Re: moving Japanese Maple?

I saw this done once on a landscaping TV show.  They used a back hoe to dig
up a root ball gthe same size as the avobe ground portion of the tree and a
forklift to move it to the new spot, which had also been dug by the backhoe.

Madelin


At 07:34 PM 03/12/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Why not build the deck around it and use it as a focal point?  Just a
>thought.
>Kate
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Silke-Maria Weineck" <smwei@UMICH.EDU>
>To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
>Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 2:29 PM
>Subject: [SG] moving Japanese Maple?
>
>
>| We are building a deck in a shady spot, and in the middle of this spot,
>| there's a gorgeous Japanese Maple, about five to six feet high -- do you
>| think it can survive a move or should I not even try?
>|
>|         Silke
>|
>
>
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