Compulsory purchase order and bluebells

[meteor]

I received notice today from the county council that I am to lose some of my road frontage for road widening.
It is not planned to start untill early next year. The area is covered in native bluebells at present and I would like to save them. When is the best time to replant, they are still in bloom.
There is also a cordyline palm that my father planted just before he died 29 years ago, it has just recovered from the ravages of recent harsh winters, I am very emotionally attached to this plant and would like to move it elsewhere. Has anyone any experience of moving a large cordyline or is it feasible at all. I'll probably need a minidigger to remove it.

[Ananke]

Sorry I can't advise you but I really hope you can save your Dad's Cordyline.

[Nicos]

I think bluebells have to be moved in the green, but after flowering. As late as you can to allow the seed to set as much as poss?

I believe they are much deeper than expected, so when you take them up bear that in mind and take as many roots as poss- and plant as deep as the original soil line as shown by the colour change on the leaves.!

Sorry no idea about the Cordyline!

[Jeanied]

Your cordyline may need you to dig a big trench round it this year, cutting the longest roots but leaving the root ball intact, putting some loose compost in the gap and watering well to encourage new short roots, and then lifting it as a big root ball next year. This is the usual method for moving large specimens to reduce transplant trauma.

[Greenleaves]

Think theres a thread on bluebells already on here somewhere

[Tadpole123]

A similar thing happened to a friend of mine. She contacted the councils parks dept and explained the situation and they were very helpful. They removed and replanted everything she wanted to keep for her, no charge and did it at the best time possible for the plants survival which involved 2 visits.
Hopefully if you contact yours they will be helpful too.

[Kristen]

They are planted "in the green", so now is fine, or collect seed from them and scatter that. But are they English Bluebells? If not I would suggest you get some of those instead, rather than spreading Spanish bluebells which are a curse very promiscuous, weed killer resistant, and easily out-grow established English bluebells if they cross fertilise Plus they push themselves incredibly deep, so impossible-ish to dig out

Here's hoping you have English ones

[Martin H]

English ones have creamy-yellow stamens, Spanish ones have blue stamens. Cross breeds are in between.

Hope this helps!

[meteor]

They are wild native Irish bluebells ( Coinnle corra in Irish) that have occupied this wild part of the garden for hundreds of years and I am anxious to save them. I now have prepared a site on the edge of a forest on the other side of my plot and will wait untill they set seed, save the seed, and move the lot to the new site along with the wood anenome, primroses and various other plants. I am still worried about moving my cordyline.

[Nicos]

Can you get a specialist in to move it, or would that be too expensive?
Might be worth getting a few quotes?

[chris]

How big is it?


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