Summer planting of shrubs

[Cumberland]

There is a nursery here that has a mega sale in June of every year. I went today and bought a bunch of shrubs and flowers. The current weather conditions here are hot as hades, with the only rain in the past month from hurricane alberto last week. Would it be better to put everything in the shade in their nursery pots and keep it well watered, or try to plant it all in these semi-drought conditions?

The plants I got were- 3 gallon lorapetalums, a japanese maple, a butterfly bush ( buddelia?) and a bunch of daylillies.

[DCJenn]

I have no idea but they sound very pretty. There's a butterfly garden next to the Natural history museum and we walked through it today. The butterfly bushes are so pretty.

Jenn

I'd make sure they are well watered and out of the high noon sun for a week at most before getting them into the ground. If they were on sale they might have been around for awhile and could be getting rootbound.

Try to plant them on an overcast day, early in the morning or at dusk and water them well, maybe twice a day for at least a week, gradually reducing the watering. Make sure you loosen the root ball when you plant it. Don't try fertilizing or pruning for awhile after planting, probably a couple weeks.