Moving perennials

You can move most of them now, have all the flowers died off? Its early enough for the big perennial geraniums and other things that have a lot of large leaf, but as soon as the leaves start to die back you can do it. I'd do it in the next couple of months rather than the spring, provided there is not a hard frost.

Now is a good time but I’m postponing moving anything as the ground is so very dry and I don’t want to do daily watering. That is a tough plant and it’s safe to move up to severe frosts.

Apologies for highjacking the thread but I have some apple trees (~2ft tall), some new yew treees (~9" tall) and one cedar tree (~15") in pots - is it okay to plant these into the ground now or would I be better leaving them in pots until spring?

Kildare. My ground is cracking and dust dry. Main trouble is it's a fairly new garden, soil is compacted, and I've not managed to add enough compost and mulch yet. Was waterlogged most of last winter for the same reason although the drainage is good. It should be better once the soil condition improves. Will spread a huge amount of leaf mould and compost once it gets wetter.

But I do find that we don't get as much rain as you would imagine. I harvest every drop I can and use the watering can rather than a hose, so I'm very aware of rainfall.