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1) Dig a hole deep enough that you could set your pot in it and the top soil of the pot would be level with the groundish.
2) Water the soil a bit but not enough that it becomes like mud.
3) If the pot you have is made out of pliable, flexible material, massage the pot so the roots get loosened a bit. [This will apply only to the cheap-o flutterby pots.]
4) Carefully, gripping the plant at the base of its stem, remove the plant from its pot. MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL ITS ROOTS!
5) Gently set it inside the hole in the ground, guesstimating to make sure there's enough room for the roots. Make sure it doesn't sink (otherwise you'll need to add more dirt to the hole before you plant it).
6) Retaining a hold on the plant being transplanted, massage its roots some more until they are loose and spread out in the hole you made. Don't rip or tear at the roots though; gentle is thee word.
7) Use your shovel (or your hands, mouth, neighbor's shoe, whatever) to gently fill in the space over the roots/around the base of the plant with the soil you displaced when you first dug the hole.
8) Pat the dirt up around the base of the plant and then make a ring, like a moat, so it has space for the water to seep in. And remember, you don't want any exposed roots.
9) WATER the PLANT.
10) Repeat steps 1-9 with your puffapod, preferably planting it right next to your own flutterby bush. Remember to space them 2-3 feet apart!
Ana started digging a deep hole in the soil, a really deep hole
Nooooowwww water!
"Aguamenti" and a small flow of water came out of her wand. In a few seconds she stopped so it doesn't became mud.
Next massage the pot. She felt the roots loosen. And now the most delicate part. Her hands already shook a lot but it seems that when she most need them to stop it becomes worst. She CAREFULLY gripping the plant at the base of the stem with ALL the roots and moving like a turtle she turn to the pot and set the plant in the hole. Luckily it didn't sink.
And massage.
Lucky plants I want a massage too With one hand in the plant she massage the roots with the other hand.
Then Ana picked up her shovel and filled in all the empty spaces in the pot.
Ana pat the dirt up and make a ring so the water can seep in.
Last step! Water! Water... water, beach... she could hear and smell the beach...
back to work "Aguament" again the water flow hit the soil.
"YEAH! I'm done! I'm done!... at least for the flutterby..."