I have transplanted shrubs for years with 50-50 success. Though, not shrubs that large. The lesson I have learned is to do it in in early Spring and to make sure it is watered daily over a period of months to make sure the roots are watered enough until they re-establish in the soil.
5:55 Trees and shrubs not playing nice is such an important point. Plants/trees/shrubs will communicate and share resources with each other. I’ve seen this myself, but science is starting to back this up, which gives me some confidence to say this. Understanding this has helped me tremendously when creating different gardens.
@@treydogg77 yes they do. Not like hi how are you obviously, although I’d love to hear that conversation. They communicate through fungi, mushrooms, which have vast interconnected webs. Think of them like a vast fiber optic network connecting all the plants and trees in the area. We have known for years that trees and plants have a relationship with the mushrooms and they provide things for each other. What we are learning now is that the trees, and plants also use this network for the sharing of resources with each other. They use the fungi like a freeway, they exchange sugars and water with each other. As an example a mother tree will send out nourishment to its seedlings. It will also show favoritism if more nutrition is needed by one. Often plants that have extra resources will share with others as well. When you walk into a forest you’re really walking into a giant super organism. This happens everywhere there is plant life though, so it’s not just forests. Depending on the fungi around though the communication is interspecies, so they all communicate. It’s a fascinating subject to read about, and new discoveries are just scratching the surface I think.
Thanks for the video. I was going to remove a couple of evergreen shrubs in my backyard because i thought the previous homeowner put them in an awkward place. This video has me considering transplanting them to a better location in my yard.
What a great video thankyou ! I wish i watched it before i moved a shrub in my yard its about 2m tall and 0.6m wide i dug it ver similar to what you have done but i dodnt even think about pruning it back its now 3 weeks down the track and its going yellow in the middle and not looking happy i habe been watering it daily i hope im not too late to prune it back to keep it alive
Thanks, great info. We purchased a new home that had 25 huge boxwoods that have been in the front of the house for over 30 years and were overbearing to the house, so we transplanted them to our backyard.. The landscaper told us they would be extracting the shrubs with an extractor, so as not to disturb the root ball; we were not at home when the plants were extracted, and replanted in our backyard but our neighbor informed us they used a backhoe and probably damaged the shrubs. There was no additional top soil or compost added to the new transplanted area, it has been about 3 weeks and most of the transplanted shrubs about (17) have browned their leaves. Our neighbor told us, we probably need to cut them all the way to the bottom add some topsoil and compost and give them until next year to see if they survive. He says the lower branches still have green when he tested them by slicing a bit of the bark and he says that is a good sign. We do want to save them and are wondering what you think the chances may be we will save them and should all the branches be cut down to the bottom, now? I am very sad we may have destroyed them. We used a highly recommended professional landscape company and depended on their recommendations regarding the shrubs, but we should have done research before depending solely on what a company told us, just to get the job done!
@@ML_1515 I am hopeful they will survive, I was just debating with hubby that we should cut down all the branches now since it's growing season. What do you think?
The Demo guy just pulled one out 75 years plus old, next door to me. I grabbed it and already have it in the ground. There are 2 more out there, I just can't get to them, hopefully it roots, its wasn't removed so gentle.
Camelia is a vigorous shrub. We have one that is 6 metres tall and it really does not like morning sun. Thankfully, we have very few frosts. Morning sun on frosted Camelia would not be good. We have another in full afternoon sun, only 8ft tall but it regrows with determination. I only plant and move in the winter after leaf fall and well before bud split, but I'm not a commercial gardener needing to earn a living year round. It is just the way I was taught and have followed.
Ty so much for this video. I was nervous of dividing a wisteria bush into 4 and transplanting for a pergola. It's a harsh plant im in upstate SC and have that humidity as well lol. We're doing this! 😁
Thanks, Jim! I was recently reading up on what I think you partly explained in this video (kind of like rejuvenation pruning but with the added benefit of moving the plant to a better growing space) and read that previously established camellias, wax myrtle, honeysuckle, spirea and some other plants respond well to this here in the SE US. Fingers crossed! We recently moved 3 wax myrtles, cutting them back by about 1/3 and we are hoping they make it through the summer heat.
Curious how this turned out 2 years later? I’m wanting to move a bunch away from my house as well to my backyard. Don’t want to do it if they end up dying however.
Very informative video. We live in NC as well, Camellias are sometimes tough to transplant, especially in the summer temps but having a shady spot always helps
very informative and thank you. I have a question for any of the viewers or the poster. What about an arborvitae that 7 ft tall, after I relocated it some of the smaller Roots were cut back, should this be pruned as well? I'm afraid if I cut the top it won't grow any higher?
@@JimPutnamTSMFS!!! We have to move 4 of these, the previous owner said they came with the house and have been in full hot 7a sun all day for 12 years. Before realizing what they were .... we thought they were diseased (every Summer.)....it was heat exhaustion n sunburn. 🥵
I’m in SENC also, I have 3 Camellias to move that are next to each other because of an addition. If I don’t prep the plant, can it still be moved with success?
Also in SE NC, when is the best time of year to move them? These are about to bloom right now (Jan), so would I trim up the roots this fall and move next spring or could it be done in the summer. They're in pretty dense shade, and I'd be moving them to another shady spot.
I have a yard full of camellias But I want to move them to the east side of the house and let them spread out to the fullest. They’re too crowded and have been established for almost 100 years now. Beautiful varieties but no room for them to flourish.
Hi, we need to do the same. Ours have been in about 50 years too and we need to move them to remodel the house. Did yours survive the move please? Thank you. Janette (U.K.)
Hi! Jennifer here in Galveston County Texas Zone 9b . I really appreciate your knowledge and enjoy learning and watching . I have what I believe to be a HUGE problem. I am in the process of selling my home and moving. I have several sentimental plants/bushes that I want to move with me. Examples Texas purple Sage, Camillia Japonica, Butterfly Bush, and ALL types of Roses. Etc.. from 5 years to 25 (climbing Rose and large Finger Lillies.? Problem is I am not sure when I will move and what the situation of our new property is as far as lighting, soil etc. And if it will be in the heat of summer or fall. Q? Would it be best to pot them up? Or what to do. I really appreciate any helpful advice you can give me. Sorry so long winded lol Thank you
Yes we potted them up. Still in pots. All did good until that freeze... We bunched them together and covered them. Unsure what will come back though... About 1/2 look dead right now.
@@jennifergreene8891 I lost 6 fruit trees that were in ground this winter, I will be replanting in pots so I can bring indoors if needed. Good luck with yours, hopefully not all are lost.
Is it always a good idea to do a hard trimming on a tree/shrub when doing a new planting? I have a Japanese Maple that was balled and burlaped that is in bad shape (leaves all wilted). I'm thinking of giving it a good pruning to maybe try and help it. I'm thinking that too much of the original rootball was damaged and once the summer heat came maybe the tree couldn't provide enough water..?
For me, it depends on the time of the year. Late spring and summer I tend to give everything a haircut. The rest of the year I don't worry about it. You really don't have to take much off. Just the newest growth will do.
I'm not sure if I missed it, but did you add anything to the soil at all? Like a fertilizer or some type of sure start? I tried this several years back and lost all my mature shrubs. I don't know where I went wrong.
do you think it would help to have dusted the roots with mycorrhizae? I have had good luck with that. It's supposed to help the remaining roots take in extra water and nutrients in situations like this?
Hi Jim, long time subscriber here. Would you consider transplanting shrubs - hetz wintergreen, green giant, and some small Italian cypress - during the winter Jan - Feb? I live in Nashville TN zone 7a. These are newly planted within the last year. Thank you so much for your videos.
I know that trees will prevent plants from receiving the nutrients they need. I have to transplant azaleas due to previous owner planting them around trees. He planted them all at the same time but the one random one next to the house 🙄 and not directly by the trees is 3x’s the size as the ones near the trees. It also blooms more.
Kevr yes. Tried that last year. It didn’t help. But he put them dang near against the trees. These trees are actually clustered. About 5 of them. There’s barely 2 ft bn tree and azalea. We live on the river so our cluster of trees have some major roots reaching for the river.
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I have transplanted shrubs for years with 50-50 success. Though, not shrubs that large. The lesson I have learned is to do it in in early Spring and to make sure it is watered daily over a period of months to make sure the roots are watered enough until they re-establish in the soil.
A handsome man that knows well about gardening and replanting. Thank you so much for the great informative video
5:55 Trees and shrubs not playing nice is such an important point. Plants/trees/shrubs will communicate and share resources with each other. I’ve seen this myself, but science is starting to back this up, which gives me some confidence to say this. Understanding this has helped me tremendously when creating different gardens.
Communicate? Do the roots talk to each other or what I’m baffled
@@treydogg77 yes they do. Not like hi how are you obviously, although I’d love to hear that conversation. They communicate through fungi, mushrooms, which have vast interconnected webs. Think of them like a vast fiber optic network connecting all the plants and trees in the area.
We have known for years that trees and plants have a relationship with the mushrooms and they provide things for each other. What we are learning now is that the trees, and plants also use this network for the sharing of resources with each other. They use the fungi like a freeway, they exchange sugars and water with each other. As an example a mother tree will send out nourishment to its seedlings. It will also show favoritism if more nutrition is needed by one. Often plants that have extra resources will share with others as well.
When you walk into a forest you’re really walking into a giant super organism. This happens everywhere there is plant life though, so it’s not just forests. Depending on the fungi around though the communication is interspecies, so they all communicate. It’s a fascinating subject to read about, and new discoveries are just scratching the surface I think.
@@treydogg77 yes via chemicals and electrical signals and also through mycorrhizal networks
Thanks for the video. I was going to remove a couple of evergreen shrubs in my backyard because i thought the previous homeowner put them in an awkward place. This video has me considering transplanting them to a better location in my yard.
What a great video thankyou ! I wish i watched it before i moved a shrub in my yard its about 2m tall and 0.6m wide i dug it ver similar to what you have done but i dodnt even think about pruning it back its now 3 weeks down the track and its going yellow in the middle and not looking happy i habe been watering it daily i hope im not too late to prune it back to keep it alive
Thanks, great info. We purchased a new home that had 25 huge boxwoods that have been in the front of the house for over 30 years and were overbearing to the house, so we transplanted them to our backyard.. The landscaper told us they would be extracting the shrubs with an extractor, so as not to disturb the root ball; we were not at home when the plants were extracted, and replanted in our backyard but our neighbor informed us they used a backhoe and probably damaged the shrubs. There was no additional top soil or compost added to the new transplanted area, it has been about 3 weeks and most of the transplanted shrubs about (17) have browned their leaves. Our neighbor told us, we probably need to cut them all the way to the bottom add some topsoil and compost and give them until next year to see if they survive. He says the lower branches still have green when he tested them by slicing a bit of the bark and he says that is a good sign. We do want to save them and are wondering what you think the chances may be we will save them and should all the branches be cut down to the bottom, now? I am very sad we may have destroyed them. We used a highly recommended professional landscape company and depended on their recommendations regarding the shrubs, but we should have done research before depending solely on what a company told us, just to get the job done!
Hi, how are the plants now?
@@ML_1515 I am hopeful they will survive, I was just debating with hubby that we should cut down all the branches now since it's growing season. What do you think?
This is fantastic. Can't believe you did this by yourself. You need a helping hand!!
Great video. Can't wait to see the update on this.
Thank you! I wasn’t sure if we could trim it back during the transplanting process. We did not want to stress our shrubs.
The Demo guy just pulled one out 75 years plus old, next door to me. I grabbed it and already have it in the ground. There are 2 more out there, I just can't get to them, hopefully it roots, its wasn't removed so gentle.
Excellent Jim! Thank You. This is just what i needed.
Thanks for watching.
thanks for making this video.I also live in the piedmont of NC
Camelia is a vigorous shrub. We have one that is 6 metres tall and it really does not like morning sun. Thankfully, we have very few frosts. Morning sun on frosted Camelia would not be good. We have another in full afternoon sun, only 8ft tall but it regrows with determination. I only plant and move in the winter after leaf fall and well before bud split, but I'm not a commercial gardener needing to earn a living year round. It is just the way I was taught and have followed.
Ty so much for this video. I was nervous of dividing a wisteria bush into 4 and transplanting for a pergola. It's a harsh plant im in upstate SC and have that humidity as well lol. We're doing this! 😁
Thanks, Jim! I was recently reading up on what I think you partly explained in this video (kind of like rejuvenation pruning but with the added benefit of moving the plant to a better growing space) and read that previously established camellias, wax myrtle, honeysuckle, spirea and some other plants respond well to this here in the SE US. Fingers crossed! We recently moved 3 wax myrtles, cutting them back by about 1/3 and we are hoping they make it through the summer heat.
Is there a follow up video on this?
Great video so glad you did this video
Curious how this turned out 2 years later? I’m wanting to move a bunch away from my house as well to my backyard. Don’t want to do it if they end up dying however.
me too, because I've tried this and the shrub died.
Same. I’m thinking of moving two established azaleas and perhaps some gardenias, and I’d love to see how his camellia faired the transplant.
Very helpful. Thank you!
Very informative video. We live in NC as well, Camellias are sometimes tough to transplant, especially in the summer temps but having a shady spot always helps
Helpful information ☝️
Help! I am stuck at the lifting out and hope some wisdom here
I have 2 gardenia bushes I want to move. They are mature and large. We shall see how it goes. May wait till winter though??
very informative and thank you. I have a question for any of the viewers or the poster. What about an arborvitae that 7 ft tall, after I relocated it some of the smaller Roots were cut back, should this be pruned as well? I'm afraid if I cut the top it won't grow any higher?
Can I transplant a 4 ft tall but skinny Fireglow Japanese Maple in mid April zone 8b Texas?
why were the roots of the Ligustrum so shallow?
Thank you for the video
Was there an update on this?
Great instruction, thanks!
DID IT SURVIVED?
That was a lot of work! You're such a go-getter. I move to Camellia Japonica and it took me a month
Well done
I have to move my
Camellia, do you suggest waiting until the fall? Right now it is still in flower, but after that it will be very hot in our 6b zone.
Can’t wait to see what you replace it with.
Did it survive?
If you see this message I'm just curious how it looks now, I'm getting ready to do some major transplants myself
How did they turn out? I’m contemplating moving some large bushes.
It transplanted great. Winter is the best time to do it, but I had prepped it well.
@@JimPutnamTSMFS!!! We have to move 4 of these, the previous owner said they came with the house and have been in full hot 7a sun all day for 12 years. Before realizing what they were .... we thought they were diseased (every Summer.)....it was heat exhaustion n sunburn. 🥵
I’m in SENC also, I have 3 Camellias to move that are next to each other because of an addition. If I don’t prep the plant, can it still be moved with success?
Btw, thank you, this was very helpful.
So how much stress did this plant undergo as it was establishing in the new location? How long did it take to start putting out new growth?
Also in SE NC, when is the best time of year to move them? These are about to bloom right now (Jan), so would I trim up the roots this fall and move next spring or could it be done in the summer. They're in pretty dense shade, and I'd be moving them to another shady spot.
I have a yard full of camellias
But I want to move them to the east side of the house and let them spread out to the fullest. They’re too crowded and have been established for almost 100 years now. Beautiful varieties but no room for them to flourish.
Hi, we need to do the same. Ours have been in about 50 years too and we need to move them to remodel the house. Did yours survive the move please? Thank you. Janette (U.K.)
How do you manage weedy new growth in that area? besides mulching? Planting in a similar area that just grows EVERYTHING including poison ivy. thanks!
This was super helpful thank you!
If I were to hire a landscaper to do this task, about how much might it cost? Anyone have any experience?
It can range anywhere from 300$-1200$ depending on how tall and established
Hi! Jennifer here in Galveston County Texas Zone 9b . I really appreciate your knowledge and enjoy learning and watching . I have what I believe to be a HUGE problem. I am in the process of selling my home and moving. I have several sentimental plants/bushes that I want to move with me. Examples Texas purple Sage, Camillia Japonica, Butterfly Bush, and ALL types of Roses. Etc.. from 5 years to 25 (climbing Rose and large Finger Lillies.? Problem is I am not sure when I will move and what the situation of our new property is as far as lighting, soil etc. And if it will be in the heat of summer or fall. Q? Would it be best to pot them up? Or what to do. I really appreciate any helpful advice you can give me. Sorry so long winded lol Thank you
So what did you do? Did you put them in pots?
Yes we potted them up. Still in pots. All did good until that freeze... We bunched them together and covered them. Unsure what will come back though... About 1/2 look dead right now.
@@jennifergreene8891 I lost 6 fruit trees that were in ground this winter, I will be replanting in pots so I can bring indoors if needed. Good luck with yours, hopefully not all are lost.
Good luck as well
That is a shame you lost so many. Best of luck to you.
Is it always a good idea to do a hard trimming on a tree/shrub when doing a new planting? I have a Japanese Maple that was balled and burlaped that is in bad shape (leaves all wilted). I'm thinking of giving it a good pruning to maybe try and help it. I'm thinking that too much of the original rootball was damaged and once the summer heat came maybe the tree couldn't provide enough water..?
For me, it depends on the time of the year. Late spring and summer I tend to give everything a haircut. The rest of the year I don't worry about it. You really don't have to take much off. Just the newest growth will do.
@Jim...Only the newest growth? That's good to know. Thank you.
I'm not sure if I missed it, but did you add anything to the soil at all? Like a fertilizer or some type of sure start? I tried this several years back and lost all my mature shrubs. I don't know where I went wrong.
I only added three bags of compost. I don't want to push it at all this time of year. I am just going to prune it more if it is wilting.
Gotcha! Thanks Jim!
do you think it would help to have dusted the roots with mycorrhizae? I have had good luck with that. It's supposed to help the remaining roots take in extra water and nutrients in situations like this?
Thanks for sharing!
Nice Video. I am in Nashville, TN. Do you think I can prepare Burning Bush in June and move in February 2021 ?
Hi Jim, long time subscriber here. Would you consider transplanting shrubs - hetz wintergreen, green giant, and some small Italian cypress - during the winter Jan - Feb? I live in Nashville TN zone 7a. These are newly planted within the last year. Thank you so much for your videos.
So, did it survive?
Yes. I have moved from that house, but I saw it a few days ago
thanks for the great video
you planted a shrub in an existing forest? I don't get it
Great video but the volume on this one was very low and hard to hear.
Would you move a gardenia the same way?
What do you mean trees won’t play nice? Thanks.....
I was waiting to hear more about that also.
Kevr I think they just attack eachother for root space
I know that trees will prevent plants from receiving the nutrients they need. I have to transplant azaleas due to previous owner planting them around trees. He planted them all at the same time but the one random one next to the house 🙄 and not directly by the trees is 3x’s the size as the ones near the trees. It also blooms more.
Danielle Pepper-Krin Interesting, did you try giving it fertilizer more often?
Kevr yes. Tried that last year. It didn’t help. But he put them dang near against the trees. These trees are actually clustered. About 5 of them. There’s barely 2 ft bn tree and azalea. We live on the river so our cluster of trees have some major roots reaching for the river.
Yeah those skater sneakers arent the best for dirty garden work.
And your vitamin of choice is?? 😉
This video makes me tired ;)
You talk to damn much
Rude