"FayeC" wrote in message
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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 are 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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Well, Faye, I've said it before, and to respond in kind to you..........I
lived in Nashville, Tennessee. I had some mature perennials. (zone 6a at
the time). I moved to Eastern Tennessee, to RENTAL property, (the house in
Nashville was mine). I moved my WHOLE YARD IN LATE JULY. I watered very
well three days in a row, then proceeded to hysterically dig up every
perennial I came across, including clumps of bulbs that were doing at the
time and sliding the clumps of perennials into plastic grocery bags with the
handles. The larger plants were put into some larger pots, one huge
Helianthus was placed in a garbage can, along with some other larger plants.
It was July 30th. It was also around 98o F at the time.........and dry that
year.

I dug up HUNDREDS of perennials. I even dug up the area I was sure was the
bleeding hearts but they'd died down and I kept a 5 gallon bucket of soil
until they emerged the next spring reassuring me that's what they
were.....watering before I dug them well helped a lot.

I understand the attachments to these plants grown from seed. They've
acclimated to your enviroment and yard. Lupines in the late summer?? Wow.
I'd say try that, and let us know your success rates. You'll do fine.
madgardener
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