MOORHEAD - Spring is here bringing planting season. Early spring between the time that the ground thaws but before bud break is one of two optimal times during the year for planting bare-root trees ...

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, ...

Homeowners spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on gardening and landscaping each year. What may be surprising to the amateur gardener is that plants and even trees need not be that expensive.

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.

Spending your winter dreaming up the perfect summer garden? Dream no more: Now’s the ideal time to plant bare-root perennials. Bare-root plants are harvested from their growing beds in the fall and ...

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 ...

If you have chosen trees, shrubs or perennials you’d like to add to your garden this spring, consider trying to buy them as bare-root plants. “They can cost less, because nobody’s paying to ship heavy ...

Spring is coming, and that means gardeners everywhere are daydreaming about making their yards look amazing for their neighbors, their customers and themselves. But before you head to the garden ...

Bare root plants are having a moment. These freshly dug, pot-free plants may look unassuming, but they’re affordable, sustainable, and surprisingly resilient — which explains why more gardeners are ...

Usually by this time of year, all of our potted and otherwise loose plants are tucked away for winter. Because we had such a dry and mild November and December, we left our plants outside and in the ...

Don't you just love it when a solution works for two problems? Gardeners often end up with tree and shrub seedlings purchased in the fall that they run out of time to plant. They also may have flower ...