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Moving shrubs?

Yodas gardenYodas garden Posts: 9
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Hi members of gardening world.

I am moving a few shrubs on of whitch is a fairl large lavender and a fucia. Has anyone got any do's and do not's to help along the way?

i don't really know how hard to cut back etc?

I know with roses etc I normally cut right back to base and with a few others also but not sure with others.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated and a huge thank you in advance.

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Hi Yodas garden. I would wait first of all until the shrubs are dormant. I don't think you need to be as drastic as cutting back to base - just to a size you can easily manage for the move. Get the holes dug that you are going to move the shrubs to, no deeper than the rootball that has been dug up and the transfer (hopefully) should go well. Firm in the soil around the root ball and water well. Good luck!

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Lavender doesn't always respond well to cutting back hard, so be careful with that one, or take cuttings just in case...image

    I'm assuming you mean a hardy fuchsia, so be wary of hacking that back too much too,  if it's a decent size.  As Ladybird says, wait a little while and then prepare the new sites well before digging your plants up. That will give them the best chance of recovering well  image

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    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Yodas gardenYodas garden Posts: 9

    Yea they are established plants, I have the holes all ready and a good peat free compost ready.

    i would wait for later in the year but it is a neighbor that is having an extension so thus if I leave longer they will be under the footings lol, I don't like to waste a good plant when I have a spot for them.

    my worry is that they will just wilt like roses do if you do if you don't cut them back, believe this to allow all the focus to go to the root to re establish instead of draining the goodness to the stems etc?

    maybe got it wrong? Or could be tottaly different with these types of shrubs?

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    I hadn't realised it was an urgent move image Well you could be more severe with your cutting back but don't be too sad if you lose them. They will naturally wilt after a move like that but that is just the plants way of saving its water.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Yodas gardenYodas garden Posts: 9

    "LOL" yea wish had bit more time but as I'm taking them out the builders filling with concrete ?,

    i trimmed off the flowered stems and pruned back a bit of leaf leaving just a little so did not look like a naked stick but will just see how it gets on over the time, if nothing happens by late spring will lift it and put another in its place.

    fucia will be next ?

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