Things You'll Need:
- Dogwood tree seedlings
- Suitable, partially shaded place to plant
- All-purpose fertilizer
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Step 1
Plant the trees carefully. A correct planting will ensure success throughout the tree's lifespan, while damaging it while planting will do no good down the road. The area should be partially shaded. Make sure you have dug a hole that is large enough to comfortably fit the root ball of the tree you are planting. The top of the root ball should be even with the ground. Once you have placed the tree in the hole, fill it with soil that you removed when digging.
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Step 2
Apply a layer of mulch around the tree at ground level. This is preferable to putting mulch near the roots.
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Step 3
Make sure the soil has proper drainage. Standing water will kill your dogwood.
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Step 4
Water dogwoods once or twice a week, depending on the amount of rain the area sees. Make sure that they are sufficiently moist, but not drowning. This is especially important during the first 2 years.
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Step 5
Keep mulch spread under a wide area beneath the tree to help insulate and protect delicate roots.
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Step 6
Use a general, all-purpose fertilizer to keep the soil around the dogwood fertile enough to keep promoting growth. Spread the fertilizer on the ground in a 2-foot radius out from the trunk of the tree. A newly planted dogwood only needs approximately 1/4 cup of 12-4-8 fertilizer in March, and again in July. Be careful not to over-fertilize, or you will do damage instead of good.












Comments
krnlynklr said
on 6/14/2009 Wanted to Add that we live in Western PA
krnlynklr said
on 6/14/2009 My dogwood which my husband got for my last week, we planted in frontThe yard but we have no shade. We did mix bagged top soil a feterlizer for dogwood and water it to keep moist.last two days we noticed yellowing of leaves. Any suggestion?
vallain said
on 9/28/2008 This sounds like the right tree for a shady spot I have.