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What’s special about bare root trees?►
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The spring bare root tree sale is over. Please check back in the fall.
The 10 varieties available this spring have been especially selected to thrive in this area.
To see pictures and descriptions of each type of tree, check out these PDF links:
| Amur Maackia | |
| Brandywine Maple | |
| Columnar European Hornbeam | |
| Cornelian Cherry Dogwood | |
| Dawn Redwood | |
| Prairifire Crabapple | |
| Princess Diana Serviceberry | |
| Rivers Purple Beech | |
| Swamp White Oak | |
| Turkish Filbert |
Order trees from our online store or download a PDF order form to print out.
Every Tree Counts
TheDCH plants hundreds of trees in towns and cities throughout Delaware each year and tracks where new trees are being planted throughout the state. Trees planted anywhere in the tri-state region count toward the Plant One Million campaign, an initiative planting a million trees across 13 counties in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Trees planted in the City of Wilmington also count toward the 20,000 by 2020 campaign.
Questions about our bare root tree sale? Contact Annie Acton
What’s special about bare root trees?
Bare root trees come without any soil around their root systems, unlike the more traditional balled and burlapped (B&B) or container trees.
Bare root trees have many advantages over trees with a heavy dirt ball:
- Planting bare root trees is a fun and family-friendly activity. The trees from TheDCH are 6 – 12 feet tall, yet are light enough for a child to carry.
- Bare root trees are affordable. They are much less expensive than a similarly-sized tree with a dirt ball of roots.
- Bare root trees come with 200% more roots.With diligent watering, they grow quickly and have an excellent survival rate.
- The planting hole does not need to be deep. Bare root trees need a wide hole, but not an especially deep hole. This is great news if you’re planting a tree in a spot with hard clay soil. Additionally, a wide, shallow hole reduces the common risk of killing a tree from planting it too deep.
Read more: "Creating the Urban Forest: The Bare Root Method” from Cornell University. Urban Horticulture Institute, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca New York.
Volunteer to plant trees.
Each year hundreds of local residents and community organizations join forces with TheDCH to plant bare root trees in the community each spring and fall. For more information, check out signup page. We hope to see you there!
Contact Marcia Stephenson for more details and to sign up as a volunteer.
