A friend had a number of old, fairly large juniper shrubs in his front yard which he did not want and so he pruned/cut them down to stumps. Can I revive/save these shrubs by transplanting the stumps to my yard? If so, what do I need to do to get these shrubs planted and growing in my yard?
There is no foliage on them at all. My friend's idea was that if I buried the stump (with roots) in my yard that the plant would establish itself and begin to grow again.
its a juniper, if you want them just buy new ones, I find them more of a problem solver in the yard than a really attractive beast most times. perhaps I am jaded after many years of pruning them and getting the pricklies. Old ones that are pruned hard may regenerate but it takes the reserves in the root system to be able to do that, if you transplant them now, no roots = no reserves. probably a bad idea.
