Abstract: A heavy duty machine for planting tree seedlings or similar plants. The planter comprises an elongated, rigid frame to which a rotatable coulter wheel is centrally secured for initially cutting a furrow. A rigid plow downwardly depending from the frame is ground engaging contact widens the furrow. Seedlings are inserted into the furrow by a rotary feeder wheel system including a plurality of radially spaced-apart, resilient, seedling receptive hands secured to a centrally disposed, rotatable hub. The hub is preferably linked to the coulter wheel for forced rotation. The feed hands are rotated through a closing system including a narrow, receptive slot which maintains the hands in closed position until they are rotated into a seedling dispensing position above the furrow, whereupon the hands open and seedlings are released. A repacking system including rigid, inclined, compacting wheels closes the furrow about the seedling roots to complete the planting process.