# When to plant each tree and shrub we grow, and how well it moves

> Dormant, spring or fall: when to set out each of the 414 natives we sell, by its guide's word, plus the Morton Arboretum's rating of how hard each is to move.

Published 2026-10-22. Tags: Planting. By Blue Whale Trees, a native tree nursery in the United States. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/planting-windows/

Spring or fall? For most trees and shrubs either will do, as long as the sapling is dormant, and for some the growing guide is particular. The table below gives the season for every plant in the catalog, A to Z, and beside it what the Morton Arboretum's profile of the species says about moving it. The [planting window tool](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/planting-window/index.html.md) turns the season into dates for a ZIP code.

## How to read the table

The season column reads each plant's own planting sentence by the planting window tool's rules. Any means the dormant season or either season, spring means the guide names spring alone, and fall means it names fall or winter alone. A guide that gives bare-root and potted saplings different seasons shows split by stock, with each season in the next column.

The moving columns come from the Morton Arboretum's profiles, which Blue Whale Trees read for each species on 2026-10-10; 75 of the plants have one. Moves well is the profile's own field, and the notes come from its text.

## Planting windows, A to Z

The table holds the 414 trees and shrubs we grow: 352 plant in either season, 24 in spring, 6 in fall and 1 split by stock. A name opens the plant's page.

Jump to a letter: [A](#a) [B](#b) [C](#c) [D](#d) [E](#e) [F](#f) [G](#g) [H](#h) [I](#i) [J](#j) [K](#k) [L](#l) [M](#m) [N](#n) [O](#o) [P](#p) [R](#r) [S](#s) [T](#t) [U](#u) [V](#v) [W](#w) [Y](#y)

### A

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Alabama Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alabama-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Alabama Croton](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alabama-croton/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Alabama Snow-wreath](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alabama-snow-wreath/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Alderleaf Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alderleaf-buckthorn/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Allegheny Chinquapin](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-chinquapin/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Allegheny Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-plum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Allegheny Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-serviceberry/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [American Basswood (Linden)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-basswood/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [American Beautyberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-beautyberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [American Beech](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-beech/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [American Chestnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-chestnut/index.html.md) | any |  |  | hard to move |
| [American Crabapple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-crabapple/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [American Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-elm/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [American Fly Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-fly-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [American Hazelnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-hazelnut/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [American Holly, select line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-holly/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [American Hornbeam (Musclewood)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-hornbeam/index.html.md) | spring |  | No | hard to move; move in spring |
| [American Mountain Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-mountain-ash/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [American Persimmon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-persimmon/index.html.md) | spring |  | No | hard to move |
| [American Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-plum/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [American Smoketree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-smoketree/index.html.md) | spring |  |  | moves easily |
| [American Snowbell](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-snowbell/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Arkansas Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/arkansas-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Arrowwood Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/arrowwood-viburnum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Ashe's Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ashe-magnolia/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |
| [Atlantic White Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/atlantic-white-cedar/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### B

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bald Cypress](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bald-cypress/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Balsam Fir](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/balsam-fir/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Balsam Poplar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/balsam-poplar/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bartram's Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bartram-serviceberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Beach Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/beach-plum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Beaked Hazelnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/beaked-hazelnut/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bear Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bear-huckleberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bear Oak (Scrub Oak)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bear-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bebb's Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bebb-willow/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bigleaf Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bigleaf-magnolia/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |
| [Bigleaf Snowbell](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bigleaf-snowbell/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bigleaf Witch Hazel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bigleaf-witch-hazel/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bitternut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bitternut-hickory/index.html.md) | spring |  | No | hard to move; move in spring |
| [Black Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-cherry/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Black Chokeberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-chokeberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Black Elderberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-elderberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Black Gum (Tupelo)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-gum/index.html.md) | spring |  | No | hard to move; move in spring |
| [Black Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-hickory/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Black Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-huckleberry/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |
| [Black Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-locust/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Black Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-maple/index.html.md) | any |  | Moderate |  |
| [Black Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-oak/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | hard to move |
| [Black Walnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-walnut/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | hard to move |
| [Blackhaw Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blackhaw/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Blackjack Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blackjack-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bladdernut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bladdernut/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Blue Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blue-ash/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Blue Ridge St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blue-ridge-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Blueberry Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blueberry-hawthorn/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bluejack Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bluejack-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bluff Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bluff-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bog Spicebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bog-spicebush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bottlebrush Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bottlebrush-buckeye/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Box Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/box-huckleberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Boynton Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/boynton-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bracted Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bracted-arrowwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bristly Locust (Rose Locust)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rose-locust/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Broom Crowberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/broom-crowberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Buckthorn Bully](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/buckthorn-bully/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Buckwheat Tree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/buckwheat-tree/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Bur Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bur-oak/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Butternut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/butternut/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Buttonbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/buttonbush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### C

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Canada Buffaloberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-buffaloberry/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Canada Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-plum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Canada Yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-yew/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Carolina Bog Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-bog-laurel/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Carolina Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-buckthorn/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Carolina Hemlock](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-hemlock/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Carolina Laurelcherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-laurelcherry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Carolina Silverbell](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-silverbell/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Carolina St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Carolina Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-willow/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Catawba Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/catawba-rhododendron/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Catberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/catberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Cedar Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cedar-elm/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Chalk Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chalk-maple/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Chapman Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chapman-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Chapman's Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chapman-rhododendron/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Chapman's St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chapman-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Cherrybark Oak, Wye Island line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cherrybark-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Chestnut Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chestnut-oak/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Chickasaw Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chickasaw-plum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Chinese Chestnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chinese-chestnut/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Chinquapin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chinquapin-oak/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Chokecherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chokecherry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Cinnamon Clethra](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cinnamon-clethra/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Clammy Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/clammy-locust/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Climbing Fetterbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/climbing-fetterbush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Climbing Prairie Rose](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/climbing-prairie-rose/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Clove Currant](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/clove-currant/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Clusterspike Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/clusterspike-indigobush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Coastal Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/coastal-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Cockspur Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cockspur-hawthorn/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Common Hackberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-hackberry/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Common Hoptree (Wafer Ash)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-hoptree/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Common Juniper](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-juniper/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |
| [Common Prickly Ash (Toothache Tree)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-prickly-ash/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Conjurer's-nut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/conjurers-nut/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Coral Bean](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/coral-bean/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Corkwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/corkwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Creek Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creek-plum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Creeping Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creeping-blueberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Creeping Juniper](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creeping-juniper/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |
| [Cucumber Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cucumber-magnolia/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily; move in spring |
| [Cumberland Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cumberland-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Cumberland Rosemary](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cumberland-rosemary/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### D

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dahoon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dahoon/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Dangleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dangleberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Darrow's Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/darrow-blueberry/index.html.md) | fall |  |  |  |
| [Deerberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/deerberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Delta Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/delta-post-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Devil's Walking Stick](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/devils-walking-stick/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Devilwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/devilwood/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Downy Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-arrowwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Downy Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-hawthorn/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Downy Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-serviceberry/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Durand Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/durand-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Dwarf Chinquapin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-chinquapin-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Dwarf Hackberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-hackberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Dwarf Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-live-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Dwarf Palmetto](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-palmetto/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Dwarf Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-pawpaw/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Dwarf Tupelo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-tupelo/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Dwarf Witch Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-witch-alder/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### E

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Eastern Hemlock](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-hemlock/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Eastern Leatherwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-leatherwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Eastern Red Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-red-cedar/index.html.md) | spring |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Eastern Redbud](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-redbud/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Eastern Wahoo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-wahoo/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Elliott's Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/elliott-blueberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Eve's Necklace](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eve-necklace/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Evergreen Bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/evergreen-bayberry/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |

### F

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Farkleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/farkleberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Fevertree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fevertree/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Flag Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flag-pawpaw/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Flame Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flame-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Flatwoods Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flatwoods-plum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Florida Anise](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-anise/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Florida Bully](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-bully/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Florida Flame Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-flame-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Florida Leucothoe](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-leucothoe/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Florida Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-maple/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Florida Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-swamp-privet/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Florida Torreya](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-torreya/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Florida Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-willow/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Florida Yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-yew/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Flowering Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flowering-dogwood/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Four-petal Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/four-petal-pawpaw/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Fragrant Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fragrant-sumac/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Franklin Tree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/franklin-tree/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Fraser Fir](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fraser-fir/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Fraser Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fraser-magnolia/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |

### G

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Georgia Bully](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-bully/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Georgia Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-indigobush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Georgia Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Georgia Plume](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-plume/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Godfrey's Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/godfrey-swamp-privet/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Golden Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/golden-heather/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Golden St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/golden-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Granite Gooseberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/granite-gooseberry/index.html.md) | fall |  |  |  |
| [Grape Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/grape-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Gray Birch](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/gray-birch/index.html.md) | any |  | Moderate | move in spring |
| [Gray Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/gray-dogwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Green Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/green-alder/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Green Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/green-hawthorn/index.html.md) | any |  | Moderate |  |
| [Groundsel Bush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/groundsel-bush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Gum Bumelia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/gum-bumelia/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### H

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hairy Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hairy-blueberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Hairy Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hairy-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Hairy Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hairy-laurel/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Harbison's Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/harbison-hawthorn/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Heartleaf Paper Birch](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/heartleaf-paper-birch/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Hercules' Club](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hercules-club/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Hillside Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hillside-blueberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Hobblebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hobblebush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Honeycup](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/honeycup/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Hop Hornbeam](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hop-hornbeam/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Hortulan Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hortulan-plum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### I

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Indigobush (False Indigo)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/indigobush/index.html.md) | any |  |  | moves easily |
| [Inkberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/inkberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### J

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Jack Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/jack-pine/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |

### K

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kalm's St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/kalm-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Kentucky Coffeetree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/kentucky-coffeetree/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |

### L

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Labrador Tea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/labrador-tea/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Lanceleaf Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/lanceleaf-buckthorn/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Large Cranberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/large-cranberry/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |
| [Laurel Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/laurel-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Leadplant](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/leadplant/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Limber Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/limber-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Lingonberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/lingonberry/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |
| [Little Walnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/little-walnut/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Littlehip Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/littlehip-hawthorn/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Littleleaf Buckbrush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/littleleaf-buckbrush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/live-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Lloyd's St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/lloyd-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Loblolly Bay](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/loblolly-bay/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Long-stalked Holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/long-stalked-holly/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Longleaf Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/longleaf-pine/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### M

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Maleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/maleberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Maple-leaf Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/maple-leaf-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mapleleaf Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mapleleaf-viburnum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [May White Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/may-white-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mayhaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mayhaw/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mexican Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mexican-plum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Miccosukee Gooseberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/miccosukee-gooseberry/index.html.md) | fall |  |  |  |
| [Michaux's Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/michaux-sumac/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Minnie-bush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/minnie-bush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Missouri River Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/missouri-river-willow/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mockernut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mockernut-hickory/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Mountain Bush-honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-bush-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mountain Camellia (Mountain Stewartia)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-camellia/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mountain Doghobble](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-doghobble/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |
| [Mountain Fetterbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-fetterbush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mountain Fly Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-fly-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mountain Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-indigobush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mountain Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-laurel/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mountain Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-maple/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mountain Sweetbells](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-sweetbells/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mountain Winterberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-winterberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Mountain Witch Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-witch-alder/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Myrtle Dahoon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/myrtle-dahoon/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Myrtle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/myrtle-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### N

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Nannyberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nannyberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Nantucket Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nantucket-serviceberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Needle Palm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/needle-palm/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Netted Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/netted-pawpaw/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [New Jersey Tea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/new-jersey-tea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Ninebark](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ninebark/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Northern Bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-bayberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Northern Catalpa](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-catalpa/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Northern Pecan](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pecan/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Northern Pin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-pin-oak/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Northern Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-red-oak/index.html.md) | spring |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Northern Snowberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-snowberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Northern White Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-white-cedar/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Nutmeg Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nutmeg-hickory/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Nuttall Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nuttall-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### O

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Oconee Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/oconee-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Odorless Bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/odorless-bayberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Ogeechee Tupelo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ogeechee-tupelo/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Oglethorpe Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/oglethorpe-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Ohio Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ohio-buckeye/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Ouachita Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ouachita-indigobush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Overcup Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/overcup-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Ozark Chinquapin](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ozark-chinquapin/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Ozark Witch Hazel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ozark-witch-hazel/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### P

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Pagoda Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pagoda-dogwood/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Painted Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/painted-buckeye/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Parsley Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/parsley-hawthorn/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pawpaw/index.html.md) | spring |  | No | hard to move |
| [Peachleaf Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/peachleaf-willow/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Pear Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pear-hawthorn/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Piedmont Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/piedmont-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Piedmont Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/piedmont-rhododendron/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Pignut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pignut-hickory/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move; move in spring |
| [Pin Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pin-cherry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Pin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pin-oak/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Pinkshell Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pinkshell-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Pinxterbloom Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pinxterbloom-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Piratebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/piratebush/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Plateau Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/plateau-live-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Plumleaf Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/plumleaf-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Pond Cypress](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pond-cypress/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Pond Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pond-pine/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Pondberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pondberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Pondspice](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pondspice/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Possumhaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/possumhaw/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Possumhaw Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/possumhaw-viburnum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/post-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Prairie Crabapple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/prairie-crabapple/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Prairie Redroot](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/prairie-redroot/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Prairie Rose](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/prairie-rose/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Prickly Rose](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/prickly-rose/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Pygmy Fringetree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pygmy-fringetree/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Pyramid Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pyramid-magnolia/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |

### R

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rabbiteye Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rabbiteye-blueberry/index.html.md) | split by stock | spring / fall |  |  |
| [Red Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-buckeye/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Red Chokeberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-chokeberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Red Elderberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-elderberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Red Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-hickory/index.html.md) | spring |  | No | hard to move; move in spring |
| [Red Hills Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-hills-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Red Mulberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-mulberry/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Red Osier Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-osier-dogwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Red Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-pine/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Red Spruce](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-spruce/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Redbay](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/redbay/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Rhodora](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rhodora/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [River Birch](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/river-birch/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Rock Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rock-elm/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Rosebay Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rosebay-rhododendron/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Roseshell Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roseshell-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Roughleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roughleaf-dogwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Roundleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roundleaf-dogwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Roundleaf Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roundleaf-serviceberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Runner Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/runner-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Running Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/running-serviceberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Rusty Blackhaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rusty-blackhaw/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### S

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Sand Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-cherry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Sand Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-hickory/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Sand Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-live-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Sand Myrtle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-myrtle/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Sand Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-pine/index.html.md) | fall |  |  |  |
| [Sand Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-post-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Sandhill Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sandhill-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Sarvis Holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sarvis-holly/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Saskatoon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/saskatoon/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Sassafras](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sassafras/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily; move in spring |
| [Saw Palmetto](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/saw-palmetto/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Scentless Mock Orange](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/scentless-mock-orange/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Schwerin's Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/schwerin-indigobush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Scrub Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/scrub-hickory/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Scrub Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/scrub-plum/index.html.md) | fall |  |  |  |
| [Seaside Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/seaside-alder/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [September Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/september-elm/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Shadblow Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shadblow-serviceberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Shagbark Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shagbark-hickory/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Sheep Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sheep-laurel/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Shellbark Hickory (Kingnut)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shellbark-hickory/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Shingle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shingle-oak/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Shining Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shining-indigobush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Showy Mountain Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/showy-mountain-ash/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Shumard Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shumard-oak/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Silky Camellia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silky-camellia/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Silky Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silky-dogwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Silverleaf Hydrangea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silverleaf-hydrangea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Slimleaf Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/slimleaf-pawpaw/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Slippery Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/slippery-elm/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Smooth Alder (Swamp Alder)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/smooth-alder/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Smooth Winterberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/smooth-winterberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Smooth-bark St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/smooth-bark-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Softleaf Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/softleaf-arrowwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Sourwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sourwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Southern Bush-honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-bush-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Southern Catalpa](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-catalpa/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Southern Crabapple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-crabapple/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Southern Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-magnolia/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |
| [Southern Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-pawpaw/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Southern Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-red-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Southern Shagbark Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-shagbark-hickory/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Spanish Dagger](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/spanish-dagger/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Spicebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/spicebush/index.html.md) | any |  |  | hard to move |
| [Spruce Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/spruce-pine/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Squashberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/squashberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Staggerbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/staggerbush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Staghorn Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/staghorn-sumac/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Strawberry Bush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/strawberry-bush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Streambank Mock Orange](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/streambank-mock-orange/index.html.md) | fall |  |  |  |
| [Striped Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/striped-maple/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Sugarberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sugarberry/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Swamp Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Swamp Chestnut Oak, select line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-chestnut-oak/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Swamp Cottonwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-cottonwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Swamp Doghobble](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-doghobble/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Swamp Laurel Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-laurel-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-privet/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Swamp Tupelo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-tupelo/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Swamp White Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-white-oak/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Sweet Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweet-azalea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Sweet Birch (Black Birch)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweet-birch/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move; move in spring |
| [Sweet Gale](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweet-gale/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Sweet Pepperbush (Summersweet)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweet-pepperbush/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Sweetbay Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweetbay-magnolia/index.html.md) | spring |  | No | hard to move |
| [Sweetleaf](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweetleaf/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |
| [Sweetshrub](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweetshrub/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### T

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Table Mountain Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/table-mountain-pine/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Tamarack](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/tamarack/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Texas Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/texas-red-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Three-flower Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/three-flower-hawthorn/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Titi](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/titi/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Tough Bully](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/tough-bully/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Toughleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/toughleaf-dogwood/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Trailing Arbutus](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/trailing-arbutus/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Trumpet Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/trumpet-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Turkey Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/turkey-oak/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Two-wing Silverbell](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/two-wing-silverbell/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### U

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Umbrella Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/umbrella-magnolia/index.html.md) | spring |  | Yes | moves easily; move in spring |
| [Upland Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/upland-swamp-privet/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### V

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Velvetleaf Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/velvetleaf-blueberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Virginia Spiraea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/virginia-spiraea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Virginia Sweetspire](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/virginia-sweetspire/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |

### W

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Walter's Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/walter-viburnum/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Washington Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/washington-hawthorn/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | moves easily |
| [Water Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-elm/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Water Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-hickory/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Water Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-locust/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Water Tupelo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-tupelo/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Weeping Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/weeping-hawthorn/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Western Mayhaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/western-mayhaw/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Western Soapberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/western-soapberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [White Fringetree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-fringetree/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [White Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-oak/index.html.md) | any |  | Yes | hard to move |
| [White Wicky](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-wicky/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Wild Black Currant](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/wild-black-currant/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |
| [Wild Hydrangea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/wild-hydrangea/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Willow Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/willow-oak/index.html.md) | spring |  |  |  |
| [Winged Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/winged-elm/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Winterberry Holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/winterberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Witch Hazel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/witch-hazel/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Woolly Beach Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/woolly-beach-heather/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Woolly Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/woolly-huckleberry/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Woolly Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/woolly-pawpaw/index.html.md) |  |  |  |  |

### Y

| Species | Planting season | Bare-root / potted | Moves well | Moving notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Yaupon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yaupon/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Yellow Anise](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-anise/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Yellow Birch](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-birch/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Yellow Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-buckeye/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |
| [Yellow Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | any |  |  |  |
| [Yellowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellowwood/index.html.md) | any |  | No | hard to move |

## The table as a file

Download the table as [CSV](https://bluewhaletrees.com/data/planting-windows.csv) or [JSON](https://bluewhaletrees.com/data/planting-windows.json): 414 rows, one for one tree or shrub the nursery grows, with the columns below. The figures are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence: use them with a credit to bluewhaletrees.com and a link to this page. Updated 2026-10-22.

### What each column means

- **slug**: the plant page's address, https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/<slug>/
- **name**: the common name the page uses
- **botanical**: the botanical name
- **season**: when the page says to plant: any for the dormant season or either season, spring, fall, or split where bare-root and potted saplings differ; empty where the page names no season
- **season_bare_root**: the season for a bare-root sapling where the page splits them
- **season_potted**: the season for a potted sapling where the page splits them
- **moves_well**: Yes, No or Moderate: the Morton Arboretum profile's own field on whether the species transplants well, where it has one
- **hard_to_move**: true where the profile's field says No or its text calls the species difficult to transplant, false where it says Yes or easy; empty where it says neither
- **move_in_spring**: true where the profile says to move or plant the species in spring

### How the table is made

The season is read from each plant page's own planting sentence by the planting-window tool's rules. The moving columns are the Morton Arboretum's profile of the species, read on 2026-10-10; a species without a profile leaves them empty. The files are written from the records and checked at every release.

### Cite this page

Copy a link or a reference:

A link, as HTML:

```
<a href="https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/planting-windows/">Planting windows and moving: when to plant each species and how well it moves</a>, Blue Whale Trees, updated October 22, 2026.
```

A reference, in APA style:

```
Blue Whale Trees. (2026, October 22). Planting windows and moving: when to plant each species and how well it moves. https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/planting-windows/
```


## Common questions

### When is the best time to plant a native tree?

While it is dormant, from leaf fall to bud swell, which is why most rows say any. A plant whose roots are slow to take hold, such as an oak or a magnolia, is often given spring alone.

### Which trees are hard to move?

Thirty-nine of the species with a Morton profile are marked hard to move, mostly taprooted trees such as the oaks, hickories and walnuts. They move best small, as saplings.

### Why plant some trees only in spring?

A tree that resents root loss, such as a magnolia or a birch, needs a full season to recover before winter. Ten species carry Morton's advice to move them in spring.

### Does bare-root stock change the season?

Often: bare-root saplings go in while fully dormant, usually spring in the North, while a potted plant can wait for fall. The split rows show where the guide separates the two.

## Sources

- [How to Plant Trees and Shrubs](https://mortonarb.org/plant-and-protect/tree-plant-care/plant-care-resources/how-to-plant-trees/): The Morton Arboretum: the profiles' advice on moving and the planting seasons.
- [Fall Planting Trees and Shrubs](https://mortonarb.org/plant-and-protect/tree-plant-care/plant-care-resources/fall-planting-trees-and-shrubs/): The Morton Arboretum: which species to hold for spring.
- [When should bare-root trees be planted?](https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/faq/when-should-bare-root-trees-be-planted): Iowa State Extension: the bare-root season.
- [Planting Trees Correctly](https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/planting-trees-correctly/): Clemson Cooperative Extension: the dormant season.
- [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): Creative Commons: the licence the table's CSV and JSON files carry, which asks for a credit and a link.

## Related

- Next step: [Open the planting-window tool](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/planting-window/index.html.md)
- [Transplanting young trees: timing, water and protection](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/transplanting-young-trees/index.html.md)
- [Why a small sapling catches up with a big transplanted tree, and often passes it](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/small-sapling-or-big-transplant/index.html.md)
- [Planting acorns, nuts and seed: collecting, storing and the first year](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/planting-acorns-nuts-and-seed/index.html.md)