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can I move my piers flame again.

charsallcharsall Posts: 1

Hi I have already moved my large piers flame early spring but I want to move it back will it die if I do ? 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    I wouldn't want to move it again in the same year - it needs a chance to get its roots growing to feed the plant.

    What's wrong with where it is at the moment?


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • WintersongWintersong Posts: 2,436

    Personally I don't like moving evergreens once they appear active but seeing that you have already moved it once, any further moving won't hurt it much more depending upon how careful you are. Most plants will do their utmost to stay alive but it will also very much depend upon environmental conditions, things such as soil type, how careful you can be, how big the plant is, current weather, how much time you have to look after it in the near future etc...

    Perhaps leave it be as Dove suggests but carefully dig out the soil around it to half a spade depth and back fill with multi purpose compost that will encourage the plant to make feeding roots into good soil so that when you come to move it (autumn this year), the plant will be well prepared and you have an easier time lift it image

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