If you are, you'll face an inevitable dilemma when buying the saplings: whether to buy bare-root or potted trees. At a glance, bare-root trees seem like a much better deal — they're cheaper ...

With the garden napping and chores diminished, now is a good time to browse catalogs for bare-root landscape plants. Container or balled-and-burlapped woody perennials can be pricey. But many ...

Early spring is when bare root trees and shrubs become available for sale at local nurseries and garden centers, so let the planting season begin. The term “bare root” means a plant sold ...

"Bare root" refers to trees and shrubs that come with the root ball packed in moist bark or sawdust. The best conditions for planting bare root trees is in the winter and early spring, when the ...

While we may not all be lucky enough to have a stunning native tree pop up in our yard, we can get pretty close to that same sense of effortless landscaping by choosing a bare root tree.