Workaround:

        class CustomTreeView : RadTreeView
        {
            //Replace the default element with the custom one
            protected override RadTreeViewElement CreateTreeViewElement()
            {
                return new CustomTreeViewElement();
            }

            //Enable theming for the control
            public override string ThemeClassName
            {
                get
                {
                    return typeof(RadTreeView).FullName;
                }
            }
        }

        class CustomTreeViewElement : RadTreeViewElement
        {
            //Enable themeing for the element
            protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType
            {
                get
                {
                    return typeof(RadTreeViewElement);
                }
            }

            protected override bool ProcessContextMenu(Point location)
            {
                RadTreeNode node = this.GetNodeAt(location);
                if (node == null)
                {
                    RadContextMenu menu = new RadContextMenu();
                    RadMenuItem item = new RadMenuItem();
                    item.Text = "Add a root node";
                    menu.Items.Add(item);
                    item.Click += item_Click;
                    TreeViewContextMenuOpeningEventArgs args = new TreeViewContextMenuOpeningEventArgs(node, menu);
                    OnContextMenuOpening(args);

                    if (!args.Cancel)
                    {
                        menu.Show(this.ElementTree.Control, location);
                        return true;
                    }
                }
                return base.ProcessContextMenu(location);
            }

            private void item_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                this.Nodes.Add(new RadTreeNode("New root"));
            }
        }