[Lucyloo]

Hi there, I may be moving house towards the end of the year (October/November) we have been in this house for the last few years, and my plants are my babies, however I am no expert. The thing is I want to bring my plants with me.

I have bamboo tree's that I split last year(we have 2 but after spliting them we now have 19)

I also have some ferns(although most of these are in pots) I have some young trees and shrubs aswell as bulbs of all sorts and some rubarb and herbs/ Roses ect... when would be the best time to prepare these plants for the move?
Would I be better waiting till the end of October to start potting these plants up. I don't want to lose any of them if that is at all possible.

Looking forward to your tips and advice.

[medieval knievel]

i'd also discuss this with your solicitor - it might be that the purchaser has a reasonable assumption that all plants in the garden go with the house. people will often take the garden as one of the reasons to buy the house.

[Lucyloo]

[Lucyloo]

I was going to try to pot up as many of the plants as possible before the move, but not sure when the best time to do this would be, I was thinking starting to dig them up in September, what do you think?

[James Kilkelly]

Leave it as late as possible to pot them Lucyloo.
The closer they are to dormancy, the better survival rate you will have.
More here............ Transplanting Trees & Shrubs

[Lucyloo]

thanks for that James, I just had a look at that there now, there is a lot of plants to be moved, so I may have to start moving the younger smaller plants soon. Is there any particular compost you would reccommend.

[James Kilkelly]

If they are not staying in the pots too long then soil mixed 50/50 with any general purpose compost will do.