ALL plants I offer are shipped bareroot (original soil replaced with moistened paper), during any season of the year they are available. This is because plant pests often have a part of their life cycle in the soil, and regulations are made to keep the ones in my area from coming into yours.

Just before shipment, however, they will have been growing in a pot (if not in the ground)… and the typical bulk of their roots in said container helps determine the size they are graded to be. So it just seems simplest to list them by pot size.

This means, though, that you’ll want to provide a container or ground space to plant them in before very long… and you can expect they’ll fit best into the next size (or two) up when you do.

My listing schedule can be pretty erratic, so it can be hard to say when new things I have available will be offered. But once they’re in the shop, you can anticipate that they may be available at the same time every year… if I have them available at all. Because my propagating and ready lists can be pretty erratic as well.

Generally woody trees, shrubs, and vines start being available in September (if individually potted), and become fully available by November (once completely dormant). Then, any selection that’s reasonably hardy: can ship all winter long through as late as May. They cannot be shipped at all during the summer months.

Iris and bulbous summer-dormant perennials, on the other hand, along with tropical selections from the greenhouse, ship only during the warmer months. Depending on the growth patterns of a particular selection, this may extend as far as April through October. Once the temperature overnight here is regularly freezing, these are out of their shipping season.

All of that being said: if you’re looking for a specific request that doesn’t seem to be available yet, or if you need more than what is listed or maybe that’s growing in a unique way, please contact me! Many of my availability numbers are estimated (I update as I go along), so there’s a chance I do have more. Or, maybe that’ll just be a good reminder to get it listed. :)

So long as the ground is not frozen (or you can catch it during a time when it's workable!), Autumn through earliest Spring is the best time of year for planting anything particularly hardy and/or deciduous, since that provides the best chance to establish before the stress of summer drought.

Evergreens only rated to your zone and any marginally hardy experiments are not recommended to be planted out until early Spring, after the worst of winter has passed. Because a plant in leaf that hasn’t established yet can be considered a zone or two less hardy.

Always be sure to acclimate newly received plants to your climate, and offer protection to marginal or establishing plants, or new cuttings. Shield them especially from the effects of drying winds, moisture loss, and hungry critters… and where new cuttings don’t even have roots: also protect from frost heave of the soil. Plants that are still quite young often can be planted more deeply to aid in their establishment.