Bare Root Info

What Your Plants Will Look Like On Arrival

We only ship bare root plants. They do not come in a container.

How We Ship Our Bare Root Trees and Shrubs During the Dormant Season (No Blooms, Leaves, or Foliage)

Look below. The image to the left is how our bare root crepe myrtles are shipped. These bare root crepe myrtles have no foliage or blooms and are active in their dormant season. Planting during the dormant season in the colder months with proper care ensures your plants look like the right image below. o, Decrease plant shock during transplant. We advise planting your trees and shrubs during the dormant season. These are Bare Root Trees and Plants, so giving them time before Spring to start growing alleviates stress to the plants. Also, temperatures below 31 degrees harm plant growth. Safely plant your trees and shrubs in temperatures over 31 degrees. Once temperatures reach 58 degrees, your plants will leave the dormant stage and start budding. For best results, please plant before the budding process. Cooler Months are the Best Times to Plant your Trees and Shrubs

 

 

Looking at the image below to the left, you can see how the shrubs are shipping. The dormant season is when we send our shrubs when they do not have any leaves or blooms. To ensure you receive your bushes healthy, we dip the roots in Terra-Sorb gel and line the roots in packing paper. Now, look at the right image below. If you plant your shrubs before Spring, your bushes can look like this. So remember, buying your bare root plants instead of container plants saves you more money to purchase more plants.

What Our Ferns Look Like Before They Are Shipped

Our Bare Root Shrubs are Shipped During September to April, the Shrubs Dormant We freshly and quickly dig your order of bare root ferns, send them to the shipping warehouse, spray them with wilt-proof, and dip the roots in Terra-Sorb gel. The left image above shows what our bare root ferns look like before they are shipped. Since we pay extra attention to safe shipping practices, your bare root plants have a great chance of growing and turning into the right image below.
We Ship Our Bare Root Berry Plants While in Their Dormant Season
The left image below is how your bare root berry plants will look once they arrive. They are shipped during their dormant season when they produce no blooms, berries, or leaves. Once you receive your plants, it is always best to plant them as soon as you receive them. This gives your berry plants longer to root and grow to ensure an abundant fruiting season. Your berry plants will look like the right image below.

What Our Ground Cover Plants Look Like Before Shipment

The left image below shows how our ground cover plants look like before shipping. Once you receive your ground cover roots, please plant them immediately. This ensures your ground cover plants will bloom beautifully like the right image below by springtime.

 

What Our Grass Plugs Look Like Before Shipment

To promise our clients to receive exactly what they ordered, we only ship our grass plugs during warmer months. This is due to our glass plugs being planted in large fields surrounded by other species of grasses and carex and it is too difficult to identify them because of the tops being gone.

What Our Perennials Look Like Before They are Shipped

The left image below is an example of our perennials before shipment. The perennials are shipped without blooms since they are sent in their dormant season. Once you receive your perennials, plant them and wait for spring and your flowers to arrive (right image below).

 

All Our Bare Root Stock is Always Freshly Dug to Order

 

We ship in the dormant season (safe), and the plants send much cheaper because they have no container or soil to weigh the packages down. They are 100% completely safe to dig, plant, and ship bare root plants when dormant (dormant means "asleep" with no pretty foliage, leaves, or blooms on them. To ensure your plants arrive healthy and happy, we bring out large tubs of Terra-Sorb directly to the fields, dig up your order, dip the roots in Terra-Sorb instantly, and quickly are sent them to the shipping warehouse for packaging. All nurseries do not practice these extra steps but rest assured, we do. While other nurseries prepare their plants in the field by placing them in a cooler until they are shipped, we pride ourselves on top quality and service and only practice beneficial shipping methods.

Buying Bare Root Plants Saves You Money

Bare Root Plants are more natural to ship, lowering the overall cost for you and us! We send bare root plants, trees, perennials, and ferns without needing containers. Which also means cheaper shipping. Why not buy the same plants at a fraction of the cost?

Storing Ferns, Ground Covers, and Perennials

To save your ferns, ground covers, and perennials before you can plant them, please place them in temperatures of 38-42 degrees which puts them in a dormant stage. An area like a basement, cellar, or garage would work correctly to store your ferns, ground covers, and perennials. Remember to remove from the shipping packaging, cover with potting soil, and lightly mist with water every other day. If you have a smaller order, keep the plants in the bags and put them in the crisper or bottom section drawers of your refrigerator.

Storing Lives Stakes and Wetland Plants

To save your live stakes and wetland plants properly, place the roots in a pond, large trough, or lake. If you do not have this, get a container and fill it with water. The only thing to watch is the freshness of the water. Remove any algae or stagnant water to make sure your plants remain as healthy as they were when you received them. Rinsing the water out every couple of days helps