I have a tamerax bush that is growing out of control. I would like to transplant it to a different location, but I can't seem to find any information about this bush. Does anyone have any info that would help me? Thank you!!

I grow a STERILE one here, Amy. Everyone who sees it in bloom falls in love.

Anyone considering using this plant as an ornamental must only acquire a STERILE type. ie no seeds, as in fruitless mulberry.

Mine attained 10 feet in 3 or 4 years. I removed its lower limbs and let the upper ones drape down to head height or so.

The thought of transplanting it - ack! Its thick roots roam far and wide. They look just like buried branches of a cedar tree - hence the knickname: salt cedar. The STERILE salt cedar tamarax makes beautiful pink blooms but NO SEEDS.

If you are determined to move it, wait til after its leaves fall from the first frost. Cut all the branches off, leaving one or more trunks. You can cut the trunk/s shorter too, if you like. It will make draping branches from the top of the cut leader/s.

Next step is to cut straight down into the ground with a sharp spade, in a circle around the trunk - one foot or more way from the trunk. You will have to cut matured roots with loppers or chainsaw. Do this as deep as you can manage, then start working the rootball loose from underneath.

When one side is cut thru to the bottom of the rootball, shove a tough fabric around that side of rootball. Canvas painters drop cloth or heavy sheet would do well. Gradually work the fabric all the way around the ball as you free it from the ground. The fabric will hold the rootball together while you are moving it to new site. This is how they dig and wrap balled and burlap trees. Big trees require big machinery and/or very strong warm bodies.

You might want to just consider pruning it as I described above.

And did I mention - the STERILE form does not produce seeds.