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we are moving can I dig up and replant 1 mini rose bush and 2 regular rose bushes ? Michigan is where I am.?

I’d like advice about digging up and replanting my roses bushes We are going to be moving its fall here and cold in the 30 and 40 will it hurt to dig up and move my roses ?

I’m a designer/landscaper in the Chicago area with similar weather conditions as you have described. There are only a few plants that I have run into that do not consistantly survive late season planting and roses are one of those plants. I never like to plant rose bushes this late in the season. I’ve seen too many not survive the winter. My advice would be to work it out with your new home owners to allow you to return early next spring before bud break and transplant them to your new home at that time.

Additional Details: Sptfyr – great advice if you live in Oklahoma or the Carolinas! Upper Midwest winters are just a little bit different. It matters where you live and the harshness of the winter.

AD2: Jackson & Perkins says: “The best time to transplant your roses is in early spring, while they are still dormant. ” Source: http://www.jproses.com/code_tips/06transplating.cfm

AD3: It’s not an issue of the current temps. It’s an issue of risk. An issue of your roses not being established and hardened-off before the really cold weather sets in. It’s an issue of winter kill. I have seen this issue time & again on landscape jobs planted in November in this part of the country. My last employer would not let a designer in his employment plant a rose in November. We had to schedule them for planting the following spring. If we planted a rose in the late fall & it died, the cost came out of our pockets. This directive comes from a man who has been landscaping and planting roses in the upper Midwest for over 25 years!

AD4: That’s a funny quote to use for your point of view!

From Dr. William C. Welch Professor and Landscape Horticulturist:
“They are best transplanted during the winter from late December through February.”

And this from the University of Texas A&M! This certainly does not support NOW is the best time to transplant in Texas, which has a much milder winter than Michigan. You further state an assumption that these roses are already dormant. I didn’t read that either. My own roses are still producing blooms and have full foliage. My roses certainly have not entered dormancy yet & we do NOT know if these roses have entered dormancy yet!

AD5: Since the NCH site (http://www.ncnhdistrict.org/aom/myths.html ) has been sited as a source, lets bring up another interesting subject. It’s a myth that a rose needs to be pruned before transplanting. And I quote from the NCH site :

“The theory behind that myth is that the smaller root ball wouldn’t be able to support the large top structure, so whack the top back right away. However, remember all that a plant eats is the sugars produced by the leaves; the work the plant put into making its top structure was an investment in future food production. Why not let the plant itself decide how much of its top it can support? Removing more top structure than necessary shortchanges the plant. Therefore, you should actually transplant as much of the top structure as you can physically manage. Thereafter, the plant will tell you if it is having trouble supporting its top structure by wilting from the tips. That is a sign to increase watering immediately; any material that doesn’t recover and withers should be removed at that time; prune any dried cane tips to a leaf bud, and remove any dead leaves. When this process is done, the new top structure is in balance with the new root ball. Thus, to give the rose its best chance for vigor in its new location, ‘you may need to lightly prune after transplanting.”