{"id":374,"date":"2017-09-24T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hort.net\/blog\/?p=374"},"modified":"2017-09-24T21:02:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T02:02:37","slug":"fall-transplanting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hort.net\/blog\/2017\/09\/24\/fall-transplanting\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall transplanting"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Now hold on a minute,” you may be saying to yourself. “You talked about fall planting last week. What’s so special about transplanting that it gets its own post?”\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The answer is a very subtle, but extremely important one:\u00a0 planning.<\/p>\n

It seems that every fall I have a list of plants that need to be moved for some reason.\u00a0 They’ve outgrown their space, they’re languishing and underperforming, the dog likes to lay on it, the color clashes with other plants, you have a better (new) plant for that location, etc.\u00a0 That’s one of the great things about a garden — you can change it at any time, for any reason.\u00a0 Once you plant something you’re not stuck with your decision.<\/p>\n

It’s that need to notice earlier in the growing season (and remember later) that makes planning such a critical part of the process.<\/p>\n

I’ve found that marking plants that need to be moved with a landscape flag like the one to the right works really well for me.\u00a0 I use four colors:<\/p>\n