Moving, but have trees in ground growing out

[KingJades]

I'm moving in the next week or so to a location about 10 miles away, but I have some trees growing out in the ground. They have their roots directly in the soil.

Mugo Pine
Trident Maple
Seiju Elm

Today we are 32F outside and it is the coldest that it's been this year. If they are in the ground now, do they need to stay there over winter or is there time for me to move them into nursery pots and put them in the unheated basement of the new place? They would be quite protected over the winter and wouldn't freeze if that was the case.

Thank you.

 

[Dav4]

Last Month was the perfect time to transplant your trees, and I would have dug them then. Ideally, putting trees into the ground Should be done with a minimum of six weeks prior to the ground freezing, so you still may have time. Personally, I collect them now and transplant at your new location, perhaps with some additional winter protection like a windbreak and heavy mulch.

 

[jeanluc83]

I'm not sure on transplanting at this point but I would say that the unheated basement is going be too warm for your trees. Unless it stays less than 40° it is going to be too warm.