Thanks for the input everyone. Yeah I think its just the angle of the photo. I had someone hold the tree so that the roots where just touching the bottom of the hole and I back filled and the dirt actually stopped at almost the exact depth that it was planted in the woods. I just used the darkened and soil stained bark as a guide. Man it looks so good in its new home. I wanna see birds landing in that thing next year! Would a good watering once a week be enough for it and should I stop watering when the temps fall below 32? Thanks everyone!

Frank, my queen palms are tall. Some are nearly 30' tall. And they're not that old. Things will grow under them, but there is a fair amount of competition for root space, so not all things will. This is not the look you're after, I am sure. Try something much smaller if you want a palm, like a Pygmy Date Palm. Patty S.

I live in NE OK about 30 miles from the MO border. I believe we are the 'flat edge' of the Ozark region. I previously lived just over an hour N of Fort Worth Texas, and have lived various places. The summers are hot here, but not as hot/long as TX was. The winters are cold here, but not as cold/long as CT was. The weather is sometimes grey here, but not as grey/long as WA was. The spring is GLORIOUS. The fall is GLORIOUS. OK, so we have occasional tornados and hail and hellacious storms (mostly in spring and fall). You've got those in Texas too, though! I think someone forgot to put the Maple tree on the invasive seed list for this region. I am told this area used to be the edge of plains. It's hard for me to imagine. I pull out hundreds of maple seedlings trying to grow anywhere, up the walls, in the cracks of the flagstones... and there is more 'green-green-green' here in Spring than my nearly 30 years in California all combined ever saw. I love having seasons. Just love it. I grew up in avg 72 degrees year round, chronic sun in Ventura-Ojai CA and am a weather wimp. But I wouldn't trade having four seasons now. I'm spoiled... now unless I've no choice, I'll never again live somewhere that doesn't have four seasons. As for people and culture, well, I've lived all around the country. I am around people from MO-AR-KS-OK all the time now, being right in the four corners, and I find them pretty nice in general. I wouldn't want to try out their hospitality if I were a racial minority to be honest, but that'd go even moreso for farther South. Culture is something that is very local, and what there is in the region may not reflect what is going on in your neighborhood, which may be influenced by certain churches or leading families or the leading trade of the locals. You guys oughtta take a drive up to the area and look around, talk to people. Palyne P.S. All of my friends are spread across the country and none are physically near me. I'd give up a whole lot to be near any one of my very few 'best friend's. That friend may be the best part of the geography. P.P.S. People grow roses in the Ozarks, too. ;-)

Check and make sure that : You did not plant them past were they were originally grown and don't water them so much i would think twice a week should be enough .