Re: moving hellebore
- Subject: Re: moving hellebore
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:01:41 -0400
Well, I've not moved any large plants, but Graham Birkin (UK breeder)
says that late summer; early fall is the best time to divide them
because they are starting to make root growth then; would imagine
that is the ideal time to move plants, too. Since he does spring
divisions as well, do not think moving your plants now will hurt them
if you get a good rootball. H. x hybridus makes a very extensive
root system that goes down quite a distance, so dig deep. The roots
are many and thick, not wiry. Well, that sentence may not convey what
I mean. Have a drawing of them in the first Hellebore article I
wrote a few years ago, if you want to see it.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/shade_gardening/17614
Have your new spot ready so you can dig and plant immediately and
water them in well.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: elle <plantcrone@yahoo.com>
>
> Since we are discussing this plant I was wondering if
> anyone had hints on moving them. I have read somewhere
> that they dislike being disturbed but made an error
> siting 2 white h. orientalis a couple of years
> ago-they are lost beneath some enthusiastic rosemary
> and lavender in a border around part of my cutting
> carden. Last year I cut the rosemary and lavender
> hedge way back thinking the helleborus would be able
> to get it's head up and say hi before they took off,
> but the same thing has happened this year. I have a
> friendlier place for the helleborus with good light
> and enough shade, around plants more its size. I hope
> to do this in the next couple of days while the Oregon
> weather is sorta showery so shock will be minimalized.
> The plants are both 3 years old and healthy.
> Usually I'm a "dig it up and move it" type of person,
> moving my perennials or dividing them whenever I want,
> but these darn plants are expensive when small and
> really really expensive when this size! I would hate
> to loose them so I thought I'd ask for help.
> Elle in occasionally sunny Oregon
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