RPM Ecosystems new to Lowcountry

RPM Ecosystems Wholesale Native Plant Nursery has been in their new home in Ravenel for six months, and they bring 20 years of technology and research about making native trees perform their very best. RPM is in 21 East Coast States and has a long-standing tradition of partnering with Ducks Unlimited for habitat restoration projects using their wildlife friendly trees. The Root Production Method (RPM), patented in 2007, encourages the development of a denser, more fibrous root mass, with increased root tips that enable the plant to absorb more oxygen, water and natural nutrients. RPM Ecosystem trees will have faster growth, higher survivability and earlier seed production - and what landowner wouldn't want those attributes to benefit their ecosystem? Choose from over 50 species of trees like the swamp chestnut oak (which makes the grandaddy of Lowcountry acorns), bur oak, white oak, overcup oak, persimmon and black gum trees. Did you know that pileated woodpeckers savor the fruit of a black gum tree in the fall? If bare root seedlings have not been productive in your past plantings, try the RPM trees that will give them better resistance to deer browsing and competition from sweet gums. 

Photos By Jeff Dennis: RPM is serious about growing native trees and they use a barcode system that can trace the origins of a particular tree to the seedbank, Robert Bain is the Projects manager for RPM and Stan Whitson (on right) is the Nursery Operations Manager, Just look at that root ball! - as compared with a bare root seedling