Moveing Cone Flowers?

It's been a bad year for my flower garden first to much rain now no rain at all.

Because of the weather (rain) i lost some sage ,salvia and speedwells to rot and now we have dry weather which is affecting some of my cones. ( my garden is horrible i'm so ashamed of it)
I have 2 or 3 established cones that are struggling due to the dryness and i would like to move them to better ground is this a good idea?
What would be the best method to move them?

I have purchased assorted cone flowers to replace my lost plants and have hesitated about planting them as we are haveing no rain.
But they are showing stress signs of being pot bound and needing to be planted i need some advice.
How should i go about planting these in this exstremly dry period we are haveing i really want them to make it?

Hi Harmony, I don't know the answer to moving them now, but they sure are pretty. We've had 2 good rains here in the last week, so the soil here is probably ok to plant in. Have you gotten any rain? Before the rains, the dirt was so dry it was cracking in places. For the ones in pots, do you have any bigger pots you can move them to? Or maybe divide them into 2 pots? Sorry I can't be any help. Becky

Harmony, those are really fine coneflowers. Do you know the name of this particular one?
Johanna

Harmony, I have not always had success moving in the heat of summer. I have killed perennials doing that. It seem best, if possible, just to be sure and keep your cones watered for now and move later. I keep a bucket (lately a large plastic coffee canister with handle) by the sink for rinse water from veggies, etc. That goes right out the front door to needy plants!

But if you feel you must move them, I would shade them for a week at least. I've used overturned baskets and a shade structure (think A frame tent, about 40" tall) that DH made me.

Good luck!

Flicker those are "Big Sky" and i got them at Lowes kind of expensive at $9 each


Cedar i have decided not to move them this drought is continuing and i don't dare touch anything to move it.
I finally broke down and planted the cones in the pic i planted 10 of different shades and they are doing okay as long as i keep them watered.

I really hope it rains soon we desperately need it :~)

Harmony,
Being perennials let them die down at the end of the season, keep a little moisture on them and separate them when the new growth appeared in the Spring. I don't think you want to do it now in the heat. If they did make it through the heat you wouldn't want them sending up new growth at the onset of winter.

I learned the hard way to seperate in early spring, as the new growth starts.Love my cone flowers, and especially the paradoxia.Trying seeds this year. Mike

Very nice Mike. I have not tried that one. I have a yellow "fake" coneflower - Rudbeckia lacinata - Cutleaf Coneflower that is taking over the world.

Gee, what is that, about 6'? I kind of like it though, but not where you have it.Maybe you were unaware it would dwarf everything.
The echineacea paradoxia takes 3Yrs. from seed to see a bloom.Funny, but I have some that divided, and have never bloomed, but are making progress.Believe me they do well in drought. Mike

Mike, the USDA database says it gets 8.2 feet (of course, I did not look at that BEFORE planting it). It is about 7 ft.

The whole thing of moving plants when YOU WANT to is hard to overcome. I want to get it done -- but generally, they don't agree with that plan in August.