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 ...

Planting a bare-root fruit tree is a bit like laying a hopeful foundation for the seasons to come – giving roots the chance to establish and awaken. Bare-root trees, unlike potted varieties ...

Not all trees have the same care requirements, and that's especially true for fruit trees. To get the most bountiful yield, ...

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 ...

Establishing fruit trees in Texas takes some effort, but these time-tested tips from a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service ...

Semidwarf trees, which are the most popular, can potentially grow 20 feet high. They should stay half as high with adequate ...

Bare root season begins as Christmas ends. Bare root stock is less expensive, less cumbersome, but more efficient than ...

Roses, fruit trees and bushes and hedging plants are often sold as “bare root” plants ... they are packed and dispatched to gardeners who ideally plant them on receipt – or at least pot them ...