Plants to move

Pleasant surprise yesterday, my tete a tete daff leaves had finally gone yellow, so i thought brilliant, tidy that patch up. As I removed the leaves I found that the double begonias that i had planted last year had come through. Not sure how i removed them last year, or rather thought i had, i thought they were just annuals and i now have some lovely healthy plants coming through. The dilemma is that i have started to plant that section out with shrubs, (only very small ones at the moment), a very new rose bush is sitting within an inch of a begonia and i dont know which would move better, considering this hot weather, do i try the begonia or the rose bush, or just let them grow really close for fear of losing either.

 

Why not leave them both where they are, if you must, move the begonia as it would take transplanting better than a newly planted rose. There is no reason to think you would lose both if you leave them.

 

Thanks for that, but really its whether i would smother them if they stayed so close, guess they would give a lovely shower of colour though.

 

Totally agree with Strongy - moving a rose isn't something you want to do unless you really have to - better to move the begonia, as it'll be less fussy. Personally, I'd leave them until the plants are all dormant, (winter!) and do any moving then. I have to move a lot of plants at "the wrong time" for all sorts of reasons, and I'm never happy about it, although most of the plants do survive - but they need a lot of TLC to help them through the move. Have fun!

 

Yep, leave them both until autumn/first frost then move the begonia which can be lifted and stored in a cool frost free place overwinter for planting next year. (I'm assuming it's formed a corm)

Begonias will also take a bit of hacking when in full growth so if it looks like smothering your rose just snip bits off on that side to give the rose some light and air to help prevent blackspot. Both should be fine.

[ 14. June 2006, 12:08 AM: Message edited by: frogesque ]