Posted November 1st, 2024
PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SHIP BARE ROOTS
Bare Root plants are for STORE PICK UP or ESTABLISHED LOCAL DELIVERY ROUTES ONLY.
OUR ORDER PERIOD ON BARE ROOTS FOR 2025 HAS OPENED!
We expect stock to arrive in mid-January shortly after our order period closes.
Our order form is attached below.
Place your orders by any of these methods:
- Fill out and attach our fillable PDF, found below, to <hillary@chathamfarmsupply.com>
- Email Hillary your order and include the following:
- Full Name
- Best Email
- Best Phone Number
- Specify Store Pick up or Local Delivery Route
- If for an established local delivery route, your full address &/or pick up location
- Your wish list of plants and quantities
- Pick up an order form at the main sales counter to submit in person
- Call in your order if you know what you'd like
Orders will be confirmed via email from Hillary. For this winter, we will not send out our usual sales order confirmation due to a software upgrade we anticipate during the next 3 months. All folks who submit an order during our pre-order period will get an email when stock arrives in mid-January, 2025.
If you do not pre-order, there may be some extras for walk in sales once we sort the main order. However, we always recommend pre-ordering bare root plants. It's common for stock to sell out in advance of shipment.
As things heat up, think about things cooling down...
It's time to plan what you want to introduce into your landscape this winter as dormant, bare root seedlings/plants. Read on about bare roots or see the order form at the bottom of this page.
Bare root plants are a great, inexpensive and efficient way to fill out your landscape. By installing them as young & dormant plants you reap many rewards.
- First, bare root plants are CHEAP! Compared to buying potted plants that may be 2-5 years old, these little ones are 1-2 years old and only a few dollars each.
- Second, planting is EASY. By planting them young, many times all you'll need is a trowel! No need for a huge hole; just enough to get the roots in the ground & you're done. All of these are natives and do not require much special attention or pampering. However, if you are getting fruiting plants, you may want to incorporate some phosphorus and potassium into the root zone to make sure they have access to those nutrients.
- Third, bare root plants THRIVE NEXT SPRING. Your bare root plants will get off to a running start when they break dormancy. All winter, they continue to develop their root systems so when spring rolls around, your plants are in good shape to get growing! Their small size works in their favor by having balanced above ground growth and below ground growth. You may notice that bare root plants outperform containerized plants that have a lot of top growth but a proportionally small root ball. As the season progresses, you'll notice you won't need to water as much as spring-planted trees/shrubs because of these same factors.
All of our bare roots are coming from Mellow Marsh Farm, a local leader in native plants. Check out their web site as an excellent resource to learn more about specific plant varieties.
