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BanaBatGirl 
Oh yay, a question right away.
"Nope, Kayla, but thanks for asking. They're both pretty awesome just the way they are." She grinned and started doodling in the dirt with her wand some more.
"Oh, but I did forget to mention something - flutterby bushes, since you noticed they're rather friendly and move a lot, form emotional attachments easily. So if you're nice to yours and take good care of it and plant it well, it might be loyal to you and expect you to come visit it lots."
She eyed the other students shiftily, like that was a hint. "So maybe you could think of it as a planty pet? Teehee."
"Okay Professor" Kayla replied with a nod and then she listened as the Professor went on to explain the emotional attachments of the plants and she sighed. Of course they did, well she supposed if she pretended they were pets then she should have no problems.
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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!
"Come on girls" Kayla said as she picked up the two pots and moved over to find a nice spot to plant them. She grabbed a shovel and started to dig a hole, every now and then she placed the pot into the hole until she was satisfied that the hole was big enough. With a flick of her wand and a muttered 'Aguamneti' she gave soil a light sprinkling of water just enough to dampen the dirt.
Kayla picked up the flutterby bush and gently squeezed and massaged around the pot to loosen the roots and soil. Then placing her hand over the top of the pot and placing the stem in between her forefinger and middle finger, carefully she turned the pot upside down and pulled the pot away from the plant.
Quickly moving over to the newly dug hole, Kayla placed the flutterby bush inside and made sure that the top of the soil of bush was level with the garden bed, happy with that she gently pulled the bush back out and carefully teased the roots loose from the compacted soil. Satisfied that the roots will have enough room to move she placed the flutterby bush back into the hole.
Using her hands Kayla placed the dirt around the base of the flutterby bush making sure the roots were covered well and then continued placing more more dirt around the plant until it was now fully enclosed in the hole.
Taking out her wand once again, Kayla gave it another flick towards the flutterby bush and watched as water flowed from her wand, making sure to wet the soil well so that it could travel down to the roots. She sat back and looked at her handiwork, "Well now don't you look stunning in your new spot" she murmured before turning to the puffapod, "It's your turn now."