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100 <br />(1/3) larger than the root ball. If the soil is <br />Poor, holes should be dug two (2) or three (3) <br />times larger than the ball and backfilled with rich <br />top so 1 I . <br />(b) Plants should be planted in their <br />location immediately upon delivery to them <br />site. <br />Plants should be installed so that the top of the <br />root bell is one and one half (1 1/2) inches below <br />ground level. String around the stem of the plant <br />Should be removed and the burlap around the root <br />ball folded from the top after the plant is in the <br />hole. Soil around the plant Should be tamped to <br />remove air pockets, and a good mulch applled to <br />help retain moisture. <br />(c) All trees should be staked to prevent «Inds from <br />loosening the roots. <br />(d) All plants should be soaked thoroughly with water <br />Immediately after planting and once a reek'(un'less <br />soaking rains occur) thereafter during the first <br />growing season. <br />(e) Deciduous trees and shrubs should be cut back to <br />between one -half (1/2) and one -third (1/3) their <br />original size following p I ant i ng. Evergreens are <br />required to have only. light pruning and shaping <br />after transplanting. <br />Where new landscape materials are to be Installed, the <br />type of landscape material to be used in meeting the <br />requirements of this Article should be compatible with <br />plant materials existing both on the property to be <br />subdivided and on adjoining properties. No plant materials should be used to satisfy the srequ� ire- <br />ments. <br />*Amended At installation, trees should not be less than six (6) <br />fourth ( <br />3`24`87 to eight_ (8) feet in height with a caliper of three - <br />3/4) to one and one - fourth (1 -114) Inches. <br />Shrubs should not be less than eighteen (18) Inches in <br />height after Installation. Installation an _ <br />tion practices should be utilized whichpreserverand <br />replace existing topsoil. <br />The owner of the property will <br />continued proper maintenance <br />materials and should keep them <br />orderly appearance, free from <br />accordance with the provisions <br />Ordinance. <br />-59- <br />be responsible for the <br />of all landscaping _ <br />in a proper, neat and <br />refuse and debris, in <br />of Article V of this <br />