How to Move a Rose Bush. How to transplant a rose. General Rose Care. 

By far the best video showing how to dig up a rose. He actually shows the whole process. Thank you.

I seem to have GREAT luck with Rose Bushes. I can plant them anywhere in my backyard, even in clay soil and they continue to grow. I trim them back in the spring, summer, fall or winter and they continue to grow.

Getting some rose bushes from someone a few towns over who doesn't want them anymore, super excited to transplant them and see how they grow in our soil! Thanks for the tutorial, super useful for this weekends project!

Thank you for showing, explaining how to prune, transfer rose location. I'm looking forward to copying your way of transplanting.

Thank you so much.. I am about to move some of my late husbands beloved roses... I would hate to lose them but this has given me the confidence l need.... Wish me luck 🙂

Hello Mark, you have given me the confidence to transplant 3 similar sized roses that are overgrown and too close to my greenhouse. Thank you!

Yes, I’m moving a David Austin rose Bush with blossoms so pretty and fragrant but planted in a bad location by my daughter in law. I think winter will be best for its move and appreciate your sharing the way you’ve done it.

I did this for the first time today and just decided to check if I did it right. I broke 1 root on it so it makes me feel better that it's basically unavoidable no matter how careful you are. I got these from a random person who no longer wanted them in their yard. I saw a single bloom and it's gonna be YELLOW! I'm super excited. Hopefully they thrive well in my yard/new soil

Thank you for this video!

Can’t wait to see their blooms!

Very helpful, we have three rose roots 40-60 years old.

Thanks Mark.

Hi Mark, as always, a clear and concise video. I literally moved my Roald Dahl rose my the ground to a pot today, just hoping it won't suffer from transplant shock too much! 🙂 You were very helpful to me with your advice on Tree Ferns last year - I hadn't watered mine over the winter months but thankfully it survived and went on to look really great. Thank you again...Tina (Dublin, Ireland ☘🙂)

That is just the information needed,we are about to move some special roses in peak growing conditions due to a move,these instructions are going to help

Thank you Mark, really informative video.

beautiful roses god bless you more

Excellent service 👏 👍

Very clear and helpful. There are lots of things that I would have worried about, e.g. cutting back the roots, which I now see are nothing to be concerned about. Thank you!

Yes im enjoy whatching

Brilliant clear and informative video...gonna move my rose now...thank you really helpful 😊

I seriously just said hey there to the dog nice video

Got rid of fear of removing rose bush ,thank you.

Thank you so much! I have to take out a diseased rose! I can see that im going to make sure that im totally prepared to do this.

great video thanks. Did it regrow ok?

thank you so much. I am moving house, and want to take at least part of a rose bush with me. The rose has an interesting history (family lore) here in the U.S. My great-great.... grandparents moved it by covered wagon from New York State to Michigan, and many members of the family have an off shoot from it in their yards. It was on my great-grandparents centennial farm, and blesses by grandparent's grave sites. A centennial farm is one that was in the same family for 100 years -- nothing for you in the UK, but big deal here in the U.S. The family lore is that it was originally brought from England when a branch of the family immigrated. Who know is that is true, but a fun story. There are versions of it from South Carolina (southern Atlantic coast) to Maine (northern Atlantic state, next to Canada) to Michigan (the mitten shaped state by the Great Lakes) and Minnesota. I live in Maryland (next to Washington, DC), and am planning to move it back to Minnesota--northern state in the mid-west, just south of Manitoba in Canada and on Lake Superior. Will dig it up before it starts to green up and have it live in a pot until I can plant it in my new garden. I do not know if any of the Minnesota versions are still around because my parent's moved out of their house and my brother no longer has his garden. Do you have any additional advice? Can I plant it in Minnesota before the last frost date-- ground will likely still have snow on it when we move, but will be starting to thaw shortly after we move? Right now the ground is frozen so no digging, but it will thaw in the spring.

I've been looking for a video like this as I have a rose i want to move. This is very clear and helpful, in fact, its given me the confidence to move a second rose I have. Nice to see your dog is supervising. Can you update us on the progress of this rose?

god bless you more

I should add that here the winters can get pretty cold so I’ll pack hay around it and probably will cover it too for protection.

Nice dog

Hi! I want to transplant some rose bushes that we inherited with the house we just bought. It is spring here currently and I was curious if you still recommend doing the pruning phase even if we are heading out of the dormant phase?

Hi Mark- update on my family rose bush that I am moving from Maryland to Minnesota. I am starting to see some green buds here in Maryland, so will try to dig it up this week. I suspect the leaves will come out before I move it to MN at the end of March. And, there will still be snow on the ground, and temps below freezing. Should I keep it inside since it will have leaves?

Really helpful video. Would I follow the same process if transferring to a pot?

How did the rose do then? Did it take to its new spot?

Watch this 2 years later. Did it survived?

What month do you recommend? I have two beautiful rose bushes one red & one white. Also I want to move mine to a part of the garden that does get sun but not as much as where they are now, do you think this is a good idea ? Im in the uk btw. Thank you

Did you make a video showing how it looked this spring and summer ?

Hi Mark - how did the rose do?

What would you do if you need to move a rose bush temporarily to do some fixes on the house they are beside?

I have 3 severely unattended rose bushes that need moved. It's spring and finally past frost. They each started growing about 2 months ago. My grandfather transplanted them around 60 years ago. I'm terrified to cut them back let alone move them. Can they at least be cut back like you did here or best to wait until December or January? One is against my front porch while the another is entangled in a chain link fence. The 3rd is where I'd like it but I need to move it about 3 feet to the center of the garden. This is where I'd like all 3 to cohabitate.

I had to transplant a 22 yr old rose recently for a better location. Same exact steps. How is your rose doing now? I am worried i had to snap off a tap root also as it was too deep.

Can we see how it is now? Did it make it?

Does it need fertilizer? I'm definitely going to wait til winter sets in to move my 3 roseplants.

Did old faithful survive the transplant?

thank you I want to ask you can we transfer the bush with all the shoots on is ok

I want to move two of my rose bushes into pots, so I can move them around the garden. Can rose bushes live well in pots?

Mark, how did the rose do?

1 year later, how'd it turn out?

Im pretty sure my poor rosebush is dead. we bought this house a year ago and last year I noticed that there wasnt much green on the poor thing. I knew nothing about rosebushes and had zero time to work with it. Now that I have time and have done a bit of research, I think its too late. I pruned it back but found no green. Just brown. Im going to wait until spring before I pull it up to be safe but im just sad :( I might have to just remove her and try again now that I know a bit more about them. Doesnt help that her roots are likely tangled with a decently sized small tree. I imagine thats what killed it. I cant remove the tree, but I did cut the damn thing back as far as I could. Im hoping to find a way to kill it but leave the rosebush be.

Did the rose live?

Did it survive ? I have a feeling it never.

Sent you supposed to take the soil with the rose attached to its roots ?? It looked as though you have butchered that poor rose …