1. Methods of Planting Ornamental Plants
21.00 Plant selected ornamental plants to establish an attractive landscape

2. Planting Ornamental Plants
Tools vary depending upon type and size of plants from bulb planter, trowel, spade, shovel to power augers and front end loaders.

3. Planting Ornamental Plants
Hole should be larger than plant roots and soil prepared so that new roots will grow in it.
Methods of installation are determined by root form whether bare-rooted, balled-and-burlapped or containerized

4. Balled and Burlapped Plants
Balled and burlapped plants have a round soil ball of roots wrapped in burlap fabric.
Planted in flat-bottomed, straight-sided hole that is deeper and wider than the ball.
Backfill soil should fill the hole enough to raise the plant to the level at which it grew in the nursery.
Loose burlap around top of plant.
Mounded ring of soil around plant to catch water.

5. Balled and Burlapped Plants

6. Containerized Plants
Use the same type hold, mounded ring, etc. as balled and burlapped.
In addition, the plant must be removed from the container
Roots should be unwound or cut at two inch intervals if pot-bound

7. Bare-rooted Plants
Have to have a mound or dome in the bottom of the hole to spread roots and direct roots to grow downward.

8. Planting Ornamental Plants
Tall plants, even small trees, need to be staked to prevent blowing over.
Mulching should be done to help retain water, prevent weeds, improve appearance, and minimize temperature fluctuations.

9. Handling Ornamental Plants
Balled and burlapped plants should be handled by the root ball
Container grown plants should be handled by the container until removed and then by the root mass

10. After 1st Growing Season
Deciduous/Evergreen
At Planting Time
1st Growing Season
After 1st Growing Season
Mix a slow release fertilizer into the soil mixture. Do no add general purpose fertilizer at planting
If no slow release; 3 times from Mar-Sept /16-4-8/8-8-8/
1 tsp-shrubs or 2 tsp/1” trunk for trees
Broadcast
Perforate at drip line
*Not in late summer/early fall because the plants are preparing for dormancy.

11. Maintenance of Landscape
22.00 Maintain newly planted plants in a given environment

12. What is landscape maintenance?
Landscape maintenance includes watering, fertilizing, mulching, pest control, mowing, edging, winterization and pruning of landscape plants.

13. Mulching Mulching should be done at planting and replaced as needed.
Mulch must be replaced over time as it decays.

14. Mowing Lawns
Mowing lawns at the correct height for the type of grass and frequently enough to prevent damage is a key to maintaining lawn.

15. Edging
Edging makes a sharp line of separation between a planting and the lawn.
Can be done with tools or with an edging material such as plastic
Edging materials should be installed at planting time.

16. Careful Observation of newly planted shrubs, trees, annuals, and perennials on a regular basis will determine the time and amount of maintenance needed.