Step Six: Fill the basin with water several times, soaking plant thoroughly.Create a small basin with mulch around the edge of the hole to retain water. Step Five: Spread a fine layer of mulch around the tree being sure not to pile against the trunk.Caution: if the tree is planted deeper than it was growing in the nursery, the death of the tree may result. After water soaks away, finish backfilling to soil level with soil mix. Step Four: Soak thoroughly several times.(If the tree is burlapped, either remove burlap & twine carefully or cut twine and fold down burlap into the hole.) Note: Plastic/Nylon burlap and twine MUST be removed entirely. Fill hole 1/2 full with soil mix, and tamp firmly to prevent air pockets. Place plant in the hole with the top of the root ball 1” above or ground level. Step Three: If potted, remove the container.Step Two: Prepare planting mixture: 1/3 topsoil and 2/3 Stauffers Premium Planting Mix.Step One: Dig a hole two times larger than the diameter of soil ball and slightly less than the depth of the root ball.Here are a few key steps to take when you are ready to grow a flowering tree or shrub on your own landscape. Pieris is an evergreen shrub that features white to pink cascading bell-shaped blossoms.Īzaleas, which are a popular shrub for Mother’s Day, are early blooming shrubs with blossoms ranging in color from white, pink, red to lavender. PJM Rhododendron is an early blooming evergreen shrub with pinkish-purple flowers. The Burkwood Viburnum has the most fragrant, pinkish-white snowball blossoms reaching 8′ high and wide. Witch-hazel will grow from 8′ to 15′ high.įorsythia is a shrub that tells us that Spring is coming! It has bright yellow flowers, growing between 6-8′ high and wide. Its blooms range in color from orange to red to yellow. Witch-hazel is one of the first bloomers. Magnolias are also a show stopper, with flower colors ranging from pure white to pink to purplish-pink.ĭogwood Trees blossom colors range from white to pinkish red. Ornamental Pears showcase white blossoms and mature to around 35′ high and 25′ wide. The pink, double blooming Kwanzan Cherry is best known as the cherry tree blooming in Washington D.C. Other cherry trees that are next in line to bloom during the spring season are the Pink Weeping Cherry trees, followed by the white blooming Weeping Snow Fountains Yoshino Cherry and finally, everyone’s favorite, the Kwanzan Cherry. Okame Cherry trees bloom pink flowers and mature at 25′ high and about 18′ wide, with a beautiful cherry colored bark. Okame Cherry is the first of the spring trees to bloom. Names of Flowering Trees & Shrubs Near You Spring Trees
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