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A plant is missing in my order
We know how exciting it is to receive your plants, and we want to make sure everything arrives just as expected. Sometimes, when multiple bareroot plants are shipped together, they are bundled to p...
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I want to edit my order (remove or add to my order)
🌿 Editing Your OrderWe understand that plans can change, and we’re happy to help you adjust your order whenever possible. Here’s how the process works:Canceling an OrderIf you need to cancel your o...
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Bareroot or Potted? What's the difference?
Potted and Bareroot Plants We get a lot of questions here at the nursery about the various ways our plants are packaged and shipped. Two of the common questions are: if a...
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Heat stress! How to care for you plant in the summer heat.
How to Manage Heat Stress Summertime is everyone's favorite time of year, but you can have too much of a good thing - or at least your plants can! Heat stress ...
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Two Tried and True Pruning Strategies for Fruit Trees
By Xander Rose When a young fruit tree is being established after planting in its lifetime location some pruning may be involved to get the tree into proper shape. Even if an elaborate pruning s...
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Winter Care Tips for Your Orchard
Winter Care Tips ReviewAs the colder months are upon us, it’s important to prepare your fruit trees for the winter season to ensure they stay healthy and strong through the colder months. Proper wi...
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Native Edible Fruiting Plants of the Pacific Northwest
By Xander Rose Hello, I'm Xander Rose, the orchard manager at Raintree Nursery. We grow and sell many types of plants of course. On the nursery are many wonderful fruiting native pla...
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Espalier and Other Intensive Pruning and Training
By Xander Rose Imagine relaxing in a courtyard at a villa on the outskirts of Paris. A market garden stretches out beyond the house, supplying fresh produce for sale at a local market down the road...
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Extreme Pruning Strategies: Coppicing and Pollarding
As I’m moving wood chips provided by a local arborist to put around our fruit trees at Raintree Nursery on a recent winter’s day (fortunately without too much rain), I think to myself about the...
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I want to start propagating
Propagation is an exciting and challenging process. We have compiled a helpful Propagation Guide to get you started. You may also find this video on bench grafting helpful.