Okay folks...please tell me I planted it right side up! I've never been so confused on a plant. Here's a picture of the Holly (on the right) alongside another woody-stemmed plant, which is a Hollyhock - it's pretty obvious which way the Hollyhock goes in the ground, but I was so stumped on the Holly:
Holly by itself:
The Holly had little growths at one end, but THAT was the end that I initially thought went DOWN. Upon closer examination, the little growths appeared to be LEAVES! So, I ended up planting the end with the grows UP, but I can easily dig them up & flip them around if need be.
Close-up of growths:
The Holly had very few little stringy roots coming off the main stem, but it APPEARED to me that they little stringy roots were growing away from the ends with the growths (thus, growing down from the way I planted them with the growth ends up):
The instructions were useless for me...they just indicated to plant them about 1" below the soil surface, "crown end up" - okay, which end is the crown???
Holly by itself:
The Holly had little growths at one end, but THAT was the end that I initially thought went DOWN. Upon closer examination, the little growths appeared to be LEAVES! So, I ended up planting the end with the grows UP, but I can easily dig them up & flip them around if need be.
Close-up of growths:
The Holly had very few little stringy roots coming off the main stem, but it APPEARED to me that they little stringy roots were growing away from the ends with the growths (thus, growing down from the way I planted them with the growth ends up):
The instructions were useless for me...they just indicated to plant them about 1" below the soil surface, "crown end up" - okay, which end is the crown???
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