or to start and or complete new projects or major replants as so many home owners like to do this time of year.

Developments all up and down the coast from Orlando to Palm Beach and all the way to Miami and beyond spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year constantly beautifying their homes and communities. This not only continues to make Florida a wonderful place to live it pumps much needed dollars into our states economy. Something else we all so desperately need right now.

Well there is no reason to stop planting (especially native plants) and there are many ways to accomplish this by those who are willing to be creative, innovative, and look for viable alternatives to adversity, all qualities that got most of the people in these more affluent neighborhoods and developments to the position in life that they now enjoy.

Herein find some examples of ways to continue to add beauty and creativity to your homes and communities through landscaping. There are many more than I can cover in this brief letter. The word to remember is Xeriscape. Briefly Xeriscape is the means to continue to plant and landscape in a manner that is environmentally friendly.

This can be achieved through new and exciting designs that incorporate things like drip irrigation or sub-irrigation where applicable.  You can also use plant species and grasses (and there are quite a few) that require much less water than some of the ones that are currently being used. A lot of these will be plant species that are native plants to Florida but there is still exciting and exotic flora and fauna from around the world that will fit the criteria of Xeriscape. Grouping plants or native plants of similar needs together in your landscape designs is another way. The use of slow release fertilizers will also cut your water use. While these fertilizers cost more they last longer thus your costs do not change. The plant or grass does not get this big rush of food that they get from less expensive fertilizers and then require above normal amounts of water to sustain its growth. Native plants usually do not require as much fertilizers as non native plants either as they are accustomed to Florida’s existing soils.

I could go on and write a book here but I know you all get the idea. Ask you local Landscape Architect, Landscape Contractor, or Landscape Maintenance Professional about the countless ways to continue to beautify your homes and the Sunshine State. Chances are he or she is already versed in these practices. Should they not know, find ones that do or educate yourself and you train them. There are thousands of sites on the internet and hundreds of books at the book store devoted to this topic.

It looks as though the water restrictions are here to stay for awhile whether they are needed or not. But that is no reason for any of us to stop our creativity when it comes to all the remarkable things that can be done with landscaping and native plants. Done properly and with thought we can commend (not condemn) those that keep the creative juices flowing, the economy moving forward, and Florida beautiful.

Should anyone need any advice please feel free to contact me or the staff here at Calusa Creek Tree Farm. Our phone number is 772 219 3377. Or check out our website at www.calusacreek.com for additional information about contacting us.  It would be our pleasure to put you in contact with a professional Landscape Architect or Landscape Contractor in your area should you need one. You can also call your local county agricultural extension agents for advice or direction

If you are a Landscape Contractor, Developer, or Landscape Architect please feel free to contact us here at Calusa Creek Tree Farm for a detailed list and prices of our tropical, native plant list and current availability. We have over 500 acres of beautiful, large, tropical and native plant species for you to choose from.

Thank you

Paul Sojka

General Manager

Calusa Creek Tree Farm

772 219 3377

Why are Ficus Dying in South Florida and Ficus Whitefly in South Florida.

Finding suitable replacement plants

Fig whitefly (Also known as ficus whitefly) populations are beginning to move rapidly in South Florida. This is raising the threat to ficus trees and hedges (Ficus benjamina and Ficus bengalensis) in many of the developments and homes. Whitefly populations reproduce rapidly during the spring and summer months. The risk of widespread infestation and rapid defoliation and then death in ficus plants has become a major issue.

Infestations continue to move north throughout south Florida and have now shown up on the southeast coast of Florida as far north as West Palm Beach. They have recently been detected on the southwest coast in the Fort Myers and Naples areas. This destructive pest (Singhiella simplex) has already defoliated or killed miles of ficus hedge in Florida and destroyed the appearance and privacy of countless residential and commercial landscapes.

Early detection and pesticide application can control this menacing pest. Contact your local landscape professional or pest control company for further assistance.

Should you be one of the unfortunate Landscape Contractors, P.O.A’s H.O.A’s or Developments looking for replacement plants here in south Florida Calusa Creek Tree Farm can be of assistance.

We have a wide range of native and tropical plant species that are perfect for replacement plants destroyed by this whitefly.

We have the quantities and size to immediately restore any size hedge, screening, or specimen tree in your landscape to its former glory.

When looking for disease resistant tropical and native replacement plants for this destructive whitefly please contact Calusa Creek Tree Farm. Our phone number is 772 219 3377 or contact us via our website at www.calusacreek.com

Paul Sojka

General Manager

Calusa Creek Tree Farm