Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection
Subchapter 37 - Nursery Stock Sales
Section 35:30-37-2 - Minimum vitality guide of nursery stock

(a) Woody stemmed deciduous nursery stock like fruit and shade trees, and flowering shrubs shall have moist, green cambium tissue, in the stem or stems and branches and shall have viable buds or normal green, unwilted growth sufficient to permit the stock to live and grow in a form characteristic of the species when planted and given reasonable care

(b) Hardy herbaceous perennials or perennials when in a wilted, rotted or any other condition indicative of subnormal vitality shall not be sold or offered for sale.

(c) Any bare-rooted or prepackaged nursery stock shall have the sprouts removed, as they greatly decrease the vitality of the stock over a period of time.

(d) Balled and burlapped nursery stock in a weakened condition as evidenced by die-back or dryness of foliage or the stock having broken or loose earth balls shall not be sold or offered for sale.

(e) Nursery stock on display at sales outlets not meeting the minimum vitality requirements shall be removed from public view by the owner or person in charge and not offered for sale.