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Moving Hellebores

thefostersthefosters Posts: 78
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I need to move three large Hellebore plants later this year but so far I have only read negative reports regarding transplanting. Does anyone have a fool proof method.

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've moved them no problem. You just have to get a decent rootball, and then do the usual things of replanting at the same depth,, watering until established etc  :)

    You can also divide them. I've done that too, albeit accidentally  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • thefostersthefosters Posts: 78
    Maybe we Scots just have the knack!!
    Thanks for the info. The plants flower beautifully and I would hate to lose them. Should I leave it well into autumn before I make the move do you think?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I think I've just moved them when I feel like it!
    I certainly moved one in late spring/early summer, and it's been moved twice without it being bothered. I'd tend to move them before autumn so that they get a chance to settle before winter, but I'm not sure it would matter. I dug one out recently, while flowering,  and stuck it in a pot and it's fine    :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    I've moved them at different times (not when they are actually in flower). They do sulk a bit, so you may not get as good a display next year, but they've all come back once they've settled in, so if you follow FG's advice, you probably won't lose them, you may just set them back a bit
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • thefostersthefosters Posts: 78
    Many thanks. I need to do it later in the year so I reckon I will try to do it early September.
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    keeping on the subject of Hellebores: how many years do they last? I am talking of H Orientalis. 

    Luxembourg
  • thefostersthefosters Posts: 78
    Mine have been in the ground for about seven years now and they are  still growing well.
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