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 conditions, 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.

No matter what time of year you’re planting, remember to encourage soil health. Mulch is your friend! The better you can keep the soil biome happy, the better chance your plant has to thrive.

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 as early as October (if individually potted), and become fully available by late November (once completely dormant). Then, any selection that’s reasonably hardy: can ship all winter long through as late as April. 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. :)

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.

Because we are dealing with live plants, which are not only perishable - but subject to a myriad of shipping restrictions to control the spread of pests around the nation, I cannot accept returns.

I do try to make sure everything sent out is accurately labeled and in healthy growable condition according to the season. (Which means, if it is dormant, that it will wake up when conditions permit given reasonable care.) If you receive something that does not appear to meet this standard in some way, please just contact me for the chance to find a proper solution.

Please be aware that I cannot ensure that unrooted cuttings - or even rooted plants of any size - will grow for you beyond delivery; I will offer what tips I can, according to my own experience, but always suggest you research well so that your method(s) can be successful. :)