I have a large garden with some spring bulb flowers, planning on some Glads, and would like to establish some flowering bushs – a portion of this garden gets full sun and about 1/3 is afternoon shade.
Planning my garden for spring – would it be ok to move an established Lilac bush or simply plant a new one?
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You can move your established bushes in any month that has an R in it as long as the ground can be dug. Since lilacs establish their bloom buds the year before you will lose those blooms, and 3 years or longer you won’t see any blooms. Just depends on how hard the transplant was to your bushes. I would say that fall is a better time than spring to move these plants based on experience, because they begin to prepare for the long rest period of winter and begin to go dormant. Spring they begin to put their energy into growth and can be shocked terribly. Hope this helps
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