Considering buying a bare root fruit tree? Here's all your bare root answers, plus tips on planting. Considering buying a bare root fruit tree but aren’t quite sure? Here’s all your bare root answers: ...

I got a look of disbelief when I told a friend I had planted a tree that had been shipped from a nursery 2,000 miles away. As I went on to explain that the tree had been sent bare-root, I could see ...

We’ve entered the season when our gardens are starting to gradually slow down in preparation for a restful winter. We gardeners, however, can’t help but keep on pruning, planting, and planning. One ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

BOISE, Idaho — Have you ever noticed at many garden centers there are some trees and shrubs in pots ready to plant, and others that aren't in any pots at all? They look just like sticks with bare, ...

Question: I’m going to be planting some fruit trees this spring, and I’m wondering if it’s better for me to buy the trees in a big pot from a nursery or if I should get them from a mail order place ...

Bare root planting is the easiest and most cost-effective way to plant trees and shrubs. Pictured above is witch hazel, bare root on left and with container on right. Photo courtesy of Turnbull ...

When I was a less experienced gardener, I was intimidated by bare-root fruit trees. Piles of sticks bedded down in sawdust would show up in the nurseries at the new year, and I would watch serious and ...

MOORHEAD - Spring is here bringing planting season. Early spring between the time that the ground thaws but before bud break is one of two optimal times during the year for planting bare-root trees ...

To many gardeners, January is shopping season. Every day, it seems, we find a new seed or plant catalog in our mailboxes (both snail and e-mail). These catalogs offer a wealth of information on all ...