Planting Instructions & Plant Care
|
|
When handling plants, carrying the plant by the root ball or pot
NEVER by the plant.
|
|
Always plant shrubbery at least three (3) or more feet off the foundation and
never under overhangs.
|
|
Place plant(s), spacing should be four (4) to five (5) feet apart measuring
center to center of root ball. Step back to see if location is appealing.
|
|
Mark spot: Measure the depth and the diameter of root ball. Move your plant
and dig the hole.
|
|
Make the width eight (8) to twelve (12) inches wider than the root ball.
Maintain this width until you have reached the measured depth. The depth
should be four (4) to six (6) inches deeper than the depth of the root ball.
|
|
Add enough of your backfill until the depth is now equal with the depth of the
root ball. Backfill may consist of loam compost mix, or a commercial tree and
shrub planting mix.
|
|
DO NOT ADD ANY FERTILIZER!
|
|
Place your plant in the hole with best side forward.
|
|
Balled and burlap material:
Cut and remove strings and all or as much burlap as possible. Wire cages do
not have to be removed. Bend the top loops down so they are not exposed.
Make several vertical slices in any remaining burlap.
|
|
Potted material:
Remove pot. If root system is bound, with a sharp knife make vertical slices
every inch or so to promote root growth.
|
|
Fill hole with water. When water level has fallen, fill with backfill. Tamp down
so ball is tight and won’t shift. Soil should be level with top of ball and
surrounding area.
|
|
Build a soil saucer four to six inches high around base of plant to retain water.
|
|
Mulch with a one (1) to (2) inches of peat moss, bark mulch, pine needles or
compost.
|
|
DO NOT mound up your mulch around the base of the trunk, may cause trunk
to rot.
|
|
See separate watering instructions on this page for continued care.
|
