Re: Euonymus - an emergency



moorman@teamzeon.com wrote:

> Betty Moorman@ZEON
> 09/29/99 02:08 PM



> Please respond to perennials@mallorn.com
>
> To:   perennials@mallorn.com
> cc:    (bcc: Betty Moorman/Zeon)
> Subject:  Euonymus - an emergency
>
> Hello,
> Sorry to go a bit off topic - I know it's a shrub and not a
> perennial but I need some help.  I've got to have some
> emergency building work done, and the builders need us to
> remove five euonymus shrubs that are in a narrow bed right
> next to the house - they've been there for 12 years so are
> well established shrubs.  The work should only take three
> days, but I don't really know what to do with them for those
> three days, before we replant them.  Any ideas?  Would it
> help to cut them well back before removing them?  The
> builder had the cheek to ask if I wanted to keep the plants,
> as though they weren't important!
> / In my experience, the euonymus is a very hardy, untemperamental plant and
> should survive a move with a modicum of care and watering if they can take
> most of their root structure with them.  By all means, whatever you do,
> remove them as far as possible from these workmen who obviously don't
> understand why you want to save them!
>
>   Hope somebody can help.
> Thanks, Louise in southern England
> ----------------------------------------

yes, euonymus is generally easy to transplantif the root ball is large enough.
And three days
out of the ground should present no problems if
the plant is balled and burlapped.
But it would help to give you an answer if you
could please answer the following questions:is the soil sandy or clay like?how
large are they?
what zone is it?

good luck,

Mark on Long Island, NY




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