ABSTRACT
This chapter details some key considerations to promote successful tree planting. It includes information on minimum planting space requirements, seasonal impacts, proper tree storage and handling, planting hole excavation and backfilling, and early care practices (e.g. staking, mulching, pruning, etc.). This chapter also highlights planting practices that are specific to planting woody palms. Trees require adequate above- and below-ground space to fully develop the structures needed to meet species-specific requirements for photosynthesis, acquisition of water and nutrients, and structural support at maturity. Urban environments are highly-altered and often engineered landscapes. Identifying the space limitations for a site is fundamental to the long-term success of urban planting efforts. Once an appropriate planting site has been identified and matched with one or more suitable species, the next step is to purchase high-quality nursery stock. Nursery trees are most commonly produced as balled-and-burlapped, container, or bare-root planting stock.
