Suggestions for species that grow well in high altitudes(+7000') in Utah.

[Crassula king]

I am on a south facing slope that gets lots of sun. I would like to get a few trees that I would not have to be quite as meticulous with their care for them to thrive.

 

[M. Frary]

I would be trying bristlecone pine.
Mugo pine will also do well.
All kinds of junipers.
Japanese maple.
There are lots of choices for where you live.
There are members here that live in those regions that will be able to guide you even better.

 

[Crassula king]

Thank you for the input. It has been many years since I have owned a juniper and I really should give them another go.

I would be trying bristlecone pine.
Mugo pine will also do well.
All kinds of junipers.
Japanese maple.
There are lots of choices for where you live.
There are members here that live in those regions that will be able to guide you even better.

 

[PiñonJ]

You'd have to say what your definition of meticulous is, but any cold climate conifer should work. Learn how to collect, get a permit and get into those mountains!

 

[Colorado]

Where are you in Utah?

 

[Colorado]

Ponderosa Pine
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Utah Juniper

Would be a good place to start

 

[John P.]

Acer Ginnala.

 

[plant_dr]

I'm not quite as "elevated" as you, but look around at what grows on the rest of the mountainsides where you're at. Rocky mountain juniper, gamble oak, bigtooth maple, ponderosa pine, white pine, btistlecone pine, Colorado blue spruce. Stay away from Japanese black pine, trident maple, sorry.

 

[Bavarian Raven]

Lodgepole pine and englemann spruce

 

[Crassula king]

You'd have to say what your definition of meticulous is, but any cold climate conifer should work. Learn how to collect, get a permit and get into those mountains!

I would define meticulous as anything outside of normal repotting, pruning, daily watering/feeding. Mostly creating special conditions like increasing humidity.

 

[Crassula king]

I'm not quite as "elevated" as you, but look around at what grows on the rest of the mountainsides where you're at. Rocky mountain juniper, gamble oak, bigtooth maple, ponderosa pine, white pine, btistlecone pine, Colorado blue spruce. Stay away from Japanese black pine, trident maple, sorry.

I actually have collected a bigtooth maple that is doing pretty good and am thinking about grabbing another before the buds break. Have you had much luck with rocky mountain juniper? I have tons on my parents land that I can collect without a permit.

 

[Crassula king]

Where are you in Utah?

I am in wasatch county.

 

[Crassula king]

Dang, I have about 35 trident maple seedlings. The 7 or so from last year seemed to make it through the winter alright but that may be due to wintering them in a greenhouse.

I'm not quite as "elevated" as you, but look around at what grows on the rest of the mountainsides where you're at. Rocky mountain juniper, gamble oak, bigtooth maple, ponderosa pine, white pine, btistlecone pine, Colorado blue spruce. Stay away from Japanese black pine, trident maple, sorry.

 

[Adair M]

Utah juniper.

 

[plant_dr]

Yeah the greenhouse saved them. You asked what would thrive on mountainside at 7000' in Utah...

 

[plant_dr]

I've got 100% survival so far at collecting juniper. I dug it earlier this spring....

You can add acer campestre,/hedge maple to the list. Pinus sylvestris, Scots pine... I'll keep thinking.