Scionwood sticks are normally 11" long, have at least 4 buds and will be enough to do at least 2 grafts. We aim for 1/4" caliper, but sticks can vary from smaller to larger depending on the variety. If you desire a preferred caliper let us know in the notes section and we'll send as close as we have. We keep our scionwood supply refrigerated allowing them to be shipped January through April-May, depending on the type. Stone fruits and other early budding tree types lose dormancy early and usually are only good through March. After arrival wood should be refrigerated until used as success with grafting depends on using 100% dormant scionwood.

Most of our scionwood varieties can be also ordered as summer budwood. You can either order as scionwood and tell us in the notes section of our order form that you would like it sent as summer budwood, or email us with what you want and we will send you a payable online invoice for the order. Let us know when you prefer to have your budwood order shipped. Budwood is priced 1.00 above the normal scionwood price to cover the extra labor of harvesting summer wood.

Each stick of cutting wood will have at least 4 buds, be at least 11" long and have enough material to make at least 2 cuttings. Exceptions to this are cactus and sugarcane, which have only 1 cutting per unit ordered, as well as other products that are listed as 1 cutting. Cuttings can be shipped from early dormancy in November through late spring. Cuttings wood is generally not as particular as scionwood and can have good success even if starting to swell its buds. Summer greenwood cuttings can also be ordered. If you prefer the cuttings you ordered sent as summer cuttings let us know in the notes section of the order form. You can also email us for summer cuttings special orders too.

Perennial plants sold as divisions will have enough crown to make 1 good solid nursery start. Often they can be further divided to make extra plants depending on the type and the propagators skill and resources.

Starter plugs are either seedlings or rooted cuttings that have been grown in 5" deep plug trays. They are designed to be potted on and grown out to a larger size before they are ready to plant out into the landscape. Some folks will plant them directly in their garden if they feel they are able to adequately care for them there. They will be removed from their plug trays and sent with their rootballs in a plastic bag. They offer the opportunity to get a jump start on growing nursery starts compared to starting with unrooted cuttings, divisions or seeds. They also allow us to be able to offer you propagation starts of varieties we have limited wood of or are hard to start.

While we ship year round, many of our products are only available during certain times of year. Our scion and cutting wood inventory is put on our website in November after which it can be ordered for shipment from January through May. We ship our starter plugs through out the year unless the weather is extremely hot or cold and could hurt the starts during travel. If an item is shown out of stock please put your email address in the notify me box and we will send you a notice as it becomes available again. If you want to put in an order for summer budwood or cutting wood email us what you want and we'll send you a payable online invoice for the order. Thank you!

All plant materials are guaranteed to arrive in a healthy viable condition. If your order is damaged in shipment please let us know right away and we will either refund or replace any damaged plants or wood. It is best i you could send us a picture so we are able to understand what happened. We can only guarantee our products to arrive safely as the success of grafting or rooting wood, as well as growing on our starter plugs is affected by many conditions beyond our control. Also remember that in the fall many of our starter plug plants may have leaves that are starting to change color before they fall off. They will send out new leaves in the spring. We want our customers to be fully happy with our products and strive to address your concerns. No matter what the reason for potential failure, we can at most only be responsible for the cost of the materials purchased. Further, while we take great efforts to make sure the varieties we send you are accurately named and labeled, we can not be liable for the cost of the wood if they turn out to not be as labeled. Please contact us if you feel a variety is mislabeled and we will do our best to replace with the correct variety, or refund the purchase price when necessary.

Upon arrival propagation wood should be refrigerated until used. Exceptions to this would include cactus cuttings, starter plugs and divisions, which would be best to keep in a cool outside location until planted. Scionwood stores longest at cooler temperatures (35-40F), but be sure not to let it freeze. It can be used right away, or stored until conditions are right to graft. Using while fresh is best, but it is also important to graft when temperatures are right. Starter plugs and other plants should be hardened off outside or in a greenhouse in a semi shady location. They have just spent several days in a box and direct sunlight could burn their leaves. Further, our climate is mild and they could be coming out of a greenhouse, so be sure to protect from freezing temperatures until they have had time to adjust to your climate.