Planting along with maintenance guidelines

In order to keep your new landscape looking healthy and attractive, as well as to keep the
following warranty period in effect, proper care and maintenance guidelines must be observed.
By following these simple guidelines, your landscape will become a source of beauty and lasting
enjoyment. Remember Trent Companies can help you create the ultimate in outdoor living
environments.

planting
Set out the individual plants in their containers on or near their planting positions. Then, handling
the plants one at a time so roots have the least exposure to the drying air, plant. Dig holes big
enough for the root systems and with one hand hold each plant in its hole so that the junction of
roots and stem(s) or crown will be at or slightly below the soil surface. With the other hand,
tumble loose soil around roots and other underground parts. Gently firm the soil over or around
smaller perennials; larger plants should be tamped or firmed in more securely. Water each newly
planted perennial so soil and roots settle in together; in dry conditions, plants are best puddle in
with plenty of water, so that surrounding soil is moistened.

maintenance
Gardening with perennial and annual plants should be a pleasurable and rewarding experience.
To maintain herbaceous plants we need to spend time watering, staking, deadheading, pinching,
fertilizing, mulching, hoeing, digging, and preparing for the changes in season.
Watering is necessary whenever we plant something new, when the soil is too dry and plants are
stressed, or when we have received plants from a nursery or garden center and must leave them
in their containers until we are ready to plant them. The one important rule for watering is to give
the plants a thorough soaking where it matters, at the roots.