On 28 Apr 2005 10:59:43 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:


In article , Magwitch writes:
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| I want to move a 4-year-old one planted in a panic to get *anything* in a
| bed trashed by builders because I'm devoting the bed to herbs (physic and
| edible). Should I wait until it's flowered or a bit longer and move it in
| winter? It's about 1.3 m all round.

It will probably die anyway. They are as hard to transplant as
brooms. Start with a new one.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

If some plants are notoriously bad to transplant and die at the first sniff of being moved, how come
they are OK to buy as pot plants?

How do we ever manage to buy these ?

(just a puzzling thought)

Kath