Planting Japanese Holly now?

[jondcoleman]

Hi everyone,

Is is too late to plant some small (3 gal.) japanese holly's in a customer's front landscaping bed? Any advice on planting them? Thanks!

Jon

[AGLA]

It is a great time to plant them. Just make sure they are well watered in and continue to get watered as winter approaches.

[Mike33]

Fall is for planting.
mike

[ralphieboy]

make sure the hole is twice as wide as the root ball, plant at or a little above grade, tease roots before planting

[AGLA]

Wear something exciting when you tease those roots. LOL.

[Focal Point Landscapes]

I don't even know how to tease roots .

[jondcoleman]

Thanks for the advice. What does teasing the roots mean?

[Kiril]

On 1 gal pots, I will split the root ball into quarters at the bottom and rough up the sides to loosen the roots (eg. tease). On larger pots I will use a shovel to do essentially the same thing. If there is a mess of roots at the bottom of the pot, I shave them off.

[jondcoleman]

Thanks man!