If you’ve ever planted perennials, you will eventually need to move one because gardens and perennials change as growing seasons come and go, so I’ve compiled a step-by-step guide to successfully moving perennials.  How a plant is transplanted is one of the secrets to its survival.   The other secret is the post-transplant care. This blog will talk about why perennials need to be moved, how to move perennials step by step, and how to care for a newly transplanted perennial.   Why Perennials Need to be Moved As gardens and perennials grow and change with maturity, there comes the point when they may stop thriving, there are 3 main reasons why perennials need to be moved. 1. Perennials Need to Be Moved When the Garden Environment Changes Gardens always change a little from one year to the next, and, over time, those little changes become significant.  Shade gardens can become sunny when a tree dies, or a sunny garden can turn shady as trees mature. When plants don’t get their required sunshine, either receiving too much or too little, they don’t grow well. Sun-loving perennials that find themselves in the shade begin to display symptoms related to a lack of sun.  They stretch for sunlight, their growth habit gets spindly, and their leaves turn pale.  These growth changes result in a decreased ability to bloom, and they have fewer and smaller flowers. On the other side of the spectrum, sometimes trees get removed, and a shade garden is suddenly a sun garden.  That