Can I plant a tree in a 2ft. dirt mound on my lawn?

Question

I want to create a nice 1.5-2ft. mount in the corner of my yard and I want to know if I can plant a small-medium sized king palm there. More specifically, it is a multi-trunk king palm in a 36" container box. I plan to dig a hole about half the depth of the container it's in now and then mound around the exposed half of the root ball to form a nice little "hill" in my lawn. This would be going in a 10' square section that has nothing but sod on it right now.

Can this be done? Will it harm the tree? Should I put the sod right up to the trunk or use some mulch around it?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I've done it with other stuff just fine, japanese maples mostly. I don't see why not. I would mulch the entire little hill though, if not for anything other than to making your lawn mowing life a little easier.

Answer 2

Yes you can do this just make sure your area, mound is large enough as time goes also mulch area for ease of care and finally make sure you watch the watering one thing being a bit higher promotes runoff so make sure you water if its needed.