Northwest gardeners have a unique opportunity this time of year, it’s called bare root season and it only lasts through the end of March. Here is what it is all about. Some shrubs and trees can be dug ...

There are several advantages to planting bare-root trees: They are usually less expensive, easier for gardeners to transport, and they will grow their roots entirely into native soil, rather than ...

Before planting, knock off the soil around the tree’s roots, which, in container trees, typically includes peat moss and perlite or a light mix. Bare-root trees will not have any soil around the roots ...

Watering is critical; apply about five gallons of water to each tree after planting. Bare-root fruit trees had about one ...

Happy New Year! My New Year’s wish is for nice, slow, soaking rainfalls to help our new plants establish and our established plants thrive. What’s your garden wish for 2025? Bare root fruit trees, ...

It is finally time to get the new gardening season started. Spring will be here before we know it and it’s good to be ahead of the game instead of playing catch-up for the rest of the year. While ...

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 ...

Deciding when to plant a fruit tree depends on several factors. The ideal planting time for bare-root trees is different from the planting time for container-grown trees. The type of fruit tree, as ...

Lately, the rainy days have been many and at times fierce. The weather is cold, the garden’s soil a soggy mess. Yet, it is bare root tree time, the season when nurseries are well-stocked with dormant ...

Q: I have some black cankers or growths on a tree in my yard. What is this, and is there anything I need to do about it now? — Tom Frappier. A: The disease is called black knot, which is caused by a ...