Excuse but I'm doing a four part and this happens to be a boxwood.

I'm going to teach you how to plant from a container, how to plant a tree correctly (in loamy clay to some areas with more clay, your type of soil may need more work. there's no question that if your soil is better than mine, you'll follow how I'm planting.) now that we got that understood, here goes. this happens to be a one-gallon.

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roots are a tiny bit bound so I'll gently "tease" them out:

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Since My goal on all three of the plantings I'm showing is to mound, here I've figured out that in appropriation to the size of the plant and the plants root system, the mound will be apprx. 3-4" above grade. At this point also,, I've teased the roots out to touch my natural soil:

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FROM HERE, it's all backfill and forming the mound.

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now or soon is a good time to water. since I"m quick and only planting three items, I'll water when I'm done with all three. this is a finished one gallon container planting...

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A mulched specimen, Picea omorika 'Peve Tijn' which is a final product. Mulch is very beneficial to hold in water beneath it in the soil as well to shade the roots, and to keep weeds at bay.

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aS you can tell, I've planted a few this year. And that's just my backyard of 6 total acres:

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Best Regards,

Dax