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Best time to move Helianthus 'Lemon Queen'?

Lauren YoulesLauren Youles Posts: 6
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Hello! I am very much a novice gardener and planted Lemon Queen when it was tiny without realising just how big it would grow! It is now huge! Way too big for where I planted it so would like to know when is the best time to move it without killing it?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    over Winter whilst it's dormant.

    You could move it now, but make sure it's well watered the day before, and you get a huge rootball out, maybe cut some of the top growth off too so it doesn't dry out too much, but really best left until winter.

    Devon.
  • Lauren YoulesLauren Youles Posts: 6
    Okay, thanks. Am not desperate to move it so will wait until winter.

    Thanks for your help! ????
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    my pleasure and welcome to the forum

    Devon.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,064

    I have moved mine successfully in late autumn - once it's finished flowering - and also in spring when the first shoots start to poke through.    It's a fabulous plant but yes, very tall and mine have spread with enthusiasm so I have quite a bit now and have given some to friends with big gardens.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Lauren YoulesLauren Youles Posts: 6

    Thanks for your response Obelixx, my garden isn't that big and the border I've put it in is tiny so it definitely needs a new home!

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