moving a pampas grass

Hi I have just attempted to move a pampas grass from a space next to my pond to the front garden.

It was planted right next to the edging for the pond then surrounded with large gravel/cobbles. So when I took it out with a pitch fork it wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be with only about a foot of roots below it and no hugh ones that I had to cut.

I've stuck it in the patch of garden I have at the front of the house to the same soil depth as it previously was. Is there anything else I should be doing to help it survive the transplant?

 

Did you cut it down to help you move it, Jen? If not, I'd do that. Cut it down to about hip height, or a bit lower if you dare! Main thing is not to cut any lower than any new growth that is coming up, so you don't lose the tips of those new leaves!

 

One of my neighburns set light to theirs I would never get mine out now Francis hence when landscaper does FG told him to work around it although it is right in the corner but,the birds love it.

 

No I managed to get it out without cutting any of the leaves off. I wrapped a sheet around the plant from the base up to contain the leaved in a solid parcel and then unwrapped it once planted(more to stop my arms being shredded than anything else).

It was quite a bit bigger than me when I moved it (proberbly why I had a few aches and pains the next day. lol)

but now it's been moved I was wondering if there is anything I could do to get it to form stong roots etc. after the shock of being moved?

 

Just keep it well watered (even if it rains).

 

Agree with Palustris.

I certainly wouldn't do the setting fire trick to it just now, but I do know various people who do this to their established plants, and thy thrive, I have to say! I just do what I mentioned, cut it down with hedge trimmers every few years.