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Moving a hardy geranium in late May

futuretashafuturetasha Posts: 2
in Plants
Hi. I have a large-ish hardy geranium that I would like to divide and move next week (e/o May). It has foliage atm but no flowers.  Am I safe to dig it up and divide it now or will I likely kill it? I'm really hoping not  :)  Thanks!

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I think you'll be OK. In my poor soil I get the divided pieces going in pots with most of the leaves cut off


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    They are mostly very tough, you should be fine, but flowering might be delayed.
    How can you lie there and think of England
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  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    edited May 2022
    water it well before you dig it up and after you replant it. It'll probably be fine. You should take Nut's advice about trimming most of the leaves back though - it helps
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Can't see a problem, l would just lift and divide as quickly as you can, so that it hardly knows what has happened. If it was in flower l might be a bit more doubtful, but l think it will be fine  :)
  • futuretashafuturetasha Posts: 2
    Lovely! Thank you everyone :)
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