Today's dig

[The Surgeon]

Hia,

Recently moved from Melbourne to the Bellarine Peninsular. Am doing some work on the house and this guy needed to be moved for a front verandah.

Was surprised at how few roots were on the tree.

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Now to let this one recover.

Future ideas?

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[shibui]

Appears to be a callistemon. I would usually try to move these in warmer weather but native growers in Melbourne assure me it never gets cold enough to stop repotting natives so it should be OK.
Not sure about the cluster of trunks from close to the base but I'm sure that removing a few will simplify the design when the time is right.

[The Surgeon]

Thanks Neil,

Yep, definately callistemon.

Not sure about time of moving. It was now or never. My concern was more about the lack of roots. Let's see what happens

Jason

[greg27]

I've dug a few callistemon with about as many roots as that - I reckon you'll be fine. Keep it wet - generally in the wild you see callistemon growing along creek banks, so they're fans of water.

[shibui]

My concern was more about the lack of roots.

I've seen many trees survive transplant with less roots than that. Callistemon root well from cuttings with no roots at all. Transplants with even a few roots have a head start over cuttings and a good chance at surviving.

And when a tree needs to be moved it needs to be moved. Doing things outside traditional times helps us gather further knowledge so please update whatever the result with this one.