Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
We bought quite a few trees and plants yesterday. By the time we finished planting the trees we were losing daylight but wanted to finish nonetheless. We planted three ornamental grass plants along the house and looking at them this morning I noticed that they're not lined up or evenly spaced how I would like them to be.
My question is, can we safely dig up the plants and move them without damaging/shocking them?
I would go ahead and move them and not worry
abut it. keep well watered the first week. some ornamental grasses do not like a lot of water
but during transplanting they do need it.
I have made the same "mistake" a few times myself.
Thank you for the reassurance and the quick reply, I sure do appreciate it. I was hoping I could move them since it was still so early but wanted some feedback first.
won't make a bit of difference since they have only been there 1 day. Actually I keep my perennials on roller skates I move them so frequently. Why not if it's done the right time of year?
Hey, we had a lot of ornamental grasses divided by our tree service in March. Five months ago. I had them dump all the divisions in a strip of bare soil, where I would collect them and find places to transplant them. I didn't get to about ten of them, and they are still sitting there, roots exposed...and growing. Yes, they look weird with their feet in the air, and yes, I will have to replant them in the fall -- but what a testament to their hardiness, eh? After all, we had no rain in all of July. They should be dead, but they're not.
Actually, the one thing I've learned about grasses, is that they seem to thrive best when transplanted in WARMER weather...so their root systems get a chance to grow. This is different to trees, shrubs and perennials, which I normally try to plant/transplant in Spring or Fall.
I'm sure the OP has already moved these, though.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
