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areroot plants in dormant condition  appear lifeless.  Consequently, they are merely resting while the energy and vitality is stored in the branches and roots to provide new life, foliage and blooms.  The plants are ready to come to life once planted, watered and subject to the warmth of sun and soil.  Sherman Nursery Company has over 118 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.  

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.

Sherman Nursery's container production is on the grow...

We currently have 20 acres of container trees and shrubs ranging in sizes from #1 to #25 pots. Roughly 8,000-10,000 trees, 100,000 shrubs and 20,000 perennials are potted annually. In addition,  container facilities were recently updated to better serve our customers. Completed the Fall of 1999, our 80x130 container processing building enhances product containerizing and shipping. Many of our customers prefer established container plant material because of its quick turnover. We are able to provide container plants throughout the growing season for customers to pick up as needed. We also make "Sherman Express" deliveries into Iowa and surrounding states. 

Sherman's Seasonal Container Care

We implement the following procedures to produce quality container plants for our customers:

Winter prep: Plants are covered with sudan and plastic to winterize.

Spring prep: Trees are potted early spring, then shrubs. Container plants are uncovered, top-dressed with fertilizer, and spaced in a 1/15 set up. Herbicide is applied for weed control.

Summer prep: (end of June) as necessary, plants are moved up in container size for the next selling season. Plants are pruned.

Sherman's Pot-In-Pot production

Approximately 10,000 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.

Sherman Nursery Company has been "Growing With America Since 1884"

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