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Moving a grevillea

19 years ago

OK - I'm dreading a little the answers I might get to this question, but I'll ask anyway!

I have a grevillea arenaria - about 4 ft tall, planted about 2 years ago. Lovely plant.

Thing is, its found itself in the wrong spot in the garden.

In short, I need to move it. I have a second location for it that's similar to the original, so its not shifting drastically from one set of conditions to another.

But what I'm wondering is if there's a hope I can get this plant moved and have it live - and what I can do to give it a real chance of doing so.

Should I prune it a touch before I dig it up? Should I, as I read somewhere, trim any damaged roots underwater? Should I fertilise when I move the plant to the new site?

What can I do to give it the best chance of survival.

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justcorreas
19 years ago
Before I would attempt pruning it, I'd see what the soil type is like, as it would suffer far less stress if you could get a good root ball and keep as much soil around the roots, thus avoiding any pruning.
trish_g
19 years ago
Prune the shrub, and maybe the deeper roots.
The bit that Grevilleas really hate is having the surface and near-surface roots disturbed. Your chances are better if you can get a good wide cut, and don't even disturb the mulch layer. Keep the surface good and moist for a while after the move.
Don't fertilise at all at all!
Trish
rish
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chris88
Original Author
19 years ago
Thanks so much for the advice everyone. The plant is a grevillea arenaria which I've grown very attached to - the birds love it and I don't want to lose it I guess.

I'll give this a go in the coming days and let you know how it goes - hopefully it will work out well.
kearnage
19 years ago
Chris

You could also take some cuttings as back up - just in case the worst happens. Good luck.

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