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Digging up of established plants

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  Posted by Gardengirl2 (U15141960) on Sunday, 26th February 2012

  I am having a new fence installed and there is a dread of plants in border getting trampled so I am planning to remove them (job will take two days in late March).
  
  Any advise on digging up and whether they will survive much appreciated.
  
  There is a mature Buddleia (gonna be tricky it is a tough old plant-4feet in girth and tops 12feet high in season);
  
  a rather sad looking Ceanothus with only top third leaves (4 years old);
  
  three very healthy (not quite 10months old and about two feet high and one wide variegated acuba Japonica;
  a climbing hydrangea (about 6 yrs planted a way from the fence so can pul it back but very brittle stems);
  some aquiligea (mature).

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  Posted by AlinaW (U2220240) on Sunday, 26th February 2012

  Provided you take them out with a good rootball the majority should do fine. The one exceotion may be the ceanothus, but that sounds unhealthy enough for you to want to replace it anyway. Put the plants into big tubs and keep the roots damp and they should be fine out of the soil for a few days.

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  Posted by Gardengirl2 (U15141960) on Sunday, 11th March 2012

  Thank you Alina
  Gardengirl

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  Posted by BaraGwenith (U14257539) on Sunday, 11th March 2012

  The buddlia you can cut almost to the ground and leave where it is and it will shoot away immediately.

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  Posted by jo4eyes (U13654107) on Sunday, 11th March 2012

  Agree re the budlea, just do a hard prune now, as right time anyway, & it'll be fine.
  
  If the climbing hydrangea is to go back on the new fence, then you could do a prune before you try & move it. Ok you'll loose this yrs flowers but it'll be easier to pot up/replant if fewer stems around.
  
  Is the caenothus up to trying to save? If the last 2 winters have frosted it, then it may struggle on but never look good.
  
  Acubas are also pretty tough, used in carparks etc, so I'd be inclined to leave them be, unless totally in the way.
  
  The aquilegia have long tap roots, so good luck. Smaller plants I'd peg down large, upturned plastic flower pots over them to protect from feet!!
  A similar approach, with the hydrangea may also work, unless the fence base plates need redoing as well.
  
  Good luck. At least March a decent time for such an upheval. J.

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  Posted by Gardengirl2 (U15141960) on Tuesday, 27th March 2012

  Agree re the budlea, just do a hard prune now, as right time anyway, & it'll be fine.
  
  If the climbing hydrangea is to go back on the new fence, then you could do a prune before you try & move it. Ok you'll loose this yrs flowers but it'll be easier to pot up/replant if fewer stems around.
  
  Is the caenothus up to trying to save? If the last 2 winters have frosted it, then it may struggle on but never look good.
  
  Acubas are also pretty tough, used in carparks etc, so I'd be inclined to leave them be, unless totally in the way.
  
  The aquilegia have long tap roots, so good luck. Smaller plants I'd peg down large, upturned plastic flower pots over them to protect from feet!!
  A similar approach, with the hydrangea may also work, unless the fence base plates need redoing as well.
  
  Good luck. At least March a decent time for such an upheval. J.  Thanks jo4eyes
  All good advice
  Gg

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