Question for any landscaping experts on moving plants

[ProfessorM]

Dig a $50 hole for a $20 plant. Compost added to soil. Nice and loose. Hydrangea's don't like too much afternoon, hottest part of the day, sun. Make sure you get a good size rootball and keep watered during dry spells this summer. Mulch the roots, not up against trunk. Might need to cut it back this year too. Also get it done before season gets too hot. Pretty much what was said up above. Good luck. P.M.

[Raven]

spence....is that plants have a crown line....where the stem or staulk was above the ground...the demarcation zone between the top growth and the roots.... some plants thrive when planted deeper...others die as a result of having their crown line submerged below the soil line....so to avoid risk...make sure to plant it at the same height as before....

and PM i loved your line about the $50 dollar hole....

of course it reminded me of the too full a bag JOKE

[spence]

Thanks for the advice. I'm pretty good with moving plants but this will certianly help with the stuff that doesn't like to be moved...

Gotta get the work done so I can fish

-spence