My new garden space will contain 2 hydrangea's. I need to move them from another garden and most of the stuff I've read says to do it in the late fall when the plant is dormant. If I wanted to move it in the spring though, does anyone know if it would be ok? Or if there is something I should do to help it be ok? I guess if I really have to wait, I can. I'll just leave the spots empty in the new garden for the summer. I don't want to risk loosing the plants. I had them put in back in spring of 2003 and they flowered that year but didn't flower after that. I think part of that is my fault for not pruning properly, I now know the right way to prune them, and last summer I had one flower on each tree. I'm hoping that by moving them to a new location and taking better care of them I can get them back to blooming as beautifully as they did when I first had them. Any suggestions or comments will be very much appreciated.
I don't know your climate but here we can move plants around in the spring or fall. Just do it before the heat sets in. If they are dormant I don't see a problem. Typically the time to transplant plants in general is (fall/winter) the roots are growing anyway an the top growth has stopped. I guess it would depend on if your ground is frozen to. I have moved plants in spring an keep watered well til they get established, a couple weeks or so.
