Info on moving or disturbing plants

[secuono]

I've been digging up two wild flower plants and putting them in pots. Roots are very shallow, one has runners, also very shallow and weak. I won't be able to ID them once flowers are gone, so I've been moving them now.
After care? Just water and shade?

Then I have lots of mixed plants in planters. See my containers thread.
The dirt and soil has sunk and compacted anywhere from a couple of inches to a foot!
I'm wanting to dig them all up, one planter at a time, add tons of rabbit manure, mix, then put the plants back.
Is late autumn the best time to do that?
Now is too hot, winter too cold and/or frozen and spring is all over the place, but technically doable....

 

[flowerbug]

it can depend a lot upon what type of plant it is, but generally if you disturb a plant you want to balance out the amount of roots with how much green stuff there is up top. so knowing when you disturb a plant that you'll be losing some roots to the disturbance then you can probably help things out by removing some of the growth up top.

this time of the year is pretty tough so some shade and making sure the plant is watered regularly enough that it has a chance. no sure things though. some plants just hate being moved and so if you can figure out how to take cuttings and get those rooted it might be better.