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I can't sleep because I'm worried that I'll go to plant prison for murder.

Sam JessonSam Jesson Posts: 121
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Good morning, I'm new to gardening. Very new! I've recently got my own garden. I've installed a patio and lawn, and now I've just put some shrubs in. My whole garden has been done with a very low budget and with some carbon friendly rules (everything must be grown/sourced within 15miles of my house). So, I was on gumtree and found a lady who was getting rid of a load of shrubs. I went round and dug them up, taking as many roots with me as possible. I asked her to water them well the night before, and I've been soaking them twice a day since. I also planted them with a handful of bone meal. Some of them look fine, but two are looking awful! The Japanese maple, and one im not sure or the name of. I realise there couldn't be a worse time to dig up an relocate mature shrubs, but is there anything I can do to rescue them? Do I let them wilt and hope they come back? Do I cut away loads of growth to make it concentrate on its roots?! Help!
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    Hi Sam image

    You may be new to gardening but it sounds as if you've definitely got some good gardening instincts - watering before digging them up was a definite good thing!

    Can you post some pics of your shrubs to give us more idea what your options are?

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





  • Sam JessonSam Jesson Posts: 121
    Ok cool I'll sort this out. I could do with some help working out what the plants are too!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    Good, we like doing IDs  image


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





  • Rosie31Rosie31 Posts: 483

    Sounds like you're doing all the right things, so I think you'll escape trial for first degree murder! Is there any chance you're watering some of them TOO much?

  • Rosie31Rosie31 Posts: 483

    PS.... where are you?

  • Sam JessonSam Jesson Posts: 121
    Hey, I'm in Harringey in N London. It was 27 degrees yesterday and we've had no rain, so hopefully I've not over watered them. I couldn't get the photo this to work, so I've added the plants to a garden photo album. I've I.D'd (read the label) for the peonies and the camellia japonica. The other ones are a mystery, especially the shrubby one with the long stem (that's the other one that's wilting loads) and the very bright green one that looks a little bit like marijuana
  • Sam JessonSam Jesson Posts: 121
    https://flickr.com/photos/128818417@N05/sets/72157651541799929
  • Sam JessonSam Jesson Posts: 121
    I've just uploaded a new photo of the stalky shrub so you can see the extent of the wilt
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Hi Sam,

    of the shrub pics I think the first is a sarcococca. The cannabis is a choisya, the one called 'Aztec Pearl' maybe. The one with the purplish divided leaves is a Sambucus (elder) cultivar. I can't see the little tree clearly enough to ID or recognize the casualty. Someone else may know the tree but, if not, a close-up of the leaves will probably do it

    The other 2 you know.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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