{"id":19899,"date":"2022-06-14T10:52:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T14:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?p=19899"},"modified":"2022-06-14T10:53:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T14:53:20","slug":"transplant-echinacea-in-early-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/06\/14\/transplant-echinacea-in-early-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you transplant echinacea in early June?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;d like to move some of my echinacea to a new spot to help establish another pollinator garden. Is it too late to dig some up to transplant them. They&#8217;re about a foot tall.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Answer:<\/h3>\n<p><em>Liz Stanley, Horticulture Community Education Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n<div>Thank you for your question about transplanting echinacea in early June.<\/div>\n<p>Echinacea is an especially durable plant and transplants easily in small or large clumps. When digging, get as much of the root system and soil as you can and have your new location ready.<\/p>\n<p>Transplanting is best done on a cool, overcast day, but if that&#8217;s not possible, early morning will suffice. Water well but gently, but don&#8217;t keep the roots wet. Mulch can help with moisture loss and weed control.<\/p>\n<p>Echinacea is a native, low-maintenance plant and doesn&#8217;t need much in the way of water or fertility once established.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s more about\u00a0<b>purple coneflower<\/b>\u00a0in the Cornell Growing Guides:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardening.cornell.edu\/homegardening\/scene1d08.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.gardening.cornell.edu\/homegardening\/scene1d08.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1655304410513000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3rBJoBSHJlke3OVvFDpbTv\">http:\/\/www.gardening.cornell.edu\/homegardening\/scene1d08.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This fact sheet from UMN has more detailed information on\u00a0<b>How and When to Divide Perennials<\/b>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/planting-and-growing-guides\/dividing-perennials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/planting-and-growing-guides\/dividing-perennials&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1655304410514000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2z1Nt6T3PNfoPg6vVox2CT\">https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/planting-and-growing-guides\/dividing-perennials<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I&#8217;d like to move some of my echinacea to a new spot to help establish another pollinator garden. Is it too late to dig some up to transplant them. They&#8217;re about a foot tall. Answer: Liz Stanley, Horticulture Community Education Assistant Thank you for your question about transplanting echinacea in early June. Echinacea is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can you transplant echinacea in early June? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/06\/14\/transplant-echinacea-in-early-june\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can you transplant echinacea in early June? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Question: I&#8217;d like to move some of my echinacea to a new spot to help establish another pollinator garden. 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