Not off to a great start

[Paul-C]

I dug up a lavender plans and potted it in compost last Saturday but it appears to be suffering. It's been well watered but seems pale and the buds have lost colour
Any suggestions what to do?
I have other bits I want to take from this garden but not if I'll be killing them...

[Paul-C]

Pic of the victim

[Scarlet]

When you want to move established plants you really need to take a huge root ball and get them planted in the ground quite quickly. I don't think its a good idea to move them into pots.

[roitelet]

You could also trim off a lot of the soft growth. That way they won't be struggling for quite so much water.

[Paul-C]

When you want to move established plants you really need to take a huge root ball and get them planted in the ground quite quickly. I don't think its a good idea to move them into pots.

Someone else told me the opposite.
I was told they'd be okay .
Looks like my gardening days are over before they've begun!
Seemed like a good idea at the time, I'm not so sure now

[Scarlet]

That's just my opinion - no gardener agrees

It really depends on the plants. That lavender is really big so it (IMO) will need a really big pot and taken as much earth around it as possible. Give it a good trim, it might come back but lavender doesn't like getting moved in my garden.

If the plants are less established/smaller they would have a better chance.
What else are you thinking of moving and how long is it until they get planted up properly.

[Paul-C]

Roses mainly and some thing that look a bit like blue bells. I'll get pics as I have no idea
3 weeks until moving but the plants won't be very high on the move list hence why I wanted to have them ready to go and sat happily until I get a chance to rehoming them

[Paul-C]

Bluebell looking things



Bush



Roses

[roitelet]

The blue bell looking things are grape hyacinths and personally I wouldn't bother. However dig them up and pot they will die down anyway. Roses look too advanced to me but if they are something special cut them down to about a foot high and take them out with a big root ball and pot. The bush is a hebe cut it back and push some of the cuttings round the edge of a pot and they may well root. Again dig it up with a large root ball and pot. Keep them all in the shade to give them a chance to recover.

Keep your fingers crossed and the best of luck.

[Scarlet]

The blue ones are grape hyacinth. They are bulbs. They should pot up ok and shouldn't need much tlc, they grow like weeds here
The Rose should have more luck than the lavender. Get the biggest pots you can find that will contain the rootball plus a little more. Cut all the canes down to about a foot high. Don't let it dry out and water well for the next few weeks.

[Scarlet]

Roitelet got in before me!

[muddled]

I love grape hyacinths and definitely think they're worth taking with you! They would die down soon until next year anyway if you left them so don't be alarmed if they do so in the pot!

The lavender might yet rally but perhaps you could trim it and pot up some of what you cut off. It might work and you've nothing to lose.

Roses, as has been said...cut them down quite brutally before digging them out....as much for your safety as anything else!

As an aside, here it is a very hot day.....my lavender is wilting a bit without being moved! I find its best to transplant plants in the cool of the evening...somehow they seem to cope with it better.

[boatsman]

The bluebell looking things are muscari (or grape hyacinth). Save the bulbs, they make a lovely patch of colour in the Spring. Also they produce a lot of bulbs so after a few years you will have plenty to swap.

[Muddy_Boots]

IMO you should ONLY dig up and move plants the day you are moving, every time I've moved plants to my next house its always the last thing I've done..... and the first thing I've done re-planting them in the new one. Once your stuff is in the house thats the worst bit over sorting your possessions out can take as long as you want but plants can't wait.

[veggiechicken]

I wouldn't dig up the roses but take cuttings instead. Nice long pencil thick stems of this year's growth. Fill a bucket with compost and plunge the cuttings two-thirds deep into the compost.
If you're going to cut them back anyway, you may as well try to grow the cuttings.