Moving stuff

I need to move some stuff, can you please tell me when is best ? --
two clumps of mint
one clump of lavender
one HUGE buddleia in a too-small pot
a nice, slender, 2ft tall plant with long slim spikes of bluey purple flowers that I dono the name of !

 

If you chop the mint back a bit, and move it now, and keep it well watered, it will be ok. The lavender will move any time but you'll lose the flowers if you move it now. Buddleja will survive just about anything, but again the flowers will suffer if you move it now, and I have no idea what the other plant is.

Of course it would be best to wait a couple of months or so for all of them, but I reckon the first three will survive if you move them any time, as long as they get well watered in to their new homes.

 

Ok ta very much. I will look up this mystery plant and then re - post !

 

Have you got a pic? Purple toadflax is a common wildflower round here, not sure how common it is there, but it fits your description of the mystery plant.

 

will get a pic in the phone ok. Think I bought it on ebay.either way it seems to be ok to move stuff at the end of the summer eh ? This mystery plant has survived 4 years so I dont want lose it -- it's hard to keep plants alive in the front garden, I have to feed them .
Thanks everybody , great adivce as always !

 

If the Buddleia is in a pot you can plant it any time. If it is pot bound it will probably give a sigh of relief.

 

I always wait till Autumn but only because it is easier when a plant is dormant.

Pot grown plants can be changed anytime but i prefer a rainy day so that nature takes care of them.Infact the rain we have had here of late would have had me racing round the garden moving things at one time, but not now i have a low maintenance garden.:ntwrth:Too old ha ha.

 

Ming if you're worried about maybe loosing some the plants then why not take some cuttings of them before you move them?

The ideal time is normally after flowering, take young shoots off the parent plant and dip them in rooting powder, then pop the cutting into a plant pot and you will be rewarded will a few extra young plants just in case. Its very easy to do honest!

If the main plants transplants ok then you can always give your baby plants away to friends, family on even some lucky soul on Freecycle!:wink: Hel.xxx

 

thanks everybody , this is most helpful ! I have posted a pic of the mystery purple plant in the mystery purple plant section . The buddleia we will move this week cos its looking sad.