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| I have to move them tomorrow or Sunday, to make room for plants. The butterfly bushes are not showing any new growth and I normally wait to see that before pruning. I've never tried to move anything this early. Does it matter at all if I don't see any growth? I can just move everything anyway, right and it's not going to interfere with it's ability to come back right? I think the biggest problem I'll have is seeing where everything is. I might miss something I guess or dig into it. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 4, 14 at 17:15
| it is best to move perennials when dormant.. so its a plus.. that you see no active growth.. just take a big gob of soil with it.. and it might never know it was moved ... or divide them while you are at it ... i never got a BBush to live long enough to move it.. lol ... shall we presume.. since you used a common name.. you are talking about buddelia ... as long as the soil is workable.. dormant plants can be moved ... ken |
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- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Fri, Apr 4, 14 at 17:19
| Yes, Buddleia. Wouldn't you know, I just bought two new ones and planted them in the fall. But I have two others that normally come through the winter fine. It may be it is too early. This crazy winter/late spring is confusing. Ok… that sounds doable. Thanks, Ken. :-) |
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- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 4, 14 at 18:38
| it is never too early in your zone... the ones planted in fall.. should move very easily ... they were dormant then .. or went dormant.. and they probably still are... so what could possibly be the issue ... personally .. i wouldnt mess with the older ones .. just do it ken |
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| I think it's fine to move them at this point IF the soil is not too wet. If the soil is still quite wet, you could dig them and hold them in pots until the ground is workable. I wouldn't re-plant in soil that is too wet. |
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- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Fri, Apr 4, 14 at 19:02
| Well, no, never too early as long as the ground is not frozen, which it was a week ago. [g] And it's going to rain tonight….good point. I think I'm going to have to hold off on digging and moving them. I'm holding bareroot roses, so I don't feel right to wait any more, I'm just going to pot up the roses instead to hold them until the bed is ready for them. I would have remembered when I saw the rain, but thanks for the reminder ahead of time, mxk3. :-) |
This post was edited by prairiemoon2 on Sat, Apr 5, 14 at 2:26
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