This item is a package of 3 bigcone spruce (Pseudotsuga macrocarpa) seedlings. These seedlings are 4 to 8 inches tall and are from our 2010 crop. These seedlings are container grown and will be shipped in the container that they are growing in. The transplant success rate of our container grown stock is 100% if proper care is provided. The picture was taken on 11/1/11. The Bigcone spruce, also known as the Bigcone douglas fir, (Pseudotsuga macrocarpa), is an evergreen conifer native to the mountains of southern California, occurring from the San Rafael Mountains in central Santa Barbara County and the southwest of the Tehachapi Mountains of southwestern Kern County, south to Julian in San Diego County. It is notable for having the largest (by far) cones in its genus, hence the name. It is a stout-trunked tree that grows to 60 feet tall and 30 feet wide. It prefers a Mediterranean climate, characterized by hot dry summers and wet, mild winters. The Bigcone spruce has several design features to tolerate and survive wildfire, notably the very thick bark, and the presence of numerous adventitious buds on the upper side of the branches; this enables the trees to survive even crown fires which burn off all the branchlets, the apparently dead trees becoming green again the following spring. This tree is hardy in zones 3-11 and 14-23.