The next day, the saplings arrived, ready to be planted by Elaina. She is happy they are already saplings instead of seeds, as seeds would take longer to mature. As for the saplings themselves, they do look peculiar but it isn't visible at first glance.
The tree saplings have a slight glow of blue on the stem and leaves that occasionally dims here and there. It doesn't maintain its glow and it isn't enough to light up the entire area. Of course, that might change once it grows or maybe it was fed with magic stones.
As for the first area to plant the tree sapling, it is located not too far from the dungeon. It was a bit further from the dungeon so it is the first one she decided to visit. The sooner the saplings are planted and supplied with magic stones, the better chances they will have once the Ice Lord starts his plans or whatever these trees do.