I haven’t seen any trees since I joined right before COVID. I did see some giant strawberry towers and I believe some blueberries were there the other week in Danvers. There were also huge Tomato plants but 2 weeks too early.
Just checked, and my local Costco shows live trees as deleted in their inventory…
Costco in MA used to carry apples, peach, nectarine, plum and apricot trees at a reasonable price. Varieties were also interesting esp. nectarines from Burchell nursery.
I sure hope fruit trees will return next spring.
My costco here in SoCal has had trees for about a week now. Grower’s Pride/Burchell. I got a Dapple Dandy for $40, and today got a Flavor King for $40. Didn’t list rootstock so I called them and left a voicemail. Saw a comment in this thread about them mislabeling trees? Hope that’s not the case anymore.
They also have huge blueberries for $20, only saw Sharpblue and “Summer Beauty”, I googled the latter up and nothing came up for it. Lots of Honey Babe dwarf peach trees, saw Fantasia peach, lots of cherries too.
Amazing that these huge trees are still the same price from 2-3 years ago.
Costcos in Oklahoma had potted trees not bagged bare roots in February for $25. They were pretty root bound. Thus far the apples and nectarine are still alive. Both peaches died. It was a wet spring, so wondering about the hardiness of the root stock.
Thanks to all who post with pictures and updates!
I’ve had really good luck with my Costco trees. Just planted the enormous espalier apple I bought there in '19 and have been toting from property to property in a pot. I have no idea why a big box store was selling a multigraft of Golden Russet, Esopus Spitzenburg, D’Arcy Spice and Newtown Pippin, but I’m impressed with them, and even more impressed that the tree has managed to survive all my mistreatment.
Bought over a dozen citrus trees from them this year. Very good quality, healthy trees, and lots of unique varieties. At $25 a tree they’re the cheapest I’ve seen. Also picked up a few stone fruits and they all seem to be doing well though the mystery rootstock is annoying. The avocados and blueberries are looking good right now too, but I’m trying to resist.
You’re so lucky! I’m in a HLB citrus quarantine zone, so no citrus trees at Costco for me. My friend in sacramento got a bunch of citrus, including a Buddha’s Hand tree which down here goes for $100+ easily.
if I had money you know you’d be getting crazy messages from me here. “can you transport a 5 year old cheese apple to Spokane City” and “I need this ancient locust tree moved six feet over”
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