particularly where many plants are needed – for hedges, for example. Roses do not prosper as well in pots as in the soil. Most garden centre roses are bare root, but potted for ease of sale. Evergreen ...

Careful wrapping – with moist straw or similar – is essential for successful transport from nursery to garden Roses, fruit trees and bushes and hedging plants are often sold as “bare root” plants.

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 ...

As I drive to and from winter recreation sites in the Central Gorge and nearby mountains, I can’t help but notice the native ...

In an effort to improve local conservation, the Washtenaw County Conservation District is selling a variety of local native .

Gardening is dynamic. It must adapt as each season becomes the next. Autumn became winter. Then, suddenly, the Christmas season became bare root season.

Gardening is dynamic. It must adapt as each season becomes the next. Autumn became winter. Then, suddenly, the Christmas season became bare root season. Tony Tomeo can be contacted at tonytomeo.com.

Three major SoCal nurseries are closing in 2025, along with a revered lilac garden/nursery in Idyllwild. We look at why. Plus ...