Moving Elephants Ears

1634 Racine

Evening All

I have a big patch of Elephant's Ears (Bergenia Cordifolia) that I need to remove due to impending building work.

I would quite like to keep some back as it could come in useful at a later date (and strangely I have kind of come to like it).

What's the best way to transplant some of these into containers.  They have the big fleshy fibrous roots.

Thanks

Racine

Loxley

Luckily it's not difficult - see this guide here. As long as you have some root, they will transplant OK. The more root the better but you'll have to trim a bit to get them into pots. You should cut the leaves as shown, to offset the root loss.

http://iminthegardentoday.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/bergenia.html

1634 Racine

Cheers Will.  Looks quite straightforward.  I will give it a go.

Cloggie

I have just moved loads of 'em with this wacky idea that they are the monoculture under a weeping birch (who knows if this idea will be fruitful?), anyway, they have taken already so I can vouch for them being easy.

I stuck my spade in between natural gaps in the leaves (they were in a crowded clump) and then when I'd isolated a likely candidate I cleaned it up by removing all brown matter, yellowed leaves and dead flower heads.  I was left with just the smaller leaves, although that's difficult because if they're there, they're huge so I did take off some that weren't damaged.  Then I left them plenty of space in their new location.

Best of luck.