Ok, I would just give it time, mine didn’t move for about 2 years. It was very tiny though, so maybe yours is the same, they need to to make root before they make top growth, it’s all going on under the soil.. you really must take all that grass away from it though, it will be competing for rain and water. Cut a circle about 2’ 6” diameter and keep it well weeded.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
The grass around it is competing for water and nutrients. I would clip down the grass around it, or remove it if you can without damaging the rootball. If you clip it down low, then put a layer of cardboard or newspapers or a piece of membrane, then mulch on top with a layer of compost or bark chippings. You need a cicrcle of around 18inches radius all around
It came from trees to your door the bulb was wrapped ready to plant
I know you corrected bulb to root ball, but what concerns me is the bit about being wrapped ready to plant. What was the root ball wrapped in, and did you leave the wrapping on when you planted it?
We learned the hard way that you should remove any weeds or grass around the base of trees and keep the base clear of weeds for a few years, preferably dig a large hole, fill with good compost mixed with some of the soil that you remove from the hole, plant tree, water well for the first few months (if the weather is hot or dry), preferably plant the new tree in Autumn so it has all winter to make roots before the heat of the summer comes. The picture shows the rowan tree we planted last Autumn, it was a good size and is doing well. We covered the bottom with carpet allowing a small square of visible earth for watering, I hope this helps @rsawhney82
As it's only been in the ground 7 months you shouldn't expect to see much growth, if any. It will take the sapling time to establish so it will be producing its root system first. You may seem a little growth by the end of summer but don't expect it.
Rowan is slow growing anyway so it will be a few years before it starts to look much like a tree.
Yes - what does the 'top' look like? As Lyn and wild edges have said - they grow on nothing but water and wind in the wild, but those are already acclimatised. Defiinitely remove all that grass around it, so that it isn't competing for water in particular. Thorough watering is crucial, especially if you're in one of the many areas which has had little or no regular rain. Is it the native one, or a cultivated variety?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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you really must take all that grass away from it though, it will be competing for rain and water. Cut a circle about 2’ 6” diameter and keep it well weeded.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
As Lyn and wild edges have said - they grow on nothing but water and wind in the wild, but those are already acclimatised. Defiinitely remove all that grass around it, so that it isn't competing for water in particular. Thorough watering is crucial, especially if you're in one of the many areas which has had little or no regular rain.
Is it the native one, or a cultivated variety?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Is there any chance that the tree was planted upside down-maybe in failing light for example?