Planting Delayed?

It is best to plant your order as soon as possible after delivery, but if planting is delayed, everything will be fine! Both bareroot and pot-grown plants can be stored for a long time if necessary.

If bareroot planting is delayed in winter: If your bareroot plants arrive and planting will be delayed for less than a week, do not open the packaging and store them in a cold place out of the sun, ideally outside. It doesn't matter at all if the weather is freezing, but you must not move the plants around when they are frozen. If a week passes and planting is delayed even further, you need to make sure that the roots of your plants remain moist.

• You could heel in your bareroot plants, but in most cases it's not worth the effort.

• Generally, we suggest slitting a small hole in the top of each bag to spray water into. Poke a few small holes along the bottom of each bag for drainage. Spray the roots in the bag every week or two, and your dormant plants will store until Spring.

Bareroot plants must be planted properly by the end of March in the South. Scottish gardeners can usually get away with planting well into April.

If pot-grown planting is delayed: Simply put your plants in a light place but out of the wind and direct sunlight and water them when the top inch of soil is dry. This might be every day or two in a scorching hot mid-summer, but during a wet winter, it usually isn't necessary.