Dig a larger area around it then kinda break up the ground and work the plant and it's root free. After you relocate it water it alot, like some water every hour and give it shade. I mostly move them to pots to share with friends. So they get good potting soil and total shade. I also clip off some of the larger leaves. They look really wilted very easily, but don't despair, just add water.

Susan, just about any time the ground is not frozen or they are not in active growth works well, even during bloom. The period of active growth is normally immediately after blooming is finished, when the new leaf buds are opening. You could even move them during active growth in a mild climate if you managed to take a wide rootball but not without some risk to this years growth. Their roots will extend at least as far as the widest branches (pre-pruned). Do you know to drag them on a tarp or cardboard not try to lift them, and don't plant them in their new site any deeper than they were originally growing.

I'm in Zone 7A, northern virginia. The apple and pear trees I planted on the sunnier side are doing great. But I have an apricot, cherry, and quince on the less-sunny side that are struggling. I planted in a new house/yard without having been here a full year which was...not smart. So what was sunny last fall is not so sunny now. I'll watch tomorrow to see how much direct sun they're getting (we've had nothing but clouds the past three weeks). I planted them from bare root 2 months ago. Kicking myself I didn't put them all in the same area.

I HAVE to share my cilantro growing experience from last year. Last year was the first time I grew cilantro and I planted seedlings in June when it was getting pretty warm. I broke almost all the rules, mostly unknowingly, and it still worked very well. 1) Split each seed into two halves and sowed four halves 1/4 inch deep, equidistant from each other in 2.5 oz cups, about 2 inches across and 2 inches deep. 2) germinated on heat mat. Took almost two weeks to germinate even on heat mat. Most germinated. 3)As soon as I saw any germination in a cup, removed it from heat mat and placed in enclosed porch where they got morning sun. 4)when all the seedlings had at least one set of true leaves planted outside, about mid June. 5) The site was pretty shady, only 3 or 4 hours of sun. The soil was rich, soft and fluffy. Inverted the ball of soil out of the cup, nudged into the soft soil, mulched and watered. ALL the little seedlings grew into big stocky plants! I crammed what turned out to be 24 to 30 plants in a 2 feet by 3 feet rectangle, or smaller. In spite of the little sunlight and so many plants in such a small space the cilantro grew upright, vigorously and had fantastic flavor. And here is the kicker. I harvested leaves by holding a bunch and cutting straight across about 1 or 2 inches from the ground. For most part I did not cut all the leaves off a single plant but a bunch here and there from my dense clump. By the next morning I could see new growth at the cut surface. I cannot emphasize just how much cilantro I cut and harvested from this clump for myself and my friends. And I was harvesting till a little before Christmas until iit suddenly got too cold and I did not want to trek outside anymore. The plants were still growing back in Nov. Not a single plant bolted till mid November and then only a total of three plants flowered. The flavor changed late in the season. Dont know if this was because of the season changing or the plants getting spent. Still pretty full of flavor. I did water well and fed them with fish emulsion + kelp extract a couple of times. So, I germinated inside on a heat mat, transplanted outside in hottish weather, grew in mostly shade, harvested over and over and got cilantro into December from a planting from June and almost no bolting. I attribute all the good things to the variety I grew, Calypso. I bought three varieties, Calypso, Santo and Cruiser, just picked them out of a hat. I could not get a single seed to germinate from Santo or Cruiser so Calypso grew by default. That was one of the luckiest breaks. I am reading the description of Calypso carefully now and it does say very slow to bolt, can be cut again and again and makes big plants. The Calypso was from Park Seed. This year I will plant out earlier. @floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK my last frost date being April 25, I will try beginning of April? @kitasei2: Please give Calypso a try. I think it will work for you. You will get big bunches of cilantro. Same as you, last year the flat leaf parsley I tried germinated in a few days, a blink of an eye. I soaked the seeds overnight and germinated on a heat mat too. I planted them out so late they did not get very big though. Maybe they wont come back this year.