Beautiful willow starts with instructions. Beautiful Shade Tree comes with detailed instructions to root quickly! For best results, place them standing up in a bucket of 3-4 inches of water and keep watered). We call this the ‘Jump-Start’ technique and we will send you detailed instructions when you order. These starts come with other tried and tested instructions for optimum growth and survival. Still, if you don’t want to go to the trouble, due to the nature of this unique tree you can plant them directly in the soil when you receive them as they do not need any roots or leaves to start. (some come as a bare start, but others due to inventory rotation, go out with small roots and leaves- either way it doesn’t effect final growth or size if you follow the instructions included) This tree is truly incredible with its speed of growth but it also is an amazing beauty with vibrant green foliage, gorgeous slender leaves, and overall spear-like shape. As with all live plants, the buyer should anticipate some natural die-off as they would planting anything – a certain amount do not make it. Please order accordingly. You WONT be disappointed with this TERRIFIC TREE! JUST CHECK OUT OUR FEEDBACK! For multiple quantities, a shipping discount will be calculated automatically.