Bare Root Nursery

We begin digging field grown plants for shipping in mid to late october through march to mid april depending on weather.

Bare root nursery.

Price diversity of material ease of transporting and planting. What is bare root trees shrubs and small fruits are normally harvested from the growing fields in the fall. We are among the few still employing this production method which is labor intensive but plant friendly. Water newly planted fruit trees weekly 1 x week during the cooler early spring and fall seasons and 2 3 times per week during the hot summer season.

Bare root nursery stock is quality trees shrubs small fruits fruit trees and ornamental vines that are in a dormant stage have no soil around the roots and are not potted or balled and burlaped. There are many advantages to buying bareroot products some of which are. Carlton plants has been a leader in the bareroot market for over a century focused on providing quality bareroot trees shade ornamental and fruit ornamental shrubs and rootstocks. They should be planted as soon as possible.

Your bare root rose order is shipped when you specify. Innovation is happening rapidly at dwn. Plants arrive to you dormant packed in peat moss. With a thread of common ownership since 1984 a common set of core values made for a natural fit when they were officially acquired in late 2018.

Bareroot trees and shrubs are ones which have been harvested when dormant and sold without soil around the roots. Watch a video about our new automated controlled environment facilities for potted planting stock. Planting bare root trees in fall or spring can be a money saving project. Discontinue watering until the plant leafs out in the early spring.

Listen to ceo bill reid and others describe how dwn is striving to ensure consistent quality and availability of the right products for commercial orchard growers in 2020 and future years. Easy to plant and care for. In the spring these plants are taken out of cold storage in their dormant leafless state. The dirt is removed from the roots and then the plants are placed into a controlled environment of cool temperatures and high humidity.

Field grown trees are less expensive than container grown trees. Deciduous plants go dormant lose their leaves in the winter therefore watering should be stopped. The same guarantee applies as with container or balled plants.