Trees 3 size categories serve different landscape purposes Small (&lt;30 ft. tall) Ornamental, often multi-trunked patio trees, corner plantings Medium (30-45 ft. tall) Shade trees for one story houses Tall (&gt;45ft. tall) Shade trees for two story houses Tree selection considerations: Shade density Timing of shade (during day, seasonal) Root system (some are invasive) Use deflectors near drives, sidewalks Keep 30 ft. from septic, sewers Insect/disease problems Allergies Shrubs For mass and bulk 3 categories Small (&lt;3 ft. tall) Under windows Medium (3-6 ft. tall) Corner plantings, hedges Large (6-12 ft. tall, can be over 20 ft. wide) For large buildings &amp; privacy Obtaining landscape plants Home propagation cuttings, seed Transplanting from wild Deciduous when dormant Evergreen at start of new growth Small plants only (&lt;10 ft. tall) Best in cool, wet weather Mail order Large selection, cheap Usually shipped bare root Grown in field, dug up when dormant, shipped in moist wood shavings Increased risk of plant death minimal root system Scratched bark should reveal a green layer beneath Should be planted immediately, or heeled in (roots covered with moist soil, shade) Local nurseries Selection of popular types Advantage of seeing the plants before purchase Usually container-grown (more expensive), or balled and burlapped Container-grown plants have minimal root damage, but may be root-bound Balled and burlapped dug out of soil with a ball of soil around main roots Expensive (labor-intensive) Both types run the risk of drying out limited soil base Planting landscape plants Best done in early Spring Late fall is ok Summer is worst time to transplant Bare root plants Hole large enough to accommodate roots loosely Depth appropriate for plant to be at its original growing level Prune damaged roots Fill hole with amended or unamended hole dirt Make a watering ridge around plant Balled &amp; burlapped, container grown plants Keep soil mass intact Hole dug twice the diameter of soil mass, 1-1.5 times as deep Natural burlap can remain in planting hole Planting practices Pruning for form, reduce water requirement Staking Stake loosely, and low Wrapping trunk Row grown trees can experience sun damage to bark Watering Slow soaking every week Mulching Moisture retention
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Keep run Fill is can be Use Allergies is Best done Depth are to be Pruning can remain Planting dug up heeled should reveal dug may be burlapped dug Obtaining covered Keep serve Wrapping Scratched
soil mass
the risk of drying out limited soil base Planting landscape plants Best done in early Spring Late fall
hole with amended or unamended hole dirt
appropriate for plant to be at its original growing level Prune damaged roots Fill hole with amended or unamended hole dirt Make a watering ridge around plant Balled &amp burlapped, container grown plants Keep soil mass intact Hole dug twice the diameter of soil mass, 1-1.5 times
over 20 ft. wide L:3 ft. tall) Under windows Medium (3-6 ft. tall) Corner plantings
deflectors near drives T:during day
Shrubs For mass and bulk 3 categories Small (&lt
worst time to transplant Bare root plants
T:in early Spring Late fall
Hole large enough to accommodate roots loosely
invasive
at its original growing level Prune
for form
in planting hole
landscape plants
when dormant, shipped in moist wood shavings Increased risk of plant death
L:in (roots covered with moist soil, shade) Local nurseries Selection of popular types
a green layer beneath
T:twice the diameter of soil mass T:1-1.5 times
landscape plants
with moist soil, shade
30 ft. from septic
different landscape purposes
trunk Row grown trees
bark