they are pretty late to bud out in my z5 .... i would stop all fertilizing or stimulating.. proper watering is all it needs.. and.. its a shrub.. not a perennial ...different rules for pruning .. etc ... might try the shrub forum in the future ... highly invasive by way of seedlings in some areas .... do not expect flowers this year ... and maybe not next year ... ken

They are probably seedlings. Mine have never suckered but I have seedlings popping up everywhere in a 8' radius of each. Transplanting them shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks for the info. I also posted in the shrubs forum, and got lots of similar useful advice. The 'sharons are doing well despite our not getting any rain in the past 14 days. I've been watering them every other day and have them wrapped with burlap to minimize any sunburn. vince

Hmm I mean transplant shock can differ as far as how long it lasts etc. I'd keep it well watered..maybe add the root hormone to the water. I wouldn't fertilize just yet? If it needs to make roots, idk if that would be too much for it or if you do fertilize use something that has a really low number for the first number maybe? You could prune them some, nothing too severe but maybe a few canes to force it to want to 'grow' perhaps. Whatever you do I'd keep it well watered for a while, adding in the root hormone to help it along. And leave it alone, allow it time to recover esp where it wasn't really taken care of when it was yanked out and afterwards. Let it stay for this season and see what happens next spring.