Aquilegia seedlings: advice please.

So, my @shiney aquilegias have set seed (about blooming time, I say! ) but they are teeny little things, no bigger than one inch. I like that they have settled themselves in a space they feel is appropriate; but, I would like to transplant them into the front garden (if possible).

So, bog basic beginner question: could they be successfully transplanted now? (It is rather mild).
If not, then when?

Thank you

 

I would leave them where they are now for the Winter, as although they won't show much growth above ground they will be setting out a good root system.
Then in the Spring as top growth appears and the soil warms up it will be easier to transplant them and they'll settle in quicker.

Is there any particular reason you need to transplant them now.... Do you need that piece of ground for planting ?

 

Thank you, both!

I don't need to move them to make that space available for anything else; the main reason for wanting to move them is to put them in the front patch. I'm aiming for a colourful Spring front garden and thought they would add to the effect.

I'll run with that idea. That way I've taken both pieces of advice from the responses: win-win!!

 

If it were me I would dig up some of the seedlings and pot them up, keep them in a coldframe or greenhouse until spring and then plant them where you want them to flower. I think if they are coddled a bit they are more likely to flower a little in their first year.