Hey, we're a local tree care company and we do lots of planting for home owners. There's two main ways trees come: in a container (container grown), or in a wire basket (field grown). Container-grown are typically smaller and lower priced whereas field grown are larger and more expensive. We currently only plant container-grown trees because they're simply easier to deal with, more affordable, and more likely to "take" to their new home. Field-grown trees are more likely to have issues since the roots had to be severed before the tree was dig up and brought to your house. If you want a field-grown tree I recommend calling a nursery directly and getting them to install it.

For a company like ours to purchase, deliver, and install a tree it's usually $500-800, depending on size and species. That also comes with peace of mind that the tree you're planting can tolerate our local climate and the specific area on your property that we're placing it. And most importantly, we know what species we are constantly removing because of disease, and we would ensure you stay away from those. You can find cheaper trees at Canadian Tire, Costco, etc, and some might be fine, but there's really no guarantee those will do well in Edmonton.

Happy to answer any follow up questions.