ButterCups

jimbob · #1 03/24/15, 05:45 PM

So i am wanting to transplant some butter cups for my wife from her moms flower beds to ours. When is the right time to move them? Thanks for any info

where I want to · #2 03/24/15, 08:24 PM

Lots of things are called buttercups. Do you know what their scientific name is?
If they are ranunculus, I think it's pretty hard to kill them. In fact I thought that was going to be the question here-how to kill them.
Most perennials can be transplanted at any point as long as they are kept well watered and out of strong sun for awhile. If they are tubers or corms, they do better if transplanted before growth starts.
Always exceptions of course.

Rita · #3 03/25/15, 09:37 AM

If you are talking about daffodils, they are best moved after the foliage has died back.

My2butterflies · #4 03/25/15, 10:10 AM

Fall is the best time I believe. My mom just gave me a bunch of them in September of last year. I was out looking for signs of growth last week(before our latest snow storm) and looks like they have made it just fine. Most things do best being moved in the fall after the first hard frost. And some plants can be moved early spring(aka, right now) lol. I'm guessing you can try for moving them and they will be fine. Just feed them and water them well till they get established. When you dig them up try and keep as much dirt around them as possible. Then you won't disrupt them as much.

Muskrat · #5 03/25/15, 05:25 PM

My Grandmother always told me you can transplant almost anything if you transplant a big enough chunk of it. This led to a discussion of how much of the backyard would have to be excavated to transplant one of the oak trees.

Transplanting a whole clump of them might be your best bet.

jimbob · #6 03/26/15, 09:51 AM

Thanks i will take a picture and post it when i get home. I have no clue to what the scientific name is, around here they are just buttercups.

jimbob · #7 03/26/15, 12:39 PM

This is what i have been told is butter cups

My2butterflies · #8 03/26/15, 01:05 PM

Those to me are daffodils. Do they have bulbs?

Bret · #9 03/26/15, 01:09 PM

Nice. I think that they transplant OK. Good luck.

I want to plant peanut butter cups. No mistaking them.

RedDirt Cowgirl · #10 03/26/15, 01:18 PM

These are definitely bulbs, "Buttercup daffodils" sounds right to me.

Just wait until their leaves are all yellow in a few weeks, or you can let them dry off completely. That's my choice because the roots will still be feeding the bulb even after the leaves stop growing. Then find the edge of the planting to see how deep the bulbs are and dig them up. It's a good chance to plant the bulbs later in the fall, in a new place with room to grow. Mom's bulbs will benefit from having some extra space too. (They look a bit stressed for lack of water)

And like Muskrat's Grandmother knows, NOW is usually the best time to get any plant. You could sure dig up a shovelful and move them that way.

where I want to · #11 03/26/15, 01:25 PM

Yup- daffodils. If you can wait until they die back in fall,then dig up the dormant bulbs - that is surest. But I have moved blooming daffodils in a pinch. Just watered so soil was damp, dug up like moving a bush, getting as far down as possible to as much root as possible, then wrapped the soil ball until I could lay it gently in the new hole.

jimbob · #12 03/26/15, 02:37 PM

The lack of water is not so. They were about 5 inches tall and we got hit with 8 inches of snow. Hopefully they will bounce back thanks for the advice you all are awesome. Thanks again

Harry Chickpea · #13 03/26/15, 02:37 PM

Thought at first that you might be planting a CEO.

http://www.todayshomeowner.com/whats...nd-buttercups/