If you'd said all that at the start you may well have had different answers.
If you still want to move it, wait till autumn when plants slow down or go dormant. As pyracantha is evergreen, you need to make sure the new planting hole is well prepared and that you take as much rootball as you can to reduce the shock of being moved. Water it thoroughly beforehand to minimise disturbance. Water well after transplanting to help it re-establish itself.
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I bought my pyracantha for hedging 18 months ago from www.hedgesdirect.co.uk They were relatively cheap plants, but have grown extremely well. I spent about £175 on 32 plants - all in pots and around 30-40cm high.
I bought my pyracantha for hedging 18 months ago from www.hedgesdirect.co.uk They were relatively cheap plants, but have grown extremely well. I spent about £175 on 32 plants - all in pots and around 30-40cm high.
That’s great thank you. We’ve been looking at Hedges Direct for other things so will definitely give them a try. 👍🏻
I appreciate your concerns regarding sustainability, but there comes a point in every plant's life when it reaches the end of the road. If you use a council green waste collection system you can cut up the top growth at least and put it in that. The "trunk" can be cut up and left to rot down in a corner of the garden to supply a home to various small creatures .
I appreciate your concerns regarding sustainability, but there comes a point in every plant's life when it reaches the end of the road. If you use a council green waste collection system you can cut up the top growth at least and put it in that. The "trunk" can be cut up and left to rot down in a corner of the garden to supply a home to various small creatures .
Thank you. We are new to gardening and it’s a big plot to sort out so I’m glad I found this forum for great advice. 👍🏻
I'd agree with what @AnniD says re cutting up the trunk etc, as that's a great benefit to lots of creatures. I do it with all woody material, even if it's not terribly hefty. I certainly do it with the Christmas trees. I've just chopped ours in the last couple of weeks, and most of the branches are in the 'dead hedge' where they'll continue dying back, with the main trunk being used as edging in the little area near the shed.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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If you still want to move it, wait till autumn when plants slow down or go dormant. As pyracantha is evergreen, you need to make sure the new planting hole is well prepared and that you take as much rootball as you can to reduce the shock of being moved. Water it thoroughly beforehand to minimise disturbance. Water well after transplanting to help it re-establish itself.
If so, I'd do as @Obelixx suggests then, re cutting back, digging out and replanting.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
www.hedgesdirect.co.uk
They were relatively cheap plants, but have grown extremely well. I spent about £175 on 32 plants - all in pots and around 30-40cm high.
If you use a council green waste collection system you can cut up the top growth at least and put it in that. The "trunk" can be cut up and left to rot down in a corner of the garden to supply a home to various small creatures
I certainly do it with the Christmas trees. I've just chopped ours in the last couple of weeks, and most of the branches are in the 'dead hedge' where they'll continue dying back, with the main trunk being used as edging in the little area near the shed.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...