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Transplanting a Bay Tree Sucker

I would like to know how to transplant a sucker on my bay tree, which is growing in a pot.

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Transplanting Trees

I would like to transplant trees from a lot next to us to our property and every time I try this the tree dies. I don't know what to do. The lot next to us will only be cleared one day and the owner told us to help ourselves to anything we wanted. What should I do?

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Transplanting a Bat Plant

I have a bat plant. When can I transplant it from the garden to a pot, we are moving? It has flowered already.

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Transplanting a Butterfly Bush

I transplanted a 6 foot, 2yr old butterfly bush today. Now I am wondering if I should have waited until spring. It was over-crowding everything in my garden. I feel that I got a substantial root-ball and I will mulch it very well.

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Transplanting Irises

When is the best time to transplant iris?

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Growing Morning Glories

When are we suppose to plant the morning glories? Do I transplant as soon as I see them coming up in the peat moss pots or after they are bigger?

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Lilacs growing near a white fence with a weathered outbuilding in the background.

Transplanting Lilac Bushes

This is a guide about transplanting lilac bushes. Lilacs are a lovely, scented, flowering garden shrub. On occasion we need to relocate a bush or transplant some of those free little suckers growing in the shade of the parent plant.

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Transplanting Lilacs

Can lilac bushes be transplanted and if so, when should and how can this be done?

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Transplanting a Lilac Bush

When is the best time to transplant a small lilac bush that has not bloomed yet? It has four separate shoots about three feet tall.

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Transplanting the Babies from a Ponytail Plant

Can you please tell me how to graft off baby ponytail plants from the mother plant? It has 4 new babies; they have been growing about 5 months now.

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Transplanting Wild Sweet Peas

Sweet peas grow wild along the sides of the road, where I live. Can I dig them up as the they bloom, or is it best to find them and dig in early spring?

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Transplanting a Lilac

I am transplanting a small lilac bush. Would it improve the chances of it growing if I used rooting hormone? I am transplanting the lilac into gardening soil and compost mix, around the root ball.

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Transplanting Wild Roadside Ferns

I am trying to transplant roadside wild ferns in my landscape as decorative plants. They come from the side of the road and poor soil, but close to dampness.

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When Can I Transplant Bulbs?

When can I transplant bulbs. Is it OK to move them once they have bloomed or should I wait until fall?Thanks.

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How and When Can I Transplant Roses?

I need to transplant a few rose bushes along the side of our garage to the other side of our garage. Ultimately, we plan to lay down fabric and then put river rock in the bed.

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Transplanting Lilac Bushes

I transplanted three lilac saplings recently to a location in my front yard. I gave them a good dose of Miracle-Gro and set them into holes filled with top soil. They are spindly, about 4-5 inches high. Should I trim them down?

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Use Banana Peels When Transplanting Roses

I am getting ready to plant a climbing rose bush. Will banana peels help if I put them under my rose bush before I plant it?

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Hot Caps For Delicate Seedlings

Using a gallon jug as a hot hat, what is a good time to plant tomatoes outside?

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Transplanting a Lilac Bush

I have three 4 foot high lilac trees saplings which I want to move into my front yard. They have already started to bud. When is it safe to transplant them? I would also like instructions on how.

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Transplanting a Large Fig Tree

I have two 12ft high/wide fig trees in the back yard. They're quite large and sitting in the middle of the yard. Is it difficult to transfer them to another location or should I drop the idea and instead consider a severe pruning (1/3)?

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Transplanting Bulbs in the Fall

Is it possible to dig up my bulbs from another area in the yard and replant them this fall? I have ones that I planted around some flower beds and would like to move them to another area. Thank you.

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Repotting a Cactus

Can you repot a cactus with the soil above the roots?

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Transplanting Orchids

Transplanting OrchidsI am looking for tips about transplanting orchids. Repotting orchids is really only necessary when the plant has outgrown its pot, or the growing medium needs refreshing.


Transplanting A Hydrangea Bush

Transplanting A Hydrangea BushI need to transplant a medium/large well established hydrangea bush ASAP. However, I don't know if this is the safest time of year. Should I act now or wait until fall? Any other transplanting tips on this bush would be very helpful. The bush has sentimental value and losing it would be tragic.


Transplanting "Lucky Bamboo" Outside

Transplanting I have bamboo curly stalks growing in a vase of water with glass stones. Can it be transplanted outdoors in the Ohio area? Thank you.


Transplanting Rhubarb

Transplanting RhubarbWhen is the best time to relocate a rhubarb patch?