Planting is as easy as 1, 2, 3… Plant fresh nursery stock anytime of the year as long as the ground is not frozen!!! Plant immediately after purchase. Choose a planting site suitable to the cultural needs of the plant (i.e. sun or shade, moist or dry soil, etc.) Some plants, like Dogwoods, Hollies, Azaleas and Rhododendron’s, take extra care in planting. Please see a sales assistant for details.
If the plants you bought are in a plastic pot, the container must be removed before planting. Some of these plants have been potted recently in the spring and the roots are not yet established in the pot.
If the tree you bought is balled and burlapped, care should be taken so the ball does not dry out during transportation or storage. If the tree is to be held above ground for any length of time, the tree should be placed in a cool place out of the sun and the ball should be mulched and kept moist.
When planting a B&B tree, all ropes should be removed from the tree trunk but the burlap should remain. The burlap will rot away pretty quickly. If the tree has a wire basket around the burlap, this wire should NOT be removed. After digging the hole and making sure it is wide and deep enough, set the tree in the hole and back-fill the soil 1/3 of the way. You may want to take bolt cutters or a hack saw and cut off the upper 1/3 of the wire basket, but this is not absolutely necessary.
Finish backfilling the soil the rest of the way following the normal planting instructions:
In order to get your plant material growing as quickly as possible, the following are some care guidelines which we recommend that you follow:
Watering: Generally, your new plant material will NOT require the amount of moisture most people think necessary. The most accurate method for checking water requirements is to pull mulch back from around the center of the plant, and pick up a small amount of soil. Squeeze the soil in your hand and attempt to make a ball. If the soil is sticky and muddy, the plant has excess moisture and needs to dry out further. Check again in a few days. If the soil stays in a ball but is not sticky, the moisture is sufficient and the plant should, once again, be checked in a few days. If the soil does not stay together, the soil is dry and should be watered immediately. Lay a garden hose at the center of the plant and allow water to trickle on it for 10 to 15 minutes. The exception to this would be the smaller, 1 gallon size shrubs. The root ball of these plants often dry out faster than the surrounding soil, and will need to be checked more frequently during the first few months. Whether your plantings are evergreens or deciduous, plants will benefit from syringing, which consists of misting down the foliage of the plants. This cools the plant, which allows establishment with much less difficulty. It is important to avoid syringing so much that the ground becomes saturated around the plant. Syringing is most often beneficial in the heat of summer when winds are blowing hard. If we have sufficient rains in between waterings, generally a watering can be skipped. However, if we go into a drought period, you will want to check plants every seven to ten days. All watering recommendations should be altered in relation to the weather we are experiencing, and whether you have a sprinkler system that waters the plants. All plant materials should be deep watered in the late fall, just before we go into winter. This includes established plants as well as newly planted material. If you are unsure, please feel free to call the nursery for guidance.
Fertilization:Your tree, when planted, should be fertilized with Campbell’s Root Stimulator. No more fertilization through the first growing season should be given to the plant material. At the beginning of the next growing season, a good balance tree food should be applied to all evergreens, trees, and flowering shrubs. Fertilization of this type can be done through the growing season with benefits, but avoid fertilizing in late summer to early fall. This encourages flushes of new growth, which will not harden off before the first frost. Investment in a deep waterer, such as Ross Root Feeder, with it’s fertilization capsules, is probably one of the cheapest investments in growing shade trees and evergreens.
Only quality, healthy nursery stock will be sold at our nursery & we guarantee such stock to be true to name.
Nursery stock purchased from or installed by Campbell’s Nurseries will be guaranteed for one (1) calendar year from the date of purchase provided that the plants are planted and maintained according to our instructions on the back side of this form. For the guarantee to be valid, claims of plant material losses must be made in person before the end of the guarantee period and accounts must be paid in full before replacements will be made. In no case will stock be replaced more than once and replacement plants do not carry an additional guarantee. Please retain your invoice covering the purchase of any plant material covered by the above guarantee.
If your tree or shrub fails to survive, simply return the product with your dated cash register receipt. A replacement plant of the same variety and size or a store credit equal to the amount of your purchase will be issued. No cash refunds.
We shall not be liable for any sum greater than the amount originally received for said nursery stock.
We reserve the right to refuse any return we deem damaged by neglect and limit our liability to the price paid for the plant.
This guarantee is effective sixty (60) days only for the following types of plants: Roses, perennials, ground covers, vines, small fruits, and ornamental grasses.
This guarantee does not apply to annuals, seeds, bulbs, tubers, tropical plants, planters, terrariums, sod, aquatic plants, garden mums, live Christmas trees, and any item marked 50% off or more.
Prices are subject to change without notice.
