Transplanting in flower

Yes, you can get away with moving a plant in flower but not a shrub/tree it's a question of how deep rooted they are. If you take a good bit of earth with the plant it should always be ok, plus a good watering[and feed] always helps.Sometimes they droop for a day or two but usually do well.

roses years ago in SA, a friend of ours who owned a nursery and landscaping business, pioneered and perfected transplanting mature palm trees, the tall classic palms, supporting them with cables anchored akin to tent pegs, and nowadays it's commonplace, I see it all the time when we travel to hot countries.

My husband transplants plants "in flower" all the time, he says as long as you inspire confidence on the plant, they cope

... inspire the plant to be confident, (or something like that)!

Gk, I'd love to know what he says to the plants when he moves them. I once threatened a weigela with uprooting if it didn't flower that year. It did. So what works better - threats or inspirational pep talks?

anno all I hear are "sweet whispers" when he is amongst "my beauties" LOL.

Can anyone advise me have tiny sprouting godetia books say dont like transplanting when is the best time to move them 2nd pair leaves or later never had these before books say the same for californian poppy but had no trouble moving them

If you HAVE to move a plant/shrub/tree then you may be lucky, even if it is in flower, and it could do well, however why not wait until the flowers are all done before you do it?Sometimes it just has to be done, but doing it when they are in flower is never the 'best' time.

It's possible that the warmth of the soil may also be a factor, it may be easier to transplant in hot countries, cold clay soil in the UK for instance, would make anyone [not just plants] curl up and die.

Colleen there is a very good social gardening website called Growsonyou
and there are several expert gardeners on there who can answer all your questions, as well as enthusiastic amateurs.

Thanks i will try that website had to move them self seeded by the choc cosmos and shading them out should have moved them when small but my garden was hit by winds 2fences down shed felt off poly carb windows in green house all blown out except for the one broken one which stayed put very very bad weeds as haven been touched since last August but my back out then tackeled weeds first so plants can get away plants looking good i was amazed the transplanted stuff did well as i have never risked it before in flower keeping me busy and using up calories I hope

Colleen you make me smile reminding me of a very good friend of mine who also uses no punctuation or capitals either and she has done that all her life even when we were still using handwriting which means that i really concentrate when reading her stuff good luck with your plants

whats the best time to plant out a rose, mine needs to be moved as my DGD runs around and could fall on it, its got buds but no flowers yet is iit ok to move it now, its a young plant came from the nursery last summer and is very healthy.