transplanting an azalea

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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) Jun 04, 2008

How well do azaleas transplant? There is one small one getting buried by a rhody in the front of my house. The original owners tried squeezing in 5 rhodys, 3 azaleas and 1 Dr Suess looking shrub right up against the house, what the heck were they thinking??? Anyway this azalea is a really nice reddish color and I would love to save it if I could.
Do you think I could?

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jun 04, 2008

They can be transplanted, the key is to get as much of the rootball as possible. I'm not sure if now is a good time of year to do it in your climate, hopefully someone from your zone can advise on that. The trouble you're going to have is if all that stuff is crammed in there, it might be hard to get it out without either losing a big chunk of its roots, or damaging the roots of the other plants that are in the bed. If I were you, I might try and start some cuttings of the one you like, then if you can get those to root, plant them in the area where you want the plant, and then you can just cut down the one in the crowded bed, or let it get overwhelmed by the other plants. That way you don't have to worry about damaging anything and you can still have the color that you want somewhere that you can enjoy it.

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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) Jun 04, 2008

Oh yeah, Duh...why didn't I think of that????

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snapple45 Holland, OH(Zone 5b) Jun 05, 2008

If you do move it, try to shade it for while until the root hairs can settle in and move water and nutrients.

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happy_macomb Chevy Chase, MD(Zone 7a) Jun 07, 2008

We've moved lots of azaelas with success. You'll need to water aggressively for the first year or so.

Azaleas are really easy to root if you just pull a stem to the ground and stick a stone on it to hold it down. Come back in a few months and it'll be rooted.

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