I was about to transplant a climbing rose in my yard, but found that
it's covered with buds about to bloom. (It's been an unbelieveably
warm March here in Northern California!) Would I be doing the plant
harm by transplanting it just as it's about to bloom?

Thanks.

-Fleemo

On 21 Mar 2004 23:18:35 -0800, (Fleemo) opined:

I was about to transplant a climbing rose in my yard, but found that
it's covered with buds about to bloom. (It's been an unbelieveably
warm March here in Northern California!) Would I be doing the plant
harm by transplanting it just as it's about to bloom?

Thanks.

-Fleemo

Roses have terrible root systems and are very fragile. I transplanted a climber
last year in early march and it didn't leaf out again till mid June. I don't
suggest it, but you can try and see what happens.

On 21 Mar 2004 23:18:35 -0800, (Fleemo) opined:

I was about to transplant a climbing rose in my yard, but found that
it's covered with buds about to bloom. (It's been an unbelieveably
warm March here in Northern California!) Would I be doing the plant
harm by transplanting it just as it's about to bloom?

Thanks.

-Fleemo

Roses have terrible root systems and are very fragile. I transplanted a climber
last year in early march and it didn't leaf out again till mid June. I don't
suggest it, but you can try and see what happens.

On 21 Mar 2004 23:18:35 -0800, (Fleemo) opined:

I was about to transplant a climbing rose in my yard, but found that
it's covered with buds about to bloom. (It's been an unbelieveably
warm March here in Northern California!) Would I be doing the plant
harm by transplanting it just as it's about to bloom?

Thanks.

-Fleemo

Roses have terrible root systems and are very fragile. I transplanted a climber
last year in early march and it didn't leaf out again till mid June. I don't
suggest it, but you can try and see what happens.

Fleemo wrote:
I was about to transplant a climbing rose in my yard, but found that
it's covered with buds about to bloom. (It's been an unbelieveably
warm March here in Northern California!) Would I be doing the plant
harm by transplanting it just as it's about to bloom?

You would have to prune the rose back quite a bit to make sure that the
move goes smoothly, which of course means that you won't be seeing any
buds for quite some time. Generally, you don't want to leave more
above-ground growth than the root can adequately support, and that would
require that you prune back severely.

Theoretically speaking, you can move the rose any time the ground is
workable, so you could do it now and get away with it if you take care
to get as big a rootball as possible, and pay special attention to its
needs. To ensure that everything will go swimmingly, I would wait until
the temperatures cool off again, probably some time in the fall or early
next spring. I don't know if the roses have a dormancy period in CA,
but if they do, the best time to move them would be before they
completely break out of it (buds are starting to swell, but no leaves
yet). Even then, you will still have to cut the canes way back, but the
rose is likely to recover rather quickly from it.

Suja

If in leaf and flower bud then it should not be transplanted ~ much too late
and would probably not survive. However if it is in a container then there
should be no problem; as long as the roots are not disturbed.
Best Wishes..
"Fleemo" wrote in message
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I was about to transplant a climbing rose in my yard, but found that
it's covered with buds about to bloom. (It's been an unbelieveably
warm March here in Northern California!) Would I be doing the plant
harm by transplanting it just as it's about to bloom?

Thanks.

-Fleemo

You would have to prune the rose back quite a bit to make sure that the
move goes smoothly, which of course means that you won't be seeing any
buds for quite some time. Generally, you don't want to leave more
above-ground growth than the root can adequately support, and that would
require that you prune back severely.

Theoretically speaking, you can move the rose any time the ground is
workable, so you could do it now and get away with it if you take care
to get as big a rootball as possible, and pay special attention to its
needs. To ensure that everything will go swimmingly, I would wait until
the temperatures cool off again, probably some time in the fall or early
next spring. I don't know if the roses have a dormancy period in CA,
but if they do, the best time to move them would be before they
completely break out of it (buds are starting to swell, but no leaves
yet). Even then, you will still have to cut the canes way back, but the
rose is likely to recover rather quickly from it.

Thanks Suja. I may try and transplanted it, taking care to get a
large rootball. If things *don't* go smoothly, what should I look for
as signs that it needs to be pruned back more than I did? Will it
wilt or turn brown or drop leaves?

Thanks for your advice.

-F

"Brian" wrote in message ...
If in leaf and flower bud then it should not be transplanted ~ much too late
and would probably not survive. However if it is in a container then there
should be no problem; as long as the roots are not disturbed.


Hmmm, perhaps I should leave it where it is this season and transplant
next winter. It certainly has more buds than ever this year, so at
least it should put on a good show.

Thanks for the input, Brian.

-F

Fleemo wrote:
Thanks Suja. I may try and transplanted it, taking care to get a
large rootball. If things *don't* go smoothly, what should I look for
as signs that it needs to be pruned back more than I did? Will it
wilt or turn brown or drop leaves?

You can definitely expect it to drop whatever leaves you've left on it.
Like I said before, you really want to wait until the weather cools
off before attempting to move it, if you want some degree of certainty
that the plant won't die. "Theory" doesn't always work out in real life.

Suja