Pacific NW - worst time of year to transplant evergreen trees ?

Uncle Freddy · Friday at 2:27 PM

hello Team Trees ....5 + or - year old leyland cypress and 5 + or - year old blue atlas cedar .....looking to find out the "worst" time of the year to dig up and transplant these trees in new location .....ie: the time of year in the Pacific NW when digging up & transplanting these trees would = their least likely ability too survive being dug up & moved .....thanks for the education and assist

slowp · Friday at 2:35 PM

Are you going to water them?

Tree planting usually takes place in early spring or wet fall. However, with the hot summers we've been getting, fall might be the best time.

Uncle Freddy · Friday at 3:53 PM

thanks for your reply, I'm not looking for the best time to dig them up & transplant them, I'm looking to know the WORST time of the Pac NW year to dig them up and transplant them, the time of year that even with water, they'd struggle to survive being dug up & transplanted .....thanks

Jay Hansen · Friday at 3:57 PM

Planting to satisfy a ridiculous contract, or an insistent spouse?

slowp · Friday at 4:17 PM

Well, that's a waste of time. We have enough vengeance going on right now.

firekindler · Saturday at 4:49 PM

Uncle Freddy said:
hello Team Trees ....5 + or - year old leyland cypress and 5 + or - year old blue atlas cedar .....looking to find out the "worst" time of the year to dig up and transplant these trees in new location .....ie: the time of year in the Pacific NW when digging up & transplanting these trees would = their least likely ability too survive being dug up & moved .....thanks for the education and assist

I planted mostly Douglas fir seedlings on the N Coast of California for 20 years. We were taught that the ideal was after most of the frosts, but early enough to pretty much ensure at least a couple of months of rain before the summer drought sets in.