Laut Foto leben wir in einer Eigenschaft, die vom Großvater meines Partners geerbt wird. Der Camellia Bush, den Sie hinter der Wurst sehen können, stammte ursprünglich aus dem Haus ihrer Mutter und hat sentimentalen Wert. Wir wollen sich bewegen, wollen es aber offensichtlich nicht verlassen.
Dieses Ding ist ungefähr 1,5 mx 1m. Es war etwas mehr bewachsen, nachdem ein paar Jahre nicht beschnitten worden waren (ich übernahm, als ihr Opad krank wurde und es war eines der Dinge, die er gesagt hatte, ich setzte es zu verlassen), also habe ich es ein wenig ausgegeben.
Irgendwelche Vorschläge, wie wir es sicher mitnehmen würden? Würden wir es wieder an die Basis beschneiden (wie Sie es mit einer Fuschia tun würden) und das Wurzelsystem an anderer Stelle ausbauen, oder ist das zu traumatisch?
Von: ReanimatedCyborgMk-I
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Thats what id do knock it back and dig it up and hope for the best.
I agree, but I’d take some cuttings first – August is the best time of year to do so, and if the main one doesn’t survive you’ll have its offspring.
I’d take a bunch of cuttings before trying to move it, just in case it doesn’t survive the move.
What you’re planning to do is ultimately traumatic for the plant and hard to do in a house move (I.e. there’ll be more important things).
Fortunately, now is the perfect time to take semi ripe cuttings. Take lots. Keep some. Share others with family. Spread your bets. They will be the same plant.
Otherwise, unsure of your timings, leave it as late as you can into winter and cut it back in it’s dormant phase and then dig out as much as you can. If you can’t immediately replant it, clear as much soil off the roots to avoid rot and infestation and keep it in a cool, damp spot until you can replant it before sprint. Hopefully when the ground isn’t frozen.
Or you can understand that we don’t own our gardens. We are simply caring for them until the next generation or next occupant comes along.
Your camelia looks amazing you clearly have done a fantastic job caring for it. Now it is time to let it go. You dig that up there is a extremely high likelihood it will die.
Leave it for someone else to enjoy. Plant a new one where you are moving care for that then when the time comes let it go as well.
This way the trees you plant can be enjoyed long after we are all dead. Take comfort in the fact you have cared for something that will most likely be enjoyed by generations of people to come.
How many trees can you leave behind, that is our beautiful legacy as gardeners. No one will know it was you but it doesn’t matter 😊 someone will wonder who planted it in 50, 100, 150 years down the line just think our beautiful that will be.
Camellias are difficult to uproot and move as you’ll probably have to cut back lots of roots to get it dug out. That trauma will ultimately kill it. It would be a shame to lose such a magnificent specimen.
I tried the same thing from my mums garden and the mature one didn’t survive.
You could take cuttings to propagate.
Alternatively try air rooting method to propagate if you have the time.
Last option is to identify the variety and buy the same one again and grow it in your new garden.
LOOK AT HIM
Having moved some ones this size recently, cut it all back to just around a half metre stem from the ground (multi or single, your choice), then dig it up and throw in a pot with ericaceous compost for a while. Believe me, it’ll be sprouting in no time.
take cuttings,they will be clones of this plant so technically you can take it with you without digging anything up, you can move large shrubs and small trees but there is always going to be a percentage of possible failure that goes up with size and it works far better with prep months in advance
If you do decide to lift it –
When doing a bush transplant it’s a very good idea to prune the roots about 6 months before – dig into the ground about 2ft deep all the way round, at about the diameter of the leaf ball, don’t dig it up, just cut through the roots to prune them back. It’s like digging it up without actually lifting it.
By leaving it in the ground you’re reducing the shock and by doing it well in advance you’re allowing the bush time to recover. You’ll also get an idea of the size of the roots etc.
If you are dead set on taking it, consider paying a tree surgeon or pro gardener to do it for you. My friend took a 30yo tree out of his grandma’s house and it looks splendid, well worth the money because he’d planted it as a child and loved it.
We’re moving house in a few months time and have couple of Camelia bushes, which are of sentimental value as I planted them with my now late father. I’ve taken a few cuttings in a hope to take the Camelias with us when we move that way. They’re too big to dig out and are a part of the garden now.
Have a look at a couple of videos on ‘Air Layering’
Before I moved house a few years ago, I had established plants that were too difficult to move.
So I air layered what I wanted to take with me and grew them on from there, very successfully too.
Obviously, you don’t get a huge established plant as you have in your picture, but you do get identical babies from the original plant.
You’ll need at least 6 weeks to get them to root……..(ツ)
i know it’s not the answer you’re looking for but your dog is the sweetest thing ever
Dog do digs. 🐕
A dog cage is the best when moving. Say hi to Camellia for me