Mid-South Gardening: What does "bare root" mean?, 1 by justdeb

justdeb wrote:
Well, the other vendor who advertised bare root plants sent the same as the companies who sent bareroot roses. Roots that were bare, something besides a chunk of tater. LOL. We'll see, I have to call back in 10 days to confirm that they still have not started to grow.

My neighbor across the street has peonies that she says she doesn't do anything special for. She'll pick up the blooms in the spring and try and stake them up, cause they get so huge, but other than that, she really does not do anything. :-)

These are some that were tubers with little green sprouts starting out of the eyes when I planted them 6 weeks ago (same time as the eyeless bareroot chunks).