What To Expect When Ordering Perishables

Bare Roots 

Some perishable items are sold as ‘bare root’. This means plants are dormant and have exposed roots.

Most often they are wrapped in shavings/mulch. But some plants may come in small pots of soil.

Bare roots should be planted as soon as possible either in the ground or a pot, keeping the roots moist at all times.

Examples: roses, fruit trees, shrubs.

Bulbs

A bulb is a thickened, fleshy bud usually emitting roots from its underside. The stems, flowers and foliage will grow from the crown.

The term bulb applies to a large class of flowering and ornamental bulbous-like plants in their dormant condition such as corms, tubers, and rhizomes.

Examples: lilies, onions.

Corm

A corm is an underground bulb-like portion of the stem of a plant consisting of fleshy tissue with a bud at the top.

Examples: crocus, gladiolus.

Tuber

A short, thickened, fleshy part of an underground stem, where new plants develop from buds or eyes. Examples: dahlia, potato

 Some examples of what you may receive: