Whenever the mood strikes me. I’ve lived here 6 years and brought my hostas with me. I planted them, and now there are some that have been moved three times already. 99% of the time they don’t care.

I move things every year. I put under performers in pots or in another spot where there’s more/less sun. I put my potted hostas in the ground if I think they’ll survive the winter.

I dig perennials up too and move those as well to better conditions, hopefully…..🤞🏽 Basically, I’m always digging and moving

things! 🤭

debra

I’m with debra. A garden isn’t a static thing. My DH tells people I move plants as though they are pieces of furniture. I don’t but IMO life’s too short for underperformance in my plants. If it doesn’t do well - out it goes. I try to rehome plants that would do well in a condition I don’t have in my yard. My neighbors have some of my plants in their yards now. I have dug up hosta parts that are reverting & planted them in other spots too.

KW-

I LOVE Your comment about moving plants around in the garden as if they were furniture!

THAT is what being a "gardener" is all about. When a plant is in the RIGHT place it looks its best, and sometimes that takes a few moved to find out. We have a smallish California yard in the SF Bay area where things stay green year round, so we are outside all year. I look at old photos and can see how our small lot has changed over the 50 years we've lived here. How many different ground cover areas have I planted..... elfin thyme, isotoma, dwarf mondo grass, dymondia... in the same areas. They look fine for a few years, then they don't, and something else looks better.

My hostas are in pots so they get moved around alot. I keep the ones that look the best outsde my family room where I can see them. Others are in a lightly shaded atrium to keep them happy. I move them out of sight when they go dormant.

When people ask me what I do spending a couple hours outside every day. I say mostly I play in the yard." What does that mean? Looking at plants to see who is happy where they are or not, bugs, disease problems. prune this or that branch. and grab that weed. Playing in the Garden.

Only Gardeners know what I mean.

-Babka

I also move my plants around. Typically I move them in the spring and fall but if need be in the summer. Underperformers to a pot or a new spot. Sometimes a new spot is all it takes for the plant to perk up. Sometimes I move them because the height is wrong, too high or low for the location. Sometimes the plant is too big or small for the spot. Sometimes I want a different color combination in that area. I guess I am not too good of a pre-planner so I adjust as needed.

I dont move hostas often but sometimes its necessary. Had to move a sagae last spring…..it overwhelmed others around it. I still wonder why I placed it in its first spot. I had to move Queen of the Seas because of tree root competion. I have a June to move for the same reason, maybe today!

Sherry

I am in the process of looking for a good spot for my little Chantilly Lace Aruncus. It’s already been in two different places and it’s survived but not thrived. Not certain I have the right light situation for it yet.

debra

So many kindred spirits here. There’s a huge difference between “working”in the yard and ”playing” in the yard!

Fun playing in the garden. Yes that describes a lot of us here! I have had to rescue some that were being buried under ones that exceeded their supposed size. I had to dig out Holy Mouse Ears to remove the reverted sections. It was in a bad spot and did not have a better place to put it so I potted it. I am now on the hunt for that "better spot". The fun never ends.

I am so glad to hear all above, glad to be in the company gardeners with shovels. I think biggest part I am missing is a master plan. What is the final view? Do you have a master plan? I am coming to idea that my beds should have less clutter and more pleasant order, symmetry. Just kind like showcasing each hosta as a specimen. Remove the ones that are not. Something akin jewelry store display.