This one was not easy to find. I ordered it from an online nursery, TN Nursery, at end of November 2018 together with a supposed Black Cherry (which turned out to be a White Mulberry). It got shipped on December 11th and after being delayed was finally delivered on December 21st, one day after I had departed overseas for 2 weeks. So it sat bare-root in a dark box for 25 days - I was surprised when I returned on January 4th and opened the box to see that it was still fully green. I finally planted it on January 5th 2019.
Well, this did not do well at all. One day after planting, many of the needles had turned brown. About 2 weeks later the tree was almost entirely brown with only a few traces of green. I am guessing as soon as the tree was exposed to the sun, the needles needed to be supplied with moisture and the puny damaged roots were not up to the task. So I decided to buy a second one and this time plant it in a pot and keep it protected from direct sunlight. This time the specimen arrived much quicker (4 days) and I planted it on day 5. Unfortunately the quality of this specimen was worse than the previous one. The branches were sparser and more spindly, the roots looked even tinier and the top quarter of the tree had been snapped. Nevertheless I taped up the broken top and planted it in a pot in the shade next to the house. After one week the top part was dying off but the rest of it was still green. I still had very little hope - good experiment though. The picture below is from just after planting.
About 4 weeks later the potted Shortleaf Pine was also completely dead. I am thinking that bare-root pines just don't work.