Another main benefit of bare roots is that because you receive them when they’re in a dormant state, you can plant them ...

Planting bare-root roses in autumn is the secret to beautiful blooms next year. An easy (and cheaper) alternative to potted roses, bare-root roses tend to establish more quickly in the garden, often ...

Dreaming of summer blooms? If you've been meaning to add a new rose to your garden this year, consider this your gentle ...

For Mother’s Day I was sent a bare-root rose bush. I put it into water in a pail. A week later I planted it. Now the thorns are all black and the buds are getting dried up. I have been watering it ...

Bare-root is exactly what it sounds like: the roots are bare of soil. December through February is the time to plant bare-root in the greater Sacramento region. Many dormant plants come as bare-root, ...

With temperatures already feeling like spring, now is the time to take advantage of the vast selection of “bare-root” plants, specifically roses, in honor of Valentine’s Day. Why buy cut roses that ...

January and February are the brutal months in Bay Area gardens. The coldest months. The rainiest months. And one of these nights a killer frost will descend, and come spring, there will be great ...