Cindy,
Thanks for the help! No, I don't have a truck...they'll be in my car. Do you think I should prune them after digging them up? Would this reduce stress...to transport and transplant....or keep as many leaves as possible?
I was planning on either carrying them in a bucket w/a bit of water or if roots don't fit in bucket, maybe putting a bag around them to keep them from drying out. How does that sound?
Stone,
Thank-you for your suggestions. I was thinking of carrying them in a bucket or garbage bag to protect the roots. Sorry I should have said, location is going from NC mtns to Northern VA mtns....both can reach temps up to 90 in summer..... I'm taking them to VA where it tends to be slightly cooler. I don't have any containers big enough to heel these things in but it is a cove forest where if ground is mulched it rarely dries out and since these species are generally kind of weedy I was thinking they would probably survive....just wondering if I should prune them a bit to reduce leaf mass and evaporation...and possibly stimulate growth....don't laugh...I'm clueless
