Been working in the garden Ruthanna, but here is what I found out last year. I bought 5 Itohs in pots at a good discount because they had no labels and no blooms. I waited until fall to plant (but only watered them when dry and kept them out of the rain) all of them had root rot and some very badly...I had to cut out quite a bit of it (someone said I should have soaked them in 10% bleach) So far all have shoots coming up. I have several bare rooted ones that have not come up.
All in all, if the price was right, I would still buy the potted, but they were lots more care than the bare root..
I have planted some of the spring walmart cheapies in grow bags, but don't know if they will bloom.
