Transplanting trees and shrubs

You have to get your transplanting done early!

Spring transplanting tips go like this. If the plant is sleeping
(dormant), then yes, it's fine to move it now. But if they plant
just woke up, lots of new growth, then no, you waited too long
and if you move it when it's all flushed out with new growth
you will seriously damage the plant and possibly kill it.

For the most part you can transplant trees and shrubs from
late fall (early winter) until early spring. During the growing
season it's risky business.


When deciduous trees and shrubs start leafing out.That signals
the end of the transplanting season.
Once they leaf out, you should not dig them or
severe their roots.

If you live in one of the warmer zones you must do your transplanting
even earlier.

You can plant trees and shrubs at just about any time of the
year once they are dug or potted. It's the digging process that
causes the damage if you do it at the wrong time of the year.

The same holds true for evergreens, but with evergreens you
can start transplanting them earlier in the fall. You do not have
to wait until they go completely dormant like you do with
deciduous plants.

Git it planted! and Watch 'er grow!