New Redbud Tree

In October 2013, we planted two new trees in our front yard.  Unfortunately, the tree closest to the house did not survive.  So, today we planted a new tree.  This time we decided to do the planting ourselves instead of paying a company to do it.  When we dug the dead tree out, we discovered the roots had never spread out of the root ball, which explains why it died.  We also discovered the company that planted it did not dig a nearly big enough hole because of the roots from the super large maple tree we had taken down.  Our girls were big helpers on this project: helping to dig, refilling dirt, and anything else.  We also called in a couple of brothers to provide the muscle to get the tree into the hole.  Now we are hoping we can keep this tree alive.