moving from So Cal to SC

Hi Everyone,
I'm moving soon to Campobello, SC from Southern California. I have tons of potted plants that I'm trying to decide what to take and what to give away. I have some citrus and avacado that I plan on bringing and just bringing inside when the weather turns. Does anyone know if this will work? I also have a beautiful potted bougainvillea that I would love to bring. Does this survive out there? I also have a pomegranate and some bamboo, but not the typical bamboo. This has small green leaves that turn red in the winter and gets some red berries. I think it's this, (Semiarundinaria sp. 'Fall Red' http://www.bamboogarden.com/Semiarundinaria%20sp.%20'Fall%20Red'.html) but I'm probably at least close. I've attached a picture of it. With the exception of the citrus and possibly the avacado, I'd like to plant these all outside. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. kristen@mydevildogs.com
Thanks,
Kristen

My only suggestion would be to check to see if some of your plants are not allowed in the states you are going to be traveling through. We are moving from Las Vegas to SC in January. I checked and if we take the lower state route and go through Arizona and New Mexico we are not allow to take and cactus or fruit trees with us. We will be using a 28 ft truck and will need to stop at the weight stations.

Where in SC is Campobello? What is taking you to the other side of the states.

Wow. Thank you! Didn't even think about not being able to take them with me. We are using a company to move but are dragging a small uhaul behind our van with our clothes, bed, and plants. Not sure if I have to stop at weight stations or not with that but will definately check it out. Campobello is just north of Spartanburg and we are 5 miles from NC border. Cali has never felt like home...I'm from Michigan and my husband is from NY. His parents now live in Florida so we decided to go half way between both sets of families. Plus, my grandparents lived less than 10 miles from our new house so I'm semi familiar with the area having spent summers there as a kid. Just remember how beautiful it was.
What's moving you and what part of SC? At the rate it's taking to sell my house here, you may beat me there!

Your pretty close to right on what will grow and will not. Carat is right about the fruit trees, I think you might want to check into what's legal. There is a lot of fruit grown in this state and you don't want to unleash something by accident.

DevilDogs, I'm just over the NC border from Spartanburg, and here bougainvillea needs to be brought inside over the winter. Spartanburg is usually 5 - 10 degrees warmer than here, but I'm not at all sure it will be hardy there.

Thanks CoreHHI and Spartacusaby. My citrus I want to bring is just seedlings from my orange tree that are inside; I doubt anyone would even notice them as anything other than a house plant at this point. They have never been outside so I think they are OK. My avacado is also seedlings altho I do have some outside. I plan on dousing all my plants with something (haven't decided yet, but may just use soapy water so if anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them) before we leave just for ants. They have taken up residence in most of my outside pots so I'm constantly using dishsoap on everything to kill them. I swear that California was built on an ant hill.
I have a sun room in my new house and planned on using that for my plants over the winter. Guess I'll keep my bougainvillea in a pot and not plant in the ground so I can bring that in too but that means it stays small and pot bound :-( Anyone know about the pomagranite? I'd like to plant that outside if possible.
Thanks,
Kristen

DevilDogs...most pomegranates are hardy in zones 8-10. (I'm not sure what zone you'll be moving into but could be on the border of 8 and 7a?) There is a dward pomegranate called "Nana" that is touted to be hardy to zone 7 though.

As for the bougainvillia (sp?), I had one here for a couple years in a beautiful hanging basket; it was huge so perhaps that might be a great way for you to grow yours, eh? It'll get of good size plus you can move it to where you want it as required.

Hope this is helpful! And a hearty WELCOME to the Carolina Forum!

Shoe.

I'm not positive but think that "Bamboo" you pictured is actually Nandina which should be hardy oin Spartanburg.

I'm wondering about the pomegranates too. Think you'll be right on the edge of where they grow. SC is a good place for them to grow but your in an iffy spot could work, could not work.

Thanks everyone for the welcome and taking the time to answer my questions!
By my zip code I'll be in zone 7b. Ardesia, that "nandina" is exactly my plant! Thank you! I had just done a search on some bamboo sites and picked what looked closest but a search on nandina made me do a double take because it looks so exactly like my picture. One site said it will die back to the ground at -10 but come back in the spring. Yeah! I can plant it in the ground. This is an awesome plant and just beautiful...especially for those of us in the desert that don't get to see the seasons change.
Horseshoe, I have no clue what kind of pomagranite I have as it was a gift as a clipping. I'll check with the person who gave it to me and see if she knows. I also have 2 hanging bougainvillea plants that I bought only to spruce up front of house for selling and they are beautiful. Think I'll bring those along with my big potted one in my backyard.
I think this is going to be one of my favorite sites once I move and have time to fully be able to explore this site more :-)
Thank you :-)
Kristen

Bless your heart, that Nandina will multiply rapidly in SC. :-))), You will soon have many many to enjoy. That was my dear MIL's favorite plant.

The bougainvilla's will surely have to be indoors during the winter but your sunroon will do fine for them.

Kristen, I am about an hour East of you just on the outskirts of Clover before York. Found out today that my house is 10.5 miles from the NC border. We had originally planned on moving in January but now that has been pushed to the the first week of February. We have also managed to get housing before moving so like you we will be waiting to sell this house. The market here is backing off a bit but I have three neighbors that all have made mention that they would like to purchase the house and asked to talk to them before placing it with a realtor. We are moving because I am tired of seeing brown sand/dirt, black asphault, and lack of trees for my scenery. I have hated living in Las Vegas for years but my parents were sick and I couldn't leave them. They have passed away and now it is time for us to get the heck out of here. And then the level of crime here. I work for the school district at a behavior school that is host to the gun toting, knife weilding and drug selling crowd. My youngest is 12 and I really want him to have a chance to see that life is a lot different in a rural area. He is a outdoor type of kid and on our visits back there he has not wanted to leave.

I just drove a 17 ft moving truck back through the mid states and never had a problem or had to stop at any of the weight stations. The larger moving truck that we will be using is required to stop at the weight stations. I was told that they only seldom check the contents of the truck but I would be the one that they would check for sure.

Your Nandina plant is going to be beautiful in your new yard. I have seen many in the area around my house in SC and they are thriving. Your weather should be close to if not the same as mine. I am also 7b.

Hi Carat,
Good luck selling! My sister in law had her house on the market in Vegas for a year before she finally just took it off and decided to stay for a few more years. She hates it there too. Have you looked into upack moving? I think it's just upack.com. They bring you the 28 foot truck, you pack it, they drive it to new house and you unpack it. It was much cheaper than anything else I checked out including penske and u-haul. I dropped our price again today and pray it sells soon. My daughter is 5 and we missed the start of kindergarden on 8/10 :-(

Kristen, thanks for the website. I will look into it. Right now the thinking is that we will purchase a 28ft moving truck from a family friend and use it to move and then to use as storage until we get the garage completed. The price of the truck, insurance and gas is still less then any other way we have checked into.
The 17 ft truck I just drove back with a load of our stuff was from Budget and they were the cheapest we could find.

Sorry that your little one missed the start of Kindergarten. Is Kindergarten all day or half day in SC? Maybe if she attends all day now and back there it is half day she will be ahead when you do make your move....

That horrible that you had to drop the price on your house again. We have only had a couple houses in our area go up for sale in the past few months and both sold relatively quick. One in two months and the other 4 months. I am hoping for the later to be honest as I really dont want to rent the house back at an outlandish price for a couple months until we can leave, but that is going to be one of the conditions.