1. Select a suitable location in your garden for the plant you have purchased. You may need to do a little research but consider the following: sun exposure, drainage, and the mature size of the plant.
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2. Water your plant thoroughly while it's still in the pot.

3. Dig a hole, make it as deep as the pot and twice as wide. At this point you can also moisten, but don’t soak, the removed soil - don’t use dry soil to fill in the hole later.

4. Fill the hole with water and let it drain. Repeat. 

5. Gently remove the plant from the pot. Some tapping, rolling or squeezing of the pot may be required but try not to be too rough with the roots. 

6. Place the plant in the hole, check that the top of the root ball is not going to be below the surrounding surface level of the soil. Add some soil below the plant to meet this level as needed.

7. Fill in the hole around the rootball with moist soil. The plant should be packed snugly, never lose, but try not to pack it too hard.

8. Build a berm around your plant with some excess garden soil. The size of the berm should be similar to the width of the hole you dug (~double the pot size).

9. Water the plant thoroughly. Fill the berm and then let it drain. Repeat 1 or 2 more times.

10. For the next few weeks check in with your plant regularly. Use your finger to dig down a couple of inches and check for moisture in the root ball. Water often until your plant is established and when you water, be sure to water thoroughly. You will know your plant is established when it is 2-3 times bigger than when you bought it. At this point you shouldn’t need to water as much.
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