First-Year Care for Cleveland Pear and Aristocrat Dogwood

Watering

• Weeks 1–2: 1 inch every 3rd day.
• Rest of season: 1 inch weekly if no rain.

Mulch

3 inches organic, 3-inch trunk gap.

Fertilizer

None year one. Year two: 1 cup 10-10-10 per inch trunk diameter in early spring and late summer. No weed-and-feed.