Larry, that's all I have to put flowers in.
When I started with DLs I wasn't aware of how big they are and how big a clump is!
I sure will use water to "soften" the soil.
Until now I used this
Susan, I guess a trenching spade will be a good choice, it's narrow and it should help me applying strenght when digging. When I planted them I took out much native soil as I could do, and added bagged soil. Only one spot has still 100% native soil but in there there are 4 fans of siloam merle kent (they are all single fans) that I'm going to remove, so I will add bagged soil there too.
I know the place it's not perfect for them. New fans often grow curved and maybe it's because of the constraint position they have.
