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? about clematis and Splitting and transplanting perennials
We will be moving at the end of next month and I hoped to take my clematis and some pieces of some of my perennials with me. I slaved in my flower gardens for the past 9 years and I want to take some with me as momentos (sort of...)
Anyway, I can't figure this out. If I dig them up, what should I do with the pieces until we move? Wrap them in moist newspaper and bag them? Should I put them in pots? Should I temporarily plant them at my parents house until we move?
I'm especially worried about the clematis (it's a Sweet Autumn/Peniculata which is fall blooming) and I dont want it to die before I can plant it.
Re: ? about clematis and Splitting and transplanting perennials
Did you sell the house? If you didn't write into the contract that you were taking some of the landscaping with you, they're usually considered a fixture and you have to leave them.
With transplanting, keep it moist and get it replanted ASAP. Even if it's in a pot. If you don't have permission to remove anything, look up ways to propagate by cutting. (Google "plant name" + propagate.) It's unlikely that anyone would notice if you took a few slips. (IANAL)
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You should be able to divide the perennials and have them look okay for the new buyers. And if the buyers saw the landscaping in the winter than they really won't have a point of comparison. You could use bags if you were going to immediately put them into the ground at the new house. But if not I would put the divisions in pots. I now how you feel about taking some of the plants with you. We sold our house in the winter, but I prepared in the fall by dividing some perennials and putting them in pots in the ground that I could easily remove in the winter. For the smaller pots that had my strawbery plants I had to use a blow torch and pick ax to get them out of the frozen ground. But they all made it.
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. I agree that with some perennials if you break the clumps up and then put part of it back the new home owners are not going to know. For the clematis I don't think they like to be moved, I would leave it and just find the same kind to plant in your new location. I would pot up the plants you are taking with potting soil, that way they are fine until you get them planted again.