Advice on moving an established Rose now (late August) please?

HI,

I finally bought my lovely new little home in Ross-on-Wye but it is a complete 'doer upper' so having a lot of work done before I can move in (hopefully 2 weeks).

Where there is currently a window I am having a patio door put in, but unfortunately there are some perennials, which I should be OK moving, and a large well established rose and I am not sure how to move it, or if that will just kill it?

Any advice would be most gratefully received from me and the rose

(the scaffolding only came down yesterday, so the poor perennials got trampled )

Thank you.

 

Hi, I wouldn't even attempt to move an established rose. Take cuttings! There are lots of advantages to growing roses on their own roots, not least that you won't have rootstock suckers to worry about.
Take semi-ripe stems anytime between now and October. (Firm, green, but not bright green, between pencil and finger thickness and about 12-15" long). Cut the top of each cutting on a slope just above a leaf, so you know which way up to plant them. Take off all the leaves. Either make a slit trench with a spade where you want to grow them, or in a shady spot out of the way. If the soil's heavy, sprinkle some sharp sand in the bottom. Insert cuttings for 1/2 their length and refill with soil. Water them in and leave them until you see signs of new growth. If they're not in situ, you'll need to leave them for about a year before you transplant them. It's also possible to get them to root in a well-drained soil/compost mix in a big pot, but you need to pay far more attention to watering etc.

 

Completely up to you if you want to try. I moved a Alchymist climber 4wk ago. I pruned it low and it is now showing fresh growth. I tend to water well during the day and move them late afternoon. I always have the new place dug and watered ready so the plant is only out of the ground for the minimum time. Keep up with the watering. I an now waiting to see if Wallerton old Hall is as succesful

 

Thank you @noisette47 @wiseowl and @Christine Treharne for your wonderful advice

I did semi-ripe cuttings on my RHS Level 2 Practical course (finished June but reading about them now for the exam in Feb 2023 as well ) but haven't done any since.

So will definitely take some cuttings now and hopefully have some new plants in Spring, as well as transplanting the existing one

Thank you again for your advice. I was sad that it might be a hopeless task, but feel confident to have a go now

 

Thank you @wiseowl