Don’t Be Afraid to Move Plants Around the Yard

It’s now possible to move a surprising variety of plants, from azaleas to zauschnerias. Easiest to move are perennial plants and roses--one reason they are so popular with avid gardeners. You can often breathe life back into fairly young azaleas and camellias that are in poor soil or planted too low by moving them to a better position now.

Frost is possible from now until March. Be prepared to protect sensitive plants on exceptionally cold nights. Move them under the eaves or cover them with plastic on particularly cold nights. Should a plant be damaged by frost, don’t prune it back until spring or you will encourage new growth that might get nipped again.

From the 2001 Los Angeles Times Garden Calendar

Suiseki exhibit of stones that have been sculpted by nature--wind, water and time--into shapes that resemble mountains, waterfalls, islands and animals, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Monday at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. The exhibit in Friends’ Hall is free. Garden admission is $10.

For information: (626) 405-2100.