I have 2 trees one is a slow growing Cleveland Pear the other is a fast growing French Pink Willow, but it does not have the drooping branches. This will be the 4th fall that they have been in my yard. The CP is about 9 ft high and pretty much a straight tree while the 12 ft. FPPW spreads, the branches splits about six inches from the ground. The FPPW is to close to my house, but I don't want to get rid of it because it hides an ugly utility pole. My neighbor wants the Cleveland Pear and I want to move the FPPW in the middle of my yard. Can someone tell me how to do this without harming the trees? Does the CP being a different size and width have to be handle differently that the FPPW? Do we need to trim themback before uprooting them? Should we water them afetr transplanting, daily, weekly.. Also is fall the best time to do this? Thanks

I never transplant trees in the fall, not enough adjustment time and too much shock when the cold weather comes. I have never tried to move trees as large as you have and wouldn't want to try because of the tap root. I suggest you hire a professional to dig up that 9 ft. tree because it would be pretty well established where it is and you couldn't guarantee to get as much of the tap root it needs for re adjustment. As for the French Pink Willow, I would trim that back this fall and move it in the spring. Shouldn't be too hard to dig up.

Of course, water well after transplanting, and put a lot of water in the hole you are relocating too, plus some compost/mulch. I swear by MiracleGro for anything I plant and transplant.

Thank you Annie, I will tell the neighbor if he wants the CP what he will need to do. I hate the smell of the blooms it makes me ill. So it has to go by spring. I am wondering if the same rules apply in Ohio as in Canada, I suppose we have much milder winters than you do. I thought maybe fall because it gets so hot in the city and not a whole lot of people have trees, so much asphalt here.

I would still not transplant till the spring. There is just not enough growing/adjusting time for a transplant in the fall. Our weather doesn't really differ all that much.