We have had a good run of chilly April nights, which are forecast to linger into the end of the month. At Ashridge, the winter planting season for 2024 / 2025 is all but over: some of the toughest and most popular bareroot hedging plants remain, probably until the end of the week, maybe Monday… Continue reading Bareroot Season: Last Days of Hedging!
Tag: Bareroot
Which Plants To Use in a Mixed Native Hedge
Most mixed native hedges are mainly hawthorn or blackthorn
You Won’t Believe This Irish Hedge
Laying mulch fabric before VS after planting.
What Are Bare Root Plants?
Bareroot means delivered dormant in Winter with no soil around the roots.
Are My Plants Dead?
Bareroot plants can be very late coming into leaf & evergreens can drop their leaves
“Heeling In” Bareroot Trees & Plants
The best way to store bareroot plants is also usually too much work
Planting Bareroot Guide
New User’s Guide to Planting Bare Root
What do Bareroot Trees Look Like?
Bareroot trees look like sticks! Compare standard & sapling sizes
Planting A Bareroot Mixed Native Country Hedge
How to Slit Plant bareroot whips like Hawthorn in mixed native hedges
Monty Don’s Urgent Hessian Sack Advice
BBC presenter Monty Don makes a helpful suggestion about caring for bareroot plants on delivery, but do you have enough hessian? Monty Don has done more to get girls in the garden than any other handsome, famous face: those cheekbones and that cheeky grin. For that, he is eternally forgiven for everything as far as… Continue reading Monty Don’s Urgent Hessian Sack Advice
The best of bareroot trees
We’re slap-bang in the middle of bareroot planting season. And that’s something worth celebrating when you love trees and shrubs but are on a budget. If you’re new to the joys of bareroot, the bottom line is that these are brilliantly healthy – but dormant – specimens. All trees and shrubs enter a period of… Continue reading The best of bareroot trees
Freezing weather & bareroot plants
Most of the damage caused to bareroot plants in cold, freezing conditions is to the delicate roots themselves. The roots are fine, fibrous structures with a high water content: moving them, or even the slightest touch whilst frozen, can cause damage. Almost all of a shrub or a tree’s energy reserves are stored in the… Continue reading Freezing weather & bareroot plants