Roughly a hundred years ago, P acquired a roll of brown shop paper towel. It lived in the basement forever, and for some reason, he didn’t throw it out, even when we moved. Today, when five dormant spicebush plants arrived bare root, I was glad! Spicebush hates to be moved once it’s planted, but it’s still too cold to put it right in the ground. If I potted it, it would probably start to grow new roots as the days get longer, but it wouldn’t have enough by planting time to keep the soil together once unpotted. My solution was to use the brown paper to line a pot, then fill with moist potting soil and a spicebush,  and unpot. Wrap in more paper, and stand up in a six pack case. I’ll need to watch that they don’t dry out, but they’ll be fairly cool by the gradge window, and I’ll re-wet when necessary. Once I’m sure the ground won’t freeze hard again, they go in the ground, paper and all, roots undisturbed. Yay! I just hope they’ll forgive being shipped in the first place. We’ll see.