PLANTS DIFFICULT TO TRANSPLANT AND THOSE ADAPTED FOR TRANSPLANTING AT SPECIFIC SEASONS OF THE YEAR : Page 835

While it is desirable in the transplanting of evergreens and ofrhododendrons in particular to move them at a time when they arejust ready to begin growth, in order to prevent them from standing in a"cold soil," it is, on the other hand, necessary to transplant suchtrees as the beech and the birch when they are absolutely dormant.If they have shown the least signs of growth through the swelling of thebuds, the operation of transplanting becomes more difficult, and yet totransplant such material in the fall and to permit it to stand throughthe winter, especially in a heavy soil, subjects it to the possibility ofconsiderable loss. There is a well-defined group of perennials, typicalof which are the chrysanthemum and the Japanese anemone, whichcan seldom be transplanted with any success during the fall season.The reason for this is that the plant produces flowers at such a lateperiod in the growing season that further root action necessary toestablish the plant in a new location and successfully carry it throughthe winter is not encouraged.