Removing and/or moving plants/bushes

Any tips? Any specific time of year? WOuld like to try to do it ourselves rather than pay landscaper.

Re: Removing and/or moving plants/bushes

You should be able to remove plants/bushes at any time if you are not replanting.

If you are moving them, I would wait until they are done blooming. You can probably look up on the internet what the best time of year is to move a particular plant. I think fall is the best time to move plants/bushes.

Re: Removing and/or moving plants/bushes

What are you moving? Bulb plants move really well, but ITA with PP, wait until after they bloom or them may not this year.

when you do move plants/small trees, fill the hole with water first and water the heck out of it for a week.


We removed a big bush a few years ago. We cut it back to a stump and chopped at the stump and roots a bit. We waited for it to die out a bit and then tackled getting rid of the stump

Removing and/or moving plants/bushes

We removed all plants and bushes on our property ourselves. We didnt keep any. We did it in Spring. If you are just replacing it with grass I would wait until spring so you can lay sod or seed.