Hi Faye,

I'll presume you're in a cooler clime than mine, nevertheless it's a pretty
poor time of the year to transplant. I understand the necessity, so if it
were me, I would go out immediately and spade around the perennials I was
going to lift, but leave them in place. Observe them over the next couple of
weeks for signs of wilting and water accordingly. I would wait until the
last possible moment to lift and replant them.

Dave

"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 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