Description

Celtic Prideâ„¢ is all about ease and success with its no
prune form, its ability to perform in sun, partial sun or shade and its
deep green summer color that can fill the roughest toughest, driest,
most gnarly areas of the landscape with a carpet of green. In the winter
its color transforms to a striking bronze shade. This easy care,
drought tolerant, deer resistant beauty with the soft, feathery foliage
is one of the easiest plants you’ll ever grow. Growing just 30 cm (1 ft)
tall, it’s the perfect accent for smaller spaces. 1 pint pot at
shipping time. Microbiota decussata

Planting Instructions
SHRUBS, TREES & FRUIT TREES
All “bare root” nursery stock (wrapped in cedar shavings) must be soaked for a minimum of 24 hours upon arrival.
Please “DO NOT” soak “seedling plugs” which are all-ready growing in
soil, these should just be watered and transplanted directly into the
garden.
Please make sure to read the plant label, it tells you how to handle it!
-Separate cedar packing material from roots and discard, it should not go into planting hole.
-Young trees need ample water to establish, generous waterings 2 times a
week for the first two months, three if conditions are very dry.
-Always dig hole large enough so that roots are spread out evenly.
-Plant about 1-2 inches lower than old soil mark on tree or shrub.
-Never let exposed roots dry out in sun or wind.
-Apply light feeding of Fruit Tree and Shrub Fertilizer after initial
planting, then every 2-3 weeks after that until late August.
-If you are unable to plant right away, make sure roots are soaking in water and in a cool place.
-On any grafted stock, make sure you cut off any suckers (branches from
below graft) that start growing. These occur most often on Apple trees,
plums and Roses.
PRUNING
Prune to get the desired shape and height or to check vigorous growth.
On spring flowering shrubs, pruning should take place after flowering is
completed. Non-flowering shrubs should be pruned during dormant period.
On older shrubs it is advisable to cut back the older stems to ground
level, while cutting the younger more vigorous stems to half their
height. In the case of new shrubs, it is sometimes helpful to prune back
the top third after planting, this gives the shrubs roots a better
start as they have less to feed and thus can root quicker.
BREAKING DORMANCY
We store all our nursery stock in temperature controlled
coolers right up until we ship. When you receive your stock it will just
be starting to break dormancy. Soaking of stock is essential in getting
the stock off to a good start. In some cases stock may be slow to leaf
out. If this happens prune back tree or shrub by 1/3 and water heavily
for 10 days. This will encourage stock to root and break dormancy.

Growing Shrubs, Trees or FruitTrees (printable file will open in a new tab)