I know that I can't be the only person out there still landscaping their yard (almost 4 years later). I brought home 7 bareroot shrubs over the weekend for my husband to plant in our yard. Now we just need 7 more and we'll be done with all our landscaping shrubs!
Our local nursery sells some of these plants as bareroot, meaning they have their roots exposed and are packaged in a black trash bag with some straw and a little water. Buying bareroot requires almost immediate planting. (You could even dig the holes before you go to the nursery if you know where you want them to go.)
The advantage of these shrubs is that they're about half the price of potted plants. For instance, an amur maple I saw offered bareroot last year was $10 versus $20 for the potted ones they're offering this year.
Not all nurseries offer bareroot shrubs and trees, but now is the time of year (at least here) that they'd be starting to sell them. Later on in the season, nurseries pot these plants and sell them at higher prices.
I've had fairly good luck with the plants living on me (as long as I water them). A mockorange I bought years ago blossoms every year and is getting nice and large. They're not usually huge plants in the beginning, but they can be given time to grow.
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