Last year I transplanted Arctotis grown from seed and they recovered within a week. Just remember this plant dislikes too much water -- plant in sandy, loose soil with some organic content. RJ

My suggestion would be to wack it back to stubs, take the cuttings and root them in a contianer. Plant the main plant where you desire. The rooted cuttings can then be placed around the mother and create a larger display.
They are not sensative at all. They can be pruned, moved, burned (well not really) and still be fine.
Every year I cut a lot of them back to 2" from the base and they are back in full vengence in no time.

John Ingram

Thank you for the advice. I haven't done it yet, but will just after Easter. Sounds like I won't have a problem.

In my experience seedlings and smaller plants do transplant well. In case of mature Arctotis I sometimes succeeded, sometimes (to be honest: in most cases) failed miserably. Also, when I dug up mature plant for friends, they reported that it did not survive the move. I hope you will have better luck.