Do you recommend planting bare rooted plants?

A bare rooted or loose rooted plant is one that has been ground-grown, dug up when dormant or semi-dormant, soil removed, roots pruned and readied for transport to be planted into pots or straight into a garden.

Examples of this may be buying Roses and fruit trees in the Winter months.

This can be a more economical way of buying plants however it does come with risk. Bare rooted plants may fail to thrive or even die due to the plant simply not liking the transplantation process or roots drying in transport.

Whilst in some situations this method will produce fantastic results at a lower cost it can also provide disappointment.