Any huge tree planting tips?

[fitz19d]

Looking at a hot wings tatarian maple or maybe chanticleer pear for front yard. Little shade for grass, just kinda cover front of house a bit more from passerby.

Probably Northern Catalpa or maybe greenspire linden. For in back to attempt to shade the house. (Biggest flatest side of house with huge pane windows gets all the sun.) Also finally getting some blinds ordered from blinds.com after a forum member jerked me around for a few months..

I'm somewhat limited as I'm trying to stick to A list tree's from the "Front Range recommended tree list" since I have a $100 voucher from the town. B is acceptable but I figured best for my novice self go for safest bets.


Wife is fighting putting the tree about a foot into the grass from the rock border so I avoid sprinkers. Worried I should actually plant even further into yard actually. I have a like 3 foot elevated deck that comes out from the house probably 10-12 foot, another 2 feet of rock border.


I know the root ball is sacred so I'll try sliding tree's down a ramp from my truck bed. Aside from hole 2x as wide and equally as deep as the ball/bucket, any other vodoo I can do to help the tree's other than heavy watering?