Directions:

Dig a hole twice as wide as the container and slightly deeper than the height of the container.

Make a mixture of 1/3 wet peat moss and 2/3 good topsoil; shovel some of the mixture into the bottom of the hole and compact it.

For a container plant: Remove the plastic container and gently break up some of the roots in about five spots around the root ball by pulling them outward with your thumb. 

Set the plant into the center of the hole keeping the top of the root ball even with the soil grade - don't plant any deeper.

Back fill the root ball with the remaining peat moss and topsoil mixture. 

For a ball or burlap plant: Place the tree or shrub in the center of the hole but do not remove the wire basket or burlap.  The top of the root ball should be level with the soil grade around it but no deeper.

Cut several slits in the burlap but do not remove it fully and do not remove wire.  Back fill 3/4 of the hole with the peat moss and soil mixture, compacting the soil around the root ball to support and stabilize the tree or shrub.

With the soil tight around the root ball, untie the burlap and cut any twine that is around the trunk.  If there is a wire basket, bend the top of the basket back and down into the hole.  In time the burlap and wire will break down and disintegrate.

Finish filling the hole with the soil mixture.


Footnote:
You may want to consider adding a transplant additive to the soil and peat moss mixture to help reduce the risk of shock to the plant.  We carry 1-STEP 4oz. packets for $3.19.  Use one 4oz. packet for each inch in balled/burlap tree or shrub stem diameter.  One 4oz. packet should also cover about two rose plants or other small shrubs, and 8 one-gallon perennials.

You'll also want to get started on a fertilizer or food routine.  Click for more information on when and how to feed.