As you cruise through the garden centers this time of the year you see lots of bare root trees and roses. You may be asking yourself what do I do with the trees. There is only sawdust around the roots. Why would I plant them now? Will they grow now? It's kind of cold out. Help!

Don't be overwhelmed. Bare root trees are the easiest to plant. Even though there are no leaves on your trees right now the roots are still growing and the same is true for a bare root tree. Now is the time to plant because it gives the roots a chance to grow before the rest of the tree needs energy for leaf production.

No matter if it's a fruit tree or landscape tree you will treat it the same for planting, staking and initial pruning.

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