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I need to update my account information
You can easily update your addresses on file by logging into your Raintree account. If you need to change your email address or phone number, please contact customer service. Log into your Raint...
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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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How to Manage Heat Stress!
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 happens when plants become too hot ...
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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
Coppicing is the periodic (on multi-year timescales, depending on the species) cutting back of suitable species back to their base. Many woody plant species (shrubs and trees) will resprout from ...
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Why Growing Your Own Fruit is Great for Your Health
At Raintree Nursery, we’re passionate about helping people grow their own fruit—and not just for the delicious harvest. Did you know that cultivating your own orchard or fruit garden can significan...