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Moving house mid summer - transporting plants

alexpenfold098qX4-hoalexpenfold098qX4-ho Posts: 1
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I am moving house in August, not too far, only 10 minutes away. But I am needing some advice on how to move my plants with minimal damage. I currently have a selection of perennials in flower in the ground including a rose bush which is very special to me. I will not be able to have a bed immediately in new house and will have to pot everything up. 
I am fairly new to gardening so am looking for some advice on moving my beloved plants! I am particularly concerned about moving a rose bush mid summer. It is not in flower as too hot.
should I just pot them up and hope for the best or is there something in particular I should be aware of? 

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  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    The first thing to think about is whether any purchasers of your property know you are taking certain plants. If not, you can't remove things from the garden only pots. If you are able to take plants get hold of some large pots, buckets etc and prune plants fairly hard and pot up, in large pots they will tolerate being out of the ground. I would prune the rose fairly hard and pot up using some of the prunings as cuttings (wrong time of year I know but worth trying).
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
    I’m not an expert, so hopefully someone else will give you a better answer. Especially about the rose. The only thing I might do is make sure that the plants, especially the rose, are well watered for a while (maybe a week?) before doing anything to them. Then, pot them and hope for the best as you say. As it’s that or lose them entirely if you don’t take them, it’s always worth a go.

     If it’s hot at the time, I might cut back the perennials a bit, to reduce water loss and make it easier for them to keep their remaining bits alive. I don’t know about the rose in this respect. Maybe don’t put them in full sun, at least for a short while, to reduce heat stress and evaporation. Less important if the weather is cooler. Keep them damp but not wet. That’s what I would do, maybe not be right. 
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


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