Care

• After you receive the trees keep them in a shed or outdoors.  
• Do not leave the trees with the roots exposed for a long period of time.
• Although they are dormant in winter if they dry out they might die.  
• Keep the roots covered (in a bag) and if you cannot plant in the next couple of days stick the roots  into some damp compost or sand or even a small trench in the ground.  

Planting

• No need to dig a hole or enrich the ground.  Trees are tough.  
• Just make a slit in the ground with a spade and widen it out a bit by rocking the spade back and forth.  Get the roots into the slit.  
• You should be able to see the depth it was previously planted at and do the same depth again.  
• Press down with your foot to close the slit.  If you plant into grass you might put down cardboard for about a meter around the tree and cover with bark or another mulch.  
• This keeps the grass down and gives the tree a head start.