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Specific Seasons of the Year

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Under excellent care, good results may be attained by transplanting all plants during the fall planting season, or during the spring planting For the best results, however, it is advisable to plant some types during the fall planting season and other types during the spring planting season. The two groups A and B contain plants specifically adapted for planting; some in the fall and some in the spring. Group C contains a list of plants which transplant with extreme difficulty, and can be transplanted with better success during the spring months with the exception of the trailing arbutus listed in Group C-a. This plant is extremely difficult to transplant with any success at any season.

Those who have had considerable experience with the trailing arbutus are of the general opinion that if it is taken up during the month of July and moved with a goodly amount of soil about its roots together with some additional soil in which to plant it in the new location, some success may be assured. Special care should be taken TRANSPLANTING immediately after this plant is transplanted to give it a mulch of some light texture such as partially decayed oak leaves in order to provide a satisfactory fertilizer and to prevent excessive evaporation from the soil which surrounds the roots.

A. PLANTS WHICH SHOULD BE TRANSPLANTED IN AUTUMN:

Anemone pennsylvanica Canadian Windflower Aquilegia (in variety) Columbine Dicentra spectabilis Bleeding-heart Doronicum plantagineum excelsum Leopard's Bane Hepatica triloba Hepatica Iris (in variety) Iris (See Page 90) Trollius europaeus Globe-flower Lilium (not stem-rooting) Lily Paeonia Peony Phlox divaricata Wild Sweet William Primula (in variety) Primrose Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot Trillium (in variety) Wake Robin B. PLANTS WHICH SHOULD BE TRANSPLANTED IN SPRING:

Acer rubrum Red Maple Acer saccharinum Silver Maple Anemone japonica Japanese Windflower Azalea (in variety) Azalea Benzoin aestivale Spice Bush Betula (in variety) Birch Buddleia veitchiana Summer Lilac Calycanthus floridus Strawberry Shrub Chrysanthemum (in variety) Chrysanthemum Colutea arborescens Bladder Senna Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Cotoneaster horizontalis Prostrate Cotoneaster Crataegus (in variety) Thorn Ericaceous plants of all sorts Fagus sylvatica European Beech Hedera helix English Ivy Hibiscus syriacus Rose of Sharon Kalmia (in variety Laurel Kerria japonica Globe-flower Liquidambar styraciflua Sweet Gum Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree Magnolia (in variety) Magnolia Morus rubra Red Mulberry Pieris (in variety) Fetterbush Populus (in variety) Poplar Rhododendron (in variety) Rhododendron Rhus canadensis Fragrant Sumac Rosa rugosa Japanese Rose Stephanandra flexuosa Stephanandra Tamarix gallica French Tamarisk Taxus (in variety) Yew Ulmus americana American Elm Viburnum plicatum Japanese Snowball Vitex agnus-castus Chaste Tree C. PLANTS WHICH ARE TRANSPLANTED WITH LITTLE SUCCESS: a.

Plants to be rarely if ever transplanted. Some plants, especially if collected from the wild, seldom survive the shock of transplanting. Some plants, like the beeches, must be entirely dormant if they are to be moved successfully. The letter (c) after a name indicates that collected plants move with little or no success; but nursery-grown plants move with fair success.

Anemone nemorosa White Wood Anemone Betula (in variety) (c) Birch Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam Comptonia asplenifolia (c) Sweet Fern Epigaea repens Trailing Arbutus Fagus americana (c) American Beech Carya (in variety) Hickory Juglans cinerea Butternut Juglans nigra Juglans Black Walnut Juniperus sabina (c) Savin Juniper Larix laricina Tamarack Myrica carolinensis (c) Bayberry Nyssa sylvatica Tupelo Ostrya virginiana Hop Hornbeam Vaccinium vacillans (c) Low Blueberry Taxus canadensis (c) Ground Yew Tsuga canadensis (c) Canadian Hemlock b. Plants which recover slowly from the operation of transplanting. Some fine species of ornamental plants never recover quickly from the effects of being transplanted. No matter how carefully this work may be carried out there is sure to be a considerable period following when the plant is disappointing in appearance and when it requires careful maintenance if future growth is to fulfill the expectation of the planter. Abelia grandiflora Hybrid Abelia Acer palmatum Japanese Maple Betula (in variety) Birch Buxus sempervirens Tree Box Calluna vulgaris Scotch Heather Carpinus betulus TRANSPLANTING European Hornbeam Cercis canadensis Red-bud Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Crataegus (in variety) Thorn Fagus sylvatica European Beech Hibiscus syriacus Rose of Sharon Ilex glabra Inkberry Ilex opaca American Holly Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel Liquidambar styraciflua Sweet Gum Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree Mahonia aquifolium Oregon Grape Pyrus (in variety) Crab Quercus rubra Red Oak Rhamnus cathartica Common Buckthorn Syringa vulgaris (in variety) Common Lilac Viburnum tomentosum plicatum Japanese Snowball