Hi everyone, I have a few small trees that I want to move from the backyard to the front yard.
We're opening up the centre of the yard to provide more open area for the kids to play and we've lost a few shrubs out the front during the drought due to poor planting choices by the previous owners. So I'd like to move what I don't want from the backyard to fill up the spaces out the front.
The first two I'd like to move are bottlebrushes, trunk diameter is about 15cm, height approx 7 ft (how's that for a mix of metric and imperial for ya).
I've never transplanted a tree before so would really appreciate any tips to help maximise my chances of success.
Will a bottlebrush stand to be moved or is it likely to keel over no matter how careful I am?
Should I prune first, if so by how much?
Do I start digging at the drip line to ensure I get the entire root ball or is that over/under allowing?
Any other tips?
Once I've done those it's a large Walpole Wax but that's a bush more than a tree and I know I can prune the b-geebers out of that and not kill it...I'd like to move everything over the next couple of weeks but is there a best time of the year to do this?
Thanks in advance