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Papaver Harlem - can I move it?
Orchid Lady
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I have 3 Papavers and one of them has been hidden by other plants, which have grown more than I thought they would, as you can see from the pic. The Papaver doesn't have any flower buds that I can see, will it be ok to move?
Thanks.
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How long has it been there. If you can get it all out in one lump with it's soil it should be OK but if it's well established it might sulk a bit
In the sticks near Peterborough
I planted it from a bare root on 10th November 2013 Nut, I did have 4 but think I've lost 1
So not too established and shouldn't mind me moving it. I'm moving one of the others too but will wait until after they have flowered as they do have buds on.
Just try and keep it as one lump. Get the new hole ready and slide it in on a spade. Those thick roots don't re-establish as well as the clumpy fibrous ones.
I'm terrible for planting too closely and leaving it too late to move and keep the flowers
In the sticks near Peterborough
There was a big space when I planted it, the Sedum (?) and Euonymus (? again - hope I've got them right) were so much smaller and of course the Hollyhocks weren't there at all.......it's a learning curve alright
Thanks for your help.
OL and nut, I know just what you mean. Last year I bought a bargain pack of 72 perennials plus extras, and although I arranged them in order of height so as to have the short ones at the front of the borders, the spread is a problem. Now that I am opening up more flower beds in the paddock I will finally have the space to be able to move things about, because some stuff is just getting drowned, but I am going to do it in the autumn I think or early spring. My other problem is that a lot of the perennials didn't flower last year, and so I can't ID them. Still, I am quite looking forward to a few surprises!! There is a poor old astilbe being jumped on by the biggest lupin I have ever been able to grow. Normally lupins aren't that delighted to live here, but this one is a bully!
I can see me needing to move quite a few plants around in the autumn time, not happy with the position of some of them in my new borders