Years ago, I got a shipment of 50 bareroot roses in late February. It was the end of the vendor's bareroot season, and I'd been told by several reliable sources I could keep the roses in a refrigerator, and save myself a lot of money versus paying the shipping on potted plants. They were in the refrigerator for 4 to 6 weeks before I potted them up and let them break dormancy. They had their own refrigerator, so I could play with the temperature settings. The idea was to keep it as close to freezing as possible. Warmer than that, and they will break dormancy in the refrigerator anyway. They stayed in their shipping bag, which was open but folded over at the top. Every day I would check for moisture. If there wasn't any condensation on the inside of the bag, I would spray them with water. Forty nine of them broke dormancy fine. The 50th wasn't a good plant, but since I was already making out like a bandit on the difference between bareroots and volume pricing vs. potted and regular pricing, I didn't care. Now for less than two weeks, I'd just put them in a tub of water and keep them there. If you are afraid it is going to turn into longer, seriously consider potting them instead of waiting to put them in the ground. You don't say where you are, but if the roses were shipped at the proper time for your zone, you really do need to get them growing. The clock is ticking on pre-winter establishment.

Not the seedlings but the cutting from a mature plant [pruning's] are the best. I would leave a couple leaves at the top so they know what end to put in soil. I received mine in hot weather they were all sweaty and I did not expect them to live. They were just very small cuttings which do not do so well most of the time but I ended up with 4 out of 6 that are now doing just fine. So at least for me if you want to send them in the mail I would just do branch cuttings-prunings. If you are just hauling them why not just keep a ball of dirt around them placing them in plastic bags? As long as they are dormant they do not need much moisture. Also you did not say for what reason you needed for them to be dormant, etc.

They're probably just fine, GrowOrganic.com is a reputable company and probably packages their trees very well. Open the box and check the roots as soon as they arrive to make sure they are still moist, then keep them moist not soggy until you are ready to plant. If they are somewhat dry when you receive them you could soak them for an hour in a bucket of water or spritz them with a spray bottle. I've kept bare root trees in the garage for several weeks healed into moist potting soil or even still in the box with damp peat around the roots and they turned out just fine. However, if they start pushing out leaves you'll want to get them planted right away but only if there is no danger of a hard freeze. Otherwise you might plant them in pots and bring them in the garage or shed at night.

thanks Dingo. its not cold out tonight the low is 52. Today the high was 68. Good idea about trucking around the trees but I already heeled 25 paw paws in the ground, rinsed off 25 dogwoods and paper bagged them with 50 paw paw and 50 arborvitae. I put 25 arobrvitae 25 dogwood and 25 paw paw in a bucket of fresh water. I will plant the ones in water first thing in the morning. Hopefully I can get them all in the ground. I have a couple injuries from the military that have been getting worse the last couple years, or I would've been able to get all these trees in the first day.