Mid-Atlantic Gardening: August Blooms, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
The most spectacular thing in my Garden at this moment is my Kopper King Hibiscus.
It just blows me away every year!!!!
I should dig it up and plant it in the small, round flower bed in front of my house. I know I might damage some of the roots, but I might take the chance.

Several reasons I might take that chance:

1--Nothing much thrives in the big pot I try to put on some kind of a pedestal in the center
of this front bed. The SPV always takes over and everything else dies off. I have
wasted so much $$ on flowers that i thought would be SO colorful.....YUK!
2--Full sun--all day--my KK would love it. Plus, it grows about 6' tall and blooms it's
head off in the heat and humidity of our Summers.
3--The bed my KK has been growing in for the last 4 years is minute! Only about 24"
deep and smack against the foundation of my house. Behind it is a really pretty
Clematis--light blue--"Proteus". I think it is struggling due to all the shade and the
heavy roots of the KK Hib.
4--The KK is TOTALLY shading out the pretty, red Lilies I transplanted there. I mean--
they get NO daylight.

Basically--Do I need any more reasons????? NOOOOOOOOOO!

Question---When should I dig it up??? In the fall when it is totally done blooming, or in very early spring? My gut feeling is--do it in the late fall. That way it can still grow some more roots. I now I will disturb/mangle some of them in the transplanting process...I sure would hate to lose it!

OK! Here are some pictures from this beauty!!!!

Gita