A gardening expert offers tips for digging up a tree, moving it to its new home and re-planting it — all without killing it.

How to Transplant Bamboo If you are transplanting an established bamboo plant, select a healthy section of bamboo culms (stems) to dig up and relocate. Make sure there are no new shoots visible.

It still would be a good idea to cut the tree back before digging it up. Water it well and give it a dose of fish emulsion to help minimize transplant shock, but don't fertilize it.

Many common shrubs are easy to dig up and relocate, including lilacs, weigela, nandina and forsythia. Taprooted trees such as redbuds and blackgums are harder to transplant.

Dig the appropriate sized hole in the new location before you dig up the tree or shrub you are transplanting. The hole should be two times as wide and as deep as the size of the rootball you have ...

Question: We live in Tippecanoe county and need to transplant a tulip tree that is 2-3’ tall. Could you please tell me when the optimal time would be to transplant? I have read to transplant in the ...

Reed said his crews hand-dig root balls up to about 3 feet across, beyond which they have to resort to a tree spade. How do you measure a tree?

If you wait to dig up and transplant your tree and shrub until the temperatures are cooler and humidity higher, your tree and shrub will have a better chance of quick recovery and have more of a ...

It also can be a verb used to describe digging up and moving a plant that is growing in the ground. Transplanting is on my mind because February is the last month in the ideal transplanting season.

Early fall is a great time to pick up nursery bargains and transplant perennials and trees to give them a head start on spring.

Question: We live in Tippecanoe county and need to transplant a tulip tree that is 2-3’ tall. Answer: Early spring (before leaves emerge) and fall (after leaf drop) are the best times to transplant ...