It's very disappointing, I know. I have a new (last fall) first dwarf crape myrtle that hasn't shown up yet and I gave it a primo spot, too. They're just ungrateful. We put in quite a few young trees last fall and I've been sweating bullets over all of them after that weird December freeze, but everything has shown up on schedule except that one.

An even worse disappointment for me was the six Purple Smoke Baptisia I have been babying along from cuttings for three years now- they finally bloomed but they are freaking yellow.

Yellow blooms, not purple, not even blue, but yellow. And of course they're going to be difficult to move now that they are so established- I'm really torn on what to do as I have them behind yellow foliage and yellow blooms just look silly back there. It was such a nice plan on paper...

I do love B. 'Purple Smoke' and think it looks very graceful the entire season. BUT, Baptisia are exceedingly easy to move; I've done it many times to several cultivars. You don't need to try to get an enormous root ball. I've dug up big ones and given away or replanted smaller sections. I've also just cut down with a shovel into a large ones just to get a start. All live. Somewhere along the line, the myth arose that they are difficult to move. One of the easiest.