i agree with gal ... while it has been a warmish spring in my z5 .... with many flowering trees and shrubs weeks if not a month ahead of schedule .... it still should .. theoretically.. be 6 to 8 weeks before the real heat hits .... and is still prime time to move things .... by real heat.. i mean 75 all day.. and 60's at night ... it is really all about night time temps..in spring.. no matter the day temp.. the nights are cool.. giving transplants time to recover from the heat of the day.. the hard time is when nights are warm.. and the plant might not be able to recover .... in my world.. all i want it to do it live thru year one and two .... and if the flower show is not spectacular.. so be it .. so part of the issue is simply your 'need' to see the show .. put that part out of your mind.. and then the equation simplifies to now is the right time ... maybe the flowers will hang on.. maybe they wont .... but wait for the cool week coming up.. and make sure it is well watered a day or two prior to the move ... i see no real difference between my z5 and your 6 ... ken

It's quite unhappy to not have the blooms you wanted for the holidays. In my case, I can delay blooming by wrapping my bulb (scape and all) in newspaper and placing it in the fridge until I think it's time. It worked for me, but of course, the flowers wouldn't be as spectacular as they would bloom normally. But well, I guess I couldn't have the cake and it eat too, right? Xuan

I have a friend that is psychic. She is especially so with cats. One day she came in and said, "Squeeky told me to tell you she needs to go to the vet". So I did and she was sick. She has had several cats over the years that she swears are her former pets. Normally, I would be a skeptic, but I have known her for 26 years. Twice my parents bought black toy poodles that turned out to be big miniatures. Mother always wanted a toy. Diane has a pom (Cody. If Diane was standing on hot coals, he would be right there with her. When we got BeBe I kept him in a crate in my bedroom. One day Diane was cleaning my bathroom and said, look at Cody. He would not go in my room and the hair was standing up on his back. This went on all day, as she kept testing him. I called Beth and told her what was going on. She said it was Mother and she was mad at me because I had gotten a black toy poodle. I kid you not. I walked into the room and said, "Mother what ever you are mad about, you need to go on." Then Cody walked into my room like nothing had happened. I am glad Diane was there also. Otherwise if I told that story someone would call the men with butterfly nets. LOL!

Well, today was the day for some answers. I finally got in touch with the nice man I was trying to find. He is doing what he can (which isn't much). He's ordered all the drains cleaned out, plus he is running a search to see if the city has an older than 25 year (which is what the Realtor would have run) easement on the property. I mentioned I think that was done but nobody would tell me yes or no. At least now I'll know. He does not know why site development is not in cahoots with watershed. But he moved me to another man. That man was one I had spoken to before. He is the nicest of them all but still rude and arrogant. I could not get any information from him at all and finally I said "I had a landscape architect look at it" He HOLLERED "now why would you do that (but less politely). I answered, I didn't know who else to call. He said "CIVIL ENGINEER" - so of course I asked him "why on earth did you not say that in the first place?!!!". He refused to answer and told me to just do it and then MAYBE they would speak to me. I got some action when I spoke to the other nice man and explained that I was very well aware of my rights as a citizen and if the city was responsible they would be held responsible and if they were not, I just wanted the work done and finished and I would pay for it. He was quite ammeanable then, especially when I also explained the run around and expense I've already paid to meet standards that do not exist on paper but in some persons head. I asked about drainage from other properties. I pushed him a bit and finally he said if a developer wants to do something in Atlanta they can, and all the code is just pushed to the side and signed off on. If a homeowner does the work they will be require to hold to the letter of the law and even worse -the whims of whomever is giving final approval. My fellows were caught red handed by too many folks now. I think that it will take a lot of green but we'll get there eventually. I hope I can do it myself. It will get done much faster than if I wait on the city! You've never heard someone so happy to hear the words "civil engineer"!!!!