A lot can happen in the many decades that a lilac grows with appropriate care: for example, the garden is redesigned from time to time or a shed or another building is to be erected at this very location. Perhaps the lilacs have simply grown too big over the years and therefore need more space - there are many reasons for transplanting the ornamental tree. In the following article you will find instructions and tips on how best to go about transplanting.

Small lilacs can be transplanted without major difficulties

The best time for transplanting lilacs

But before you hopefully grab a spade and get started, take a look at the calendar. If you want lilacs to survive, don't transplant them in the middle of the growing season - spring and especially summer are a bad time of year for this. It is better to wait until autumn or early spring before transplanting. The easiest time to move the wood is in March, at the latest in early April.

Is it still possible to relocate an old lilac?

In addition to the season, the age of the lilac itself is also an important criterion for the success of your project. Younger lilac up. approx. ten years can usually be shipped to another location more or less easily. However, if your specimen is already a few decades old, you should think twice about transplanting - these lilacs often have a widespread root system that extends many meters around and will suffer serious damage if this system is cut. You would have to put such a shrub or tree on the stick (i.e. cut back radically to about 30 centimeters above the ground) and only then move it.

Implement lilacs - this is how it works

In any case, pruning before transplanting is immensely important. Since the roots are damaged during transplanting, the remaining ones can no longer adequately nourish the shrub. As such, pruning is a must so that the lilac can put its energy into root growth and not have to struggle (in vain) to nourish its above-ground parts of the plant. That's how it works:

  • First, cut back the lilacs by at least a third.
  • The older the lilac is, the more it needs to be cut back.
  • You can also put him on the stick, i. H. shorten to 30 centimeters above the ground.
  • Now cut off the ground around the lilac with the spade.
  • The radius should be at least the circumference of the shrub before pruning.
  • Drive the spade in deep as a blade.
  • Now take a digging fork and loosen the root ball by gently jerking it back and forth.
  • Lift out the root ball and lilacs.
  • Feel free to leave a generous amount of soil at the roots.
  • Now dig a planting hole that is at least twice as big and deep as the root ball.
  • Fill it completely with water and wait until this has drained away.
  • Mix the excavated soil with compost and wood shavings.
  • Plant the lilacs again.
  • Water it regularly over the coming days and weeks.

At least in the first year after transplanting, the lilac flower will fall out. Some specimens only bloom again after several years.

tips

Instead of transplanting all the lilacs, you can simply remove root shoots or cuttings and replant them in the desired location.

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