Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Persian Ironwood, 1 by bacarney

bacarney wrote:
I purchased the Parrotia Persica balled and wrapped in burlap with a tied wire holding the entire bundle together. When I opened the bundleand removed the wire and burlap the root ball was solid like concrete. I had watered it the day before planting but it was really dry and hard. I tried to loosen the root ball a bit but it was solid yellow colored clay--very hard. I planted the tree in what my mother would have described it as a $25 hole for a $10 plant--although I guarantee you it was not a $10 plant. So, while I tried to break up the root ball a bit, I really wasn't successful in freeing up any roots. I have basically planted the entire root ball in a good sized hole with good quality garden soil and some slow release fertilizer. And I watered it thoroughly.