mallow, I pruned ours hard back in March, all over,it was about 12 inches high when I bought it 2 years ago, its now shot up now over 6 feet, since the prunning, mine is the barnsley baby pale pink
You can move most things fairly easily James. The trick is to water the plant well first, so that it's easier to dig out. Prepare the new position while it's getting damp, then dig it out with as much root as possible and replant right away, giving it a little boost of some general fertilser and plenty of compost mixed into the soil you put back in. Water well again to help establish it.
The only issue is - you'll probably lose the flowers this year, unless it moves well and you can keep it well enough watered if there's little moisture in the following few weeks. When a plant is that size, you often need to cut back all the stems to help with establishing, otherwise the roots struggle to maintain the top growth.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Let it flower this year. I mean if it grows to six foot, take it down to 18 inches high from soil level, in Spring. If it is in the wrong place, take some cuttings which will root easily in some gritty compost, then if the moving fails, you have a back up. Of course you may not like it when it flowers, so you could just dig it up then and replace with something you like.
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It will flower in a few weeks. Cut down by a third in the autumn to stop wind rock, then prune down to about a quarter of the height in Spring.
You mean take a quarter of the top I'm new to all this
mallow, I pruned ours hard back in March, all over,it was about 12 inches high when I bought it 2 years ago, its now shot up now over 6 feet, since the prunning, mine is the barnsley baby pale pink
Can u move it do you know
You can move most things fairly easily James. The trick is to water the plant well first, so that it's easier to dig out. Prepare the new position while it's getting damp, then dig it out with as much root as possible and replant right away, giving it a little boost of some general fertilser and plenty of compost mixed into the soil you put back in. Water well again to help establish it.
The only issue is - you'll probably lose the flowers this year, unless it moves well and you can keep it well enough watered if there's little moisture in the following few weeks. When a plant is that size, you often need to cut back all the stems to help with establishing, otherwise the roots struggle to maintain the top growth.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You think I should move later in the year
It would be easier on the plant ( and you perhaps) to move it after it's flowered, or when it's dormant.
At the risk of sounding like Clint Eastwood - do you feel lucky?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ok lol
I would wait till autumn
Let it flower this year. I mean if it grows to six foot, take it down to 18 inches high from soil level, in Spring. If it is in the wrong place, take some cuttings which will root easily in some gritty compost, then if the moving fails, you have a back up. Of course you may not like it when it flowers, so you could just dig it up then and replace with something you like.