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Sherman Nursery Company

Charles City, Iowa 50616

Bareroot Beginnings

We have been growing bareroot nursery stock since our company began. From planting to harvesting, to generous grading and flexible shipping, each Sherman Nursery plant is handled with years of experience and a sense of pride. Our production teams do a great job of looking out for our customers. It's no wonder come shipping time, we're excited to get our product into your hands.

Sherman Nursery Company has over 120 years of experience serving our nationwide customers. During this time we have been fortunate to be a part of many new and exciting changes and improvements within our industry. Because the quality of our products and services is a top priority, we put valuable time and effort into the latest production practices necessary to ensure our customers healthy, viable material backed by professional and caring service.

With well over 1,000 varieties to offer, we're confident we can help you find the right plants for the right places, whether it is your growing fields, nursery containers or landscape jobs. Many of our sales representatives have industry-related experience that will be of great value to your business including garden center and nursery management, landscaping and retail sales.   

Advantages of Bareroot Nursery Stock:

• Bareroot nursery stock can be purchased and planted early in the season- as soon as frost has left the ground.  In some cases, this means bareroot planting can take place up to one month sooner than potted plants.

• Bareroot nursery stock is economical.  Light in weight, it requires less freight and shipping costs.

• Bareroot stock is simple to plant and care for.

 

Growth In Containers

We currently have 40 acres in container production. Over 300,000 trees, shrubs, evergreens, roses, vines, fruits and perennials are potted annually. Our container line continues to grow to include many new and traditional favorite varieties of shade and ornamental trees, shrubs, evergreens, vines, fruits, perennials and grasses. Our container production facilities have expanded to include a new staging and dock area to expedite shipping.

Throughout the summer and fall, our 'Sherman Express' makes weekly regional deliveries of palletized container and B&B nursery stock. Customers outside of the weekly delivery region should contact us for delivery options.

Sherman Nursery's container plants:

• Potted in a soil-less potting mix- sand, peat, bark (lighter)

• Have fertilizer incorporated in the mix

• Bareroot plants potted in containers are root and top pruned before potting in spring

• Include a strip label that includes the required weights, measures and origin information

• Trimmed and pruned regularly throughout the growing season to produce a nicely shaped, fuller plant

• Irrigated with overhead watering system (And,we recycle water in our retention pond.)

All of the planning and dedication that has helped grow our container operation has been a result of our experienced production and leadership teams.

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Sherman's Pot-In-Pot production

Approximately 12,000 trees are in pot-in-pot production. As pictured, container trees are housed in an in-ground container. The benefits of this type of container production include:

- Trees are protected from the wind.

- Root systems are insulated from temperature extremes.

 - Trees can be purchased through summer into late fall.

      - It is believed that this method of production produces a salable tree faster.

Profit Potential: Sherman's 3 1/2" Potted Liners

We have experienced outstanding results producing our 3 1/2" potted liners from softwood cuttings. We believe this growing method is efficient and results in a healthier, more robust plant. Our potted liners are firmly rooted, well-branched plants ready for finishing in containers or for field planting. Many varieties will fill out a #1 container within 6 to 8 weeks and a #2 container within 10 weeks.

Our potted liners are grown in state-of-the-art greenhouse facilities equipped with traveling booms, computerized heat and bottom heated floors. Equally important to the production of our quality liners are our experienced people. All of the employees working with the potted liners have been with the program since it began.

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Unique Appeal

Our Specialty Plants include small grafted patio trees (Euonymus, Forsythia, Hydrangea, Physocarpus, Prunus, Rosa, Syringa and Viburnum) and evergreens that have been grafted, pruned or trained into spirals, pom-poms, or tiered (poodles). These selections are ideal for creating focal points and landscape interest. Because of their uniqueness and popularity, many of these plants sell quickly. Place your order early.

Related Links:

Care of Stock 

Missouri Gravel Bed 

Suggested Container Sizes    

2008/09 Wholesale Catalog    

Plant Reference Guide

PEONY PAGE   

Sherman Nursery Company has been "Growing With America Since 1884" WHOLESALE ONLY!

P.O. Box 579 . Charles City, Iowa 50616 . 800-747-5980 . Fax 641-228-7569 sales@shermannursery.com