A simple guide to achieve the most success while planting your new tree.

1. Planting Guide

2. Overview
• Preparing for Planting
• Digging & Preparing the Planting
• Exclusive Element Fertilizer
• Planting your Tree
• Clean Up/ Creating
• Compost Top Dress
• Further Care

3. Prep Work
• Water Tree while still in container
• Remove tree from casing
• Remove the root mass from casing

4. Ground Breaking
• Prepare the hole slightly larger than the root mass size
• The Hole needs to be 4” to 6” wider than the root mass all the way around
• Do not to plant your tree too deep the bottom of the hole be firm and
undisturbed to avoid settling after planting
• Do not to plant your tree too deep the bottom of the hole be firm and
undisturbed to avoid settling after planting
• Expose the Root mass 2”
• The bottom of the hole needs to be firm
• Remove any rocks or debris from the soil (It will be used to fill the hole later)

5. Element Fertilizer
• Elements™ Fertilizer that will benefit the tree
through beneficial microorganisms
• Water the product throughout the planting process
• Fertilizer should be applied at the time of planting to
the planting hole before the placement of the tree to
the soil when backfilling the hole

7. Planting Your Tree
• Gently roll tree into the planting hole
• Make sure the tree is standing exactly vertical
• Backfill with the soil you removed
• Leave the root mass exposed 2" above the existing soil line
• After your tree is planted, water thoroughly again
• No need to worry about over-watering at the time of planting
• Remove the sod from around the tree to create a circle-shaped care bed
• This will relieve competition from weeds allows a clean area for adding
compost top dressing and decorative mulch

8. • Remove the sod from around the tree to create a
circle-shaped care bed
• This will relieve competition from weeds allows a
clean area for adding compost top dressing and
decorative mulch

10. Wrapping a Bow on it
• Keep this no more than 2” deep around the base of the
tree
• It is okay to top dress the root mass with a thin coating
of compost and decorative mulch
• This will help with water retention, reduce weed growth,
and enhance soil environment

11. Further Care (Staking)
• Certain trees will require staking within the first few years of
planting. The Elements™ Staking Kit is available from
exclusive Certified Bower & Branch Garden Center
Professionals and also online
• Staking upon initial planting unless it is absolutely necessary.
• Your Bower & Branch Professional will provide you with the
proper recommendation for your tree
• The Elements™ Staking Kit is available from exclusive
Certified Bower & Branch Garden Center Professionals and
also online

12. Watering
• Lack of water is the number one cause of tree death
in the first year of planting
• Bower & Branch offers an exclusive slow-release
Elements™ Watering System for the first full year
from planting (spring, summer, fall)

13. Final Care
Bower & Branch recommends a bi-annual care
program using Soil Enhancer to begin the spring or fall
growing seasons. Consult a Bower & Branch Certified
Professional or email grower@BowerAndBranch.com

14. Three Year Guarantee
Your tree is guaranteed for three years when you
follow the instructions in this guide. Make sure to save
your tag and visit BowerAndBranch.com to register
your tree for the Three-Year Guarantee.

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