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About Tom Alonzo
Expertise
I have been a gardener for 20 years with perennials both growing from seed and from nurseries. I went through the Master Gardener Program from Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service and I answered questions on the Hotline a few years ago for the Wyandotte County Kansas Extension Service. I have also lived in the Florida, California, Hawaii, Arizona, Texas, Kansas and Missouri and am experienced with a variety of climates, soils and weather conditions.
Experience
I have been growing perennials for over 20 years now. I am self-taught mostly except for a master gardener class. I have experimented with all kinds of perennials including many that are not common to my area. I have read hundreds of books and grown hundreds of varieties of plants and hope to make it a business some day. I have become versed in botanical names and growing conditions and what I don't know off of the top of my head I can usually easily find in my vast array of research material and botanical and horticultural contacts. I especially enjoy experimenting with growing plants out of zone.
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You are here: Experts > Home/Garden > Roses > Perennials > moving perennials
Expert: Tom Alonzo - 10/22/2009
Question
I have accumulated several perennials in my garden over the past three years. We are in the process of selling our home, and expect to move out during the winter months (SD). Will my plants survive if I plant them into spacious pots now that they are dormant, winter them over in my unheated garage, and plant them at my new home in the spring or summer next year? Plants I want to move are hydrangea, rose of sharon, fern leaf peony, gaillardia, clematis, bleeding heart, tiger lilies, day lilies, and asiatic lilies.
Answer
Hi Sharon,
Thanx for your question. As long as your soil does not freeze solid within the next 45 days, I would go ahead and translplant and then heavily mulch with straw or cypress mulch. You can also plant the roots in pots and leave them in an unheated garage as you suggested. Water once a week to keep the roots from drying out. One thing to consider, make sure you remove the plants before someone buys the house as the buyers may be able to come back and say you took part of the landscaping that was supposed to come with the house. Just something to think about that someone pointed out to me a while back. I hope this helps.
Tom
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