@Fairygirl They looked exactly like this in the store, the manager was wondering why they were indoors at all. I thought maybe to save from frost or to hide from the displayed out front. So presumably not a shock related to planting. I mixed potting soil, miracle grow and surrounded the hole before burying all the contents of the pot. Is that wrong? So, just "leave it be" now?
Re the soil - if you were planting into an established bed/border with a good growing medium, there would be nothing wrong with just adding compost [I presume that's what you mean by potting soil?] and although Miracle Gro isn't really the right sort of thing to add, it wouldn't do any great harm. Planting into what has been grass, isn't always ideal as the ground can be less than ideal. You'd have to dig a bigger hole, add some decent compost or similar in the bottom after forking it to loosen it up, and then mix some compost with the soil you take out, before planting and backfilling with the mix. The transplant shock comes about because a plant that's been inside has suddenly been planted outside when conditions may not have suited it - ie it's already got foliage which is then vulnerable to drops in temperature. cold winds etc. If it looked like that inside, it also suggests it could have completely dried out which is another problem when being planted out. Even with your rainfall, a dried out rootball can be difficult to rehydrate, and if it was pot bound, that's even worse as the roots don't spread out as they should - they just keep going round and round. I appreciate we can't see the condition of the roots before you planted, but if you google 'pot bound roots' or similar, you might be able to compare. At worst, you can lift the plants out again, tease the roots out, and either repot into a better pot for the next few months [the best solution] or replant.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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They looked exactly like this in the store, the manager was wondering why they were indoors at all. I thought maybe to save from frost or to hide from the displayed out front.
So presumably not a shock related to planting. I mixed potting soil, miracle grow and surrounded the hole before burying all the contents of the pot. Is that wrong?
So, just "leave it be" now?
The transplant shock comes about because a plant that's been inside has suddenly been planted outside when conditions may not have suited it - ie it's already got foliage which is then vulnerable to drops in temperature. cold winds etc. If it looked like that inside, it also suggests it could have completely dried out which is another problem when being planted out. Even with your rainfall, a dried out rootball can be difficult to rehydrate, and if it was pot bound, that's even worse as the roots don't spread out as they should - they just keep going round and round.
I appreciate we can't see the condition of the roots before you planted, but if you google 'pot bound roots' or similar, you might be able to compare. At worst, you can lift the plants out again, tease the roots out, and either repot into a better pot for the next few months [the best solution] or replant.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...