Funny thing, I also got trees from the rare plant store. I missed the delivery on Thursday and Friday. My little rural post office does not have Saturday pickup. So they sat in the packaging for almost a week before I could open them. There were little roots coming out all over the stem. Almost all the way up. Wherever there weren’t leaves popping the buds put out roots. So I planted them a little deeper.

Nick delivers some quality trees and they grow like weeds with minimal care.

One recommendation, more mulch, lots more. 4-6 inches deep. Weed competition is your biggest enemy the first year.