Potted plants (perennials, shrubs, and trees) can be planted in the garden now as long as their roots arenÂt overly worked (badly damaged) when planted. If you are planting bare root plants, balled and burlapped plants, or plants who's roots are damaged, it would probably be best to wait until it starts cooling off (early to mid fall). Moving most shrubs wouldn't be a good idea right now because much of the plant's roots would likely be removed during the transplant. If you do want to move them now and they are small, dig a very large rootball and they'll be fine.

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