Moving a castor oil plant

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    Hi
    I have an 8ft Castor Oil plant and need to move it about 6foot from its current position. I have no idea about the size of the root ball I would have to dig around.
    Any advice would be extremely helpful and appreciated.
    Thanks
     
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    Castor oil plants are usually grown as half hardy annuals in the UK. Assuming your plant is outside the first frost will probably kill it off.
     
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    I'm thinking it might be Fatsia????
     
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      Hi Both
      It certainly looks like a castor oil plant to me. It's in a very sheltered part of the garden as we put it there probably 15 years ago.
      Any ideas on how to move it?
      Thanks
       
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      What's your location @Stef23 ? I am assuming it's Fatsia japonica which is sometimes called the 'False Castor Oil' rather than Ricinus, which most folk here would call 'Castor Oil', which is very tender and would have died in the frosts last week.

      The root ball will be quite sizeable, you'll need to get as much as possible up, generally roots spread to the same size as the leaf canopy, that would be too much to lift on your own, you can cut back to about half that generally with evergreens, just make sure it is well watered for a year afterwards.

      Mine is currently flowering so if yours is the same it would not be a good idea to move it now. Wait till April for a better chance of survival. They don't mind being pruned so you can do that at the same time.
       
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        This is my Fatsia Japonica in flower;)

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        Cheers jWK and others for responses. Could well be a false one as I am no expert. I live in Caerleon South Wales.
        Advice from JWK seems very sensible
         
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