As some of you know my dear Dad recently passed away and we are beginning the sad buisness of closing down and putting my parents house on the market. My Mum was a great and very knowledgeable gardener so I am determined to either take lots of cuttings or in some cases the actual plants. The really big roses are way too big so cuttings will be the way to go...in fact I have already started. She has a few more smaller ones some have already bloomed and finished...would it be OK to move these now ( before the house sells). I know it's not the ideal time but....if needs must....would they survive? Thanks
@Upsydaisy , so sorry to hear of your sad loss. It is a sad business clearing a house of memories to make it available for sale. If you have not actually put your house on the market, or had it valued, there is absolutely no problem removing as many plants as you need. They are yours after all. If the house has been valued and is in the process of being put on the market, you can still remove the plants you need but make a note of them and let the estate agent know. So the agreed sell price will be the property with reduced plantings. The purchaser would not be able to claim for the removed plants, very unlikely that would happen anyway. When my stepdaughter and family were buying a house the vendor took the fireplace! Putting a cheaper one in its place, to attempt to claim for such things on a sale is really not worth the time and expense.
Yes thanks @HarryS we have taken advice on the legal side of removing plants....hence the reason I want to crack on as soon as possible, I made a start last week.
I'm sorry to hear about your dad @Upsydaisy I'm glad that you are able to take cuttings etc. from his garden and you will always have those memories.
Anybody,any advice...I'm going over to their house tomorrow and desperately seeking help. Please, please, please!!
Yes @john558 ....I was just thinking the very same.......great minds think alike. Do you think I should cut them right back first to minimise shock?? Thanks for replying, I so want to save some. .
Hi @Upsydaisy - I sympathise - i have been there. If you are feeling fit, I would take loads of rubble sacks for the plants so that you can dig them out with as big a ball as possible (and take a rake to tidy up your holes afterwards!) - avoids trying to think what pots you have. Then you can tie round the neck and keep roots moist while you keep tackling. Since we are due for a warm period, it will be important to keep the plants as shady and damp as you can if it is going to take you a while to transplant
@Upsydaisy the very worst that can happen is that something will not thrive but I know you are a nurturer so I figure no matter what the timing of moving things, you should be okay. Go for it! It's not why, it why not?
Agree and you are in a win-win situation in one way. Or rather lose if you do nothing, And no to cutting back by the way. That is an added shock, so as they are.
The new owners are likely to not want them anyway and dig them out. So you have nothing to lose, go for it and keep as much of the rootball as you can. Water well before digging out preferable a day or so beforehand.
Brilliant thanks everyone....I will go for it . Thanks for your vote of confidence in me Lori.....nurturer or murderer...only time will tell. Wow thanks @Islander77 ...never though of it that way round...but yes obviously cutting it back would cause great stress too. Thanks Pete...I will water them well tomorrow and dig them up on Thursday then. Thanks everyone.
Oops so sorry @Sienna's Blossom ...thank you so much. Yes that's my aim as flowers are great for keeping memories of past love ones and of shared happy times together , as well you know. They will become very precious additions to our garden indeed.