Tribune Happy New Year! My New Year’s wish is for nice, slow, soaking rainfalls to help our new plants establish and our established plants thrive. What’s your garden ...
Are you planting trees for a fruit orchard, shade, or privacy? If you are, you'll face an inevitable dilemma when buying the saplings: whether to buy bare-root or potted trees. At a glance ...
Bare-root trees, unlike potted varieties, arrive dormant with their roots exposed, ready to settle into prepared soil and grow strong. They are often more affordable and come in diverse varieties ...
The cool, short days of winter usher in the bare-root planting season. Bare-root plants have been tended in commercial growing fields for several years, then dug and supplied to retailers with their ...
Roses, fruit trees and bushes and hedging plants are often sold as “bare root” plants. These woody plants lose their leaves in winter and become dormant. They are then dug out and sold without soil on ...