How do I plant a nice shrub in my garden ?

I have a plain garden around which I need to plant some nice looking shrubs to make it interesting. I have zero knowledge about gardening and planting anything !


Basic help would be much appreciated

How do I plant a nice shrub in my garden ?
The best way to get the shrubs growing away healthily is to make a hole twice as big as the pot that the shrub came in (as another correspondent says). Give the bottom of the hole and the soil for the hole filling a good sprinkle of bone meal and, preferably, mix some peaty compost with it but not entirely necessary if your soil is quite a good texture. Place the plant in the hole so that it will be the same depth in your garden as it was in the pot and then start to fill in the hole around it, firming the soil as you go. Water well and then stand back and watch for results. The reason for the bonemeal is that, unlike annuals, you won't be disturbing this plant again so the meal will decompose very slowly over a year or two and so give feed at the roots as the plant is establishing.
Reply:Dig in the soil and see how rocky it is, pour some water in a hole and see if it drains readily. Go to a garden center and see what you like the looks of. Tell them if it is sunny or shady and they can help you make a good selection for the spot. Ask about the expected size of the plant. Get a bag of soil building compost and some starting fertilizer. Mix the compost half and half with the soil you dig out. Planting hole should be twice and large as the pot the plant comes in. Water it in well and add some fertilizer after it has been in for three weeks. Keep it watered well , especially the first two years. Have fun!
Reply:A couple of key things to remember: 1) make the hole twice as big as the root ball and fill it in with high quality soil. 2) Make sure you don't plant the shrub too deep or it will suffocate the plant. The soil level should be exactly the same as in the container that you bought it. 3) After you plant it, water it every day for a couple of weeks. 4) Make sure you don't plant it too close to the foundation, buildings, or other plants. Give plenty of room for the plant to grow.
Reply:use native plant's when possable,mulch, and a good drip wattering system.plant a 1 dollar plant in a 100 dollar hole.go to your local plant nursery they are a wealth of info.
Reply:Plant shrubs in big pots and bury the pots all but three inches in the soil.


If the plant does not thrive and grow where you have planted it it is in the wrong place.


Just dig it up and try somewhere else in the garden.





If you don't want to keep digging them up don't bury them, just place them in sun or shade which ever the plant requires and enjoy them.





Happy gardening.
Reply:Amend the soil.Dig a hole as deep as the root and twice as wide.Tease the roots.Put it in the ground.Pack the dirt around it.Step on it on all sides to make sure it is packed good.Make a small trench around the outside of the hole.Put water in the trench.Repeat that step twice.Step back and watch it grow.
Reply:Dig a hole, put the shrub in, put some soil around it , water it in and sit and watch the garden grow.
Reply:Dig a hole = put plant in hole - fill around sides and firm soil into place - water well for couple of days.