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Ornamental Grasses

ClaringtonClarington Posts: 4,949
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Another moving garden related question (I have hundreds right now but I'll try not to overwhelm my welcome!!)

We've just found out that our house sale date has been pushed back by several weeks into December and while most of my plants are in pots I have some ornamental grasses still in the ground that I had hoped to just dig up and plant straight away. However as we'll be moving post start of the frosts would I be better off putting them in pots now with a good amount of compost and planting them out in the spring?

Thankyou!

 

 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,099

    Hi Clarington. I'd say just get them done now. You'll have enough to do when you move and the weather could be really horrible by then and the last thing you'll feel like doing is digging up plants. I know from experience! image

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,038

    I dont suppose you have much choice really but grasses do not like being moved at this time of year and you need to expect that they may not survive. Grasses are one of the plants that are better moved  in spring.

    Good luck.

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  • MrsGardenMrsGarden Posts: 3,951
    Morning v. Must remember to get my miscanthus in the spring.
  • MrsGardenMrsGarden Posts: 3,951
    Hope your move goes well clarington.
  • ClaringtonClarington Posts: 4,949

    Thanks everyone, we've not timed our move well have we!

    I'm not sure what variety they are (they're all small ones mainly blue in colour) though I have mostly burried the labels next to the plants so hopefully I can retrieve them (it seemed a good idea at the time). They were brought on a whim when we moved in from a small garden centre locally purely for some colour that wouldn't trigger my partners hayfever too much (no chance of big blooms and masses of flowers here).

    Hopefully most of them will survive!

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,099

    It's not the ideal situation but that's life sometimes! Your only alternative is leaving them but it would mean buying replacements so you have to work with the circumstances you have.

    Good luck with it! image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114

    Your buyer does know you are removing plants, doesn't he?  You are not allowed to dig up plants after a sale is agreed unless it is specified in the sale agreement, or you have a verbal agreement.  Anything in pots is OK.

     

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