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Moving plants

Can anyone help me with the ideal times to move the following plants?

Small hawthorne - around 2 years old
Star magnolia - also around 2
Viburnum - not sure of variety, but it's small, evergreen and has some flowers now
Clematis - winter flowering

Thanks!

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  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511
    The first two are good to move now, provided the soil is not too wet or frozen.  The evergreen viburnum is best moved in April.  Not sure about the winter flowering clematis but I'm sure someone else will know.
    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
  • Thanks Redwing. My ground is wet but no longer saturated, and it's warm here - about 13/55 F It's due to get colder next week though. 
  • Trees and shrubs are best moved when dormant, but never while the ground is waterlogged or frozen, so now would be good for the first three.  However, I'd probably leave the clematis until early spring.  Which variety is it? 
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I wouldn't worry about moving any of those just now - assuming you don't have frosts in the forecast [mainly further north than I am] but the clematis might be better moved after flowering. It may sulk a bit if moved now, and you'll stall the flowering. It would depend on it's size too - a large one would need cut back to make establishment easier. 
    It also depends on whether you need to move it now - for building work or similar, in which case, that's how it is and you'd have to accept the lack of flowering  :)

    If the ground is saturated, it isn't great either. Our ground is very bad just now in many areas, and it can cause problems with other planting nearby if you're compounding the soil by getting in and digging out plants. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Which variety is it? 
    Can't be sure, but it looks like a Winter Beauty
  • I agree with @Fairygirl - leave it 'til late winter/early spring if you can, but ok now if you must.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • I agree with @Fairygirl - leave it 'til late winter/early spring if you can, but ok now if you must.
    Okay. Thank you all  :)
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