I live in Ohio and the prevailing wisdom here is that Fall and Spring is
the best time to transplant. If you live somewhere with a shorter
Summer, the end of August might be good. If you are tied to a date that
is not in the best season, I would go ahead and use that date. I am
considering replacing my privet hedge with boxwood, and the reputable
catalogue nurseries won't ship boxwood to me until Fall. I went to a
local nursery and they have boxwood that they will sell right now, with
a one-year warranty. From this, I conclude that Fall is better than
now, but that now can work.

FayeC wrote:
I rent and when we got here the garden simply didn't exist.
I planted all of them myself so I think I am entitled to take some (not all)
of them with me).
I am just splitting the existing plants and leaving them in the garden here.
It's just not fair that I spent so much of my time beautifying the house and
not be allowed to take some to plant on my next house.
The landlady loves what I have done and I don't think she would be upset if
I took some babies with me....
When we got here the "garden" consisted of 3 hostas and 1 mums......
Now shehas all the plants I mentioned......and I am not taking anything of
the pre-existing plants as I don't think it's fair being that I didn't plant
those.....
As for moving the plants would late August be better?

FayeC

"William Brown" wrote in message
...

When my mother sold her house to move to a smaller one, she got the
permission of the buyer to come back and remove some of her favorite
plants at the appropriate season. I think transplanting in the heat of
August is a risky proposition.

I don't know if you are selling or renting, but if I were buying a
property with a nice garden, I would not be happy at closing time, or
later, to find that the garden had been removed. On the other hand, I
wish the people who owned our house before us had taken their @#$
raspberry thicket with them.

FayeC wrote:

Hi,

I am moving on August 15th (have access to the plants until September

1st)

and after having invested a lot of time, energy and TLC on my garden I

am

not about to leave all my perennial behind.....
I planted most of the perennials from seed and only had one flowering

season

after 3 summers from most of them. That's why I am thinking of taking

some

mature plants with me so I can enjoy their flowers next year instead of
growing them from seed all over again.
The thing is.....I never transplanted any perennial before. At least not

my

own I mean so I have no clue of what to do to ensure both the root ball

that

is staying and the one that is going live through it.
I would appreciate your help in learning the right way to transplant

these

plants and also if this is the best time for them or not. Some are in

full

bloom right now.....
The plants I am talking about a
Coreopsis (pink), Galliardia, Agastache, Cupid's Dart, Lupin, Blue Flax,
Clove, Evening Primrose and Snow in the summer. There are a couple more

but

I don't remember their names as I got the seeds from a friend and she

didn't

mark the packages.
I would like to leave some of the plants behind if possible as the

garden is

very pretty as it is and I would like to leave some of it to grow next
summer. On the other hand if splitting the root system will cause the

plant

to die then I rather take it all instead.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. I appreciate any tip,
link, personal experience you can send me.

FayeC



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