I live in Melbourne, on a site that's had a new house put on it.
The heavy clay soil was dug out and replaced with compost/manure/soil to around 2m wide.
I had an ornamental pear planted in July (open sun), and a Mulberry tree (southern fence). Both are bare rooted.
Now both of these bare rooted trees haven't shown any signs of life, are they just dead? Besides digging it out how would I know? It has been a cold winter, however I see other deciduous trees and my other plum bare rooted tree spring to life over the last few weeks.
Any tips?
slooi1