Which option is best for you depends on the planting time, your budget, and other factors.

These dormant trees grow strong roots.

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 ...

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 ...

I received some bare root trees and shrubs as a gift and would like to know how to plant and care for them. — Jerry Rosen, Skokie That sounds like a great gift, just ahead of the growing season. Bare ...

When planting a bare root tree digging a cone-shaped hole about twice the width of root spread and just deep enough to get the tree in the ground is one step in getting it off to a good start. Lee ...

You may have seen the term “bare root plants” in nursery catalogs and websites and wondered what it means. Basically, it’s exactly what it sounds like: Plants are shipped without soil or a container.

Peaches, apricots, nectarines — yeah! Time to buy and plant bare-root fruit trees. Choose low-chill varieties, no more than 400 chill hours inland and no more than 200 chill hours along the coast.

Instant gratification is a feeling we all enjoy and have, frankly, become accustomed to. We seek it in many areas of our lives, but one thing we should all consider taking our time with is planting a ...

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 ...