They can be safely moved in the spring as they are breaking dormancy. It would be a good idea to split the root ball. 'Gracillimus' sure is a beautiful grass. I get more complements on that one than any other I grow.

Thank you, dereks, I love really love how these grasses, even in winter they look great against the snow. :)

Peggy, I moved a Gracillimus last spring year after it was in another location for a year. I just dug as big a rootball as I could tot disturb the roots as little as possible. I watered it good for a couple of months following the move and it never really skipped a beat. This year it's growing great guns !!!
Good luck !

Blackie

ok, thanks for the info on how and when to transplant the maiden grass...........I, too, bought two plants two yrs ago and last year they got huge!!! I would like to transplant to another area of my yard, is now (May) too late to transplant? And, if it is not, can I spit the ball and make two plants?

Now is a good time to split the grasses...you can see what is growing and where the dead center is. I'm a bit behind in cutting them down, but now I can make sure that when I'm giving away divisions I won't be passing along old dead spots.

I too have a huge maiden grass plant, bought the house 6 years ago and I LOVE it. However it is huge and leans over to the left heavily, and looses its "integrity", so I would like to split it into 2 bushes. The base has to be at least 2 feet measuring across, so I'm looking to prob just do an even half split. Thanks for posting comment s about splitting and moving...didn't know what to do since I bought the plant with the house! It's my favorite focus of my front yard.