The Root To Success
It’s bare root and root ball season at Bannister Hall Nurseries, which means big savings on trees and hedging
If you are looking for high quality hedging plants and trees for your next landscaping project and shudder at the expensive pot-grown prices at the local garden centre, there is a handy local alternative.
Bannister Hall Nurseries, based in Higher Walton Preston, specialises in the growing and sourcing of trees and hedging plants in root ball and bare root form. Unlike pot-grown trees and hedging plants, root ball and bare root plants are grown naturally in a field and then lifted in a dormant phase at certain times of the year. This offers numerous benefits for the consumer and a highly cost-effective solution for planting a hedge or tree line, especially when covering a larger area.
The root ball and bare root season runs from October to around March the following year. During the winter months, trees and shrubs enter a dormant period, which makes it an ideal time to lift them from the ground and to move them to a new area. Lifting and transporting trees in the winter season gives the plants time to settle into their new area, after which, they are ready to wake up and sprout again in the spring.
Indeed, root ball refers to the bio-degradable hessian sack that encapsulates the ball of earth containing the root system of the plant when it has been lifted from the ground. When transported to its new location the plant and the sack containing its roots are planted as one, directly into the ground. The process is quick and fairly straight forward, and the success rates are usually high.
There are multiple benefits to planting hedging and trees in root balls, one of which is that they are already strong, healthy and mature plants with an established root system. This gives the plant a much better chance of survival whilst creating an ‘instant hedge’ at the size and species desired. This takes away the waiting for plants to develop and ‘knit’ into the desired density you require, and you literally have a fully grown hedge within a day of taking delivery.
As with root balls, bare roots are lifted from the ground during the winter months. They are generally younger plants, which are grown for a few years and then lifted from the ground with the roots remaining exposed. Once planted in a new area, bare root plants will take time to grow and develop. Whilst they do not have the same immediate impact as the root ball alternative, come spring, there will be an abundance of thriving greenery. Bare roots come with stems of varying heights and with a healthy root system. They arrive with the root exposed but are ready for planting immediately. With a bit of time and patience you will have a thriving hedge that will transform your garden and offer added privacy.
At Bannister Hall, customers are able to choose their trees and hedging in a wide variety of species and sizes at a greatly reduced cost from pot grown alternatives. Furthermore, qualified horticulturalists are on hand to advise you on the best species of root ball or bare root for your landscaping project.
Bannister Hall
Landscaping Supplies Centre & Nurseries
Potter Lane, Higher Walton
Preston PR5 4EN
01772 877087
bannisterhall.com
