Acclimate deciduous tree?

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anastatia Vancouver, WA(Zone 8a) Apr 27, 2008

Can you acclimate a young deciduous landscaping tree for a colder zone?

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Apr 27, 2008

Are you talking about a tree that would be hardy in the colder zone but happened to be raised at a nursery in a warmer zone? If so then that's generally possible, unless it's something that's really borderline on hardiness then sometimes a variety whose ancestry is from the warmer zone may not make it in the colder zone. But in most cases I imagine it would be fine.

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anastatia Vancouver, WA(Zone 8a) Apr 27, 2008

how do you do it?

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Apr 27, 2008

If this is something you got mail order, I always keep things in a sheltered shady location for a few days to acclimate them to being outdoors after being in a box, then if it's something that's going to be planted in the garden I'll gradually acclimate it to being in more and more sun for about a week before I plant it, but that's all stuff that I do for any plant regardless of where it came from. The only time I would think you'd need to be more careful than that is let's say you get a tree from someplace warm and it's already leafed out before they ship it to you, then if you're in let's say zone 4 and it's still winter, then you'd need to keep it indoors or in a greenhouse or somewhere frost-free so that the new little leaves didn't get zapped by frost, but given you're in zone 8 and it's almost May I doubt you have to worry about anything like that.

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