As mentioned recently I transformed a neglected former veg patch at the music school into a herb/kitchen garden. [see entry dated 16th. April] 

 This included transplanting a row of Rosemary bushes running East-West into an informal hedge/screen running North-South. Robust as it is Rosemary does not like root disturbance and is prone to 'transplant shock'. Nonetheless I decided to risk it: the key is to lift a large enough root ball of soil thereby minimising damage to the root system. 

 I wouldn't attempt it with knarly old specimens but these were only planted a couple of years ago (though they are already quite tall and woody). As a precaution I took 14 stem tip cuttings the day before I lifted them to propagate more plants if replacement is required. I got them going two to a pot; now they have started to develop tiny roots I carefully teased out each one to go into single pots to grow on. 

 Time will tell if the transplants prosper, if not I will replace them with new ones. In fact I might do that anyway. I have enough for a closer spacing and can prune them to be more hedge-like from the outset.