If you want to transplant roses, you should pay attention to the right time. What that is and what else you should consider, you will learn here.
There are various reasons why roses planted in the garden may need to be transplanted after a while. Perhaps they have grown too large in their previous location or the soil has changed. Or perhaps you simply want to redesign your garden or take your roses to a new home. With a few tips, you can easily transplant your roses.
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The right time to transplant roses
The ideal time to replant your roses is from early November to mid-February. Now the flowers and leaves of the ornamental wood have withered, and the plant is focused on gathering strength for a new sprout and continue to form their roots. The rose loses significantly less water at this time due to the transplanting and can thus survive the move unscathed.
Note: If you transplant your roses during frosty weather, be sure to cover them well with pine leaves or brushwood.
Under no circumstances should you transplant your rose during the flowering phase in spring or summer. Since it puts all its strength into the shoots and flowers, it could be permanently damaged by a change of location.
Transplanting roses: Here’s what you need to keep in mind about the age of your plants
Young roses under three years old can usually be established in a new location without any problems. Their root ball is not yet as developed and quickly adapts to a new environment.
However, older, woody roses can also be transplanted. However, you should be especially careful with older rose bushes. Dig out the root system in a large radius around the plant. This is the only way to ensure that no important root shoots are damaged or cut when pruning with a spade. If possible, transplant older roses in the fall. This gives the plant enough time to take root in its new location before the next growing season begins.
Transplanting roses: This is how it’s done
With a few tips and the right pruning technique, you can easily replant your roses:
- Roughly shake the soil from the excavated root ball and inspect the roots for any injuries.
- Despite all caution, some roots may have broken off when you cut out the plant. Before planting your rose in its new location, neatly sever damaged root pieces above the injury with sharp (!) pruning shears. This will make it easier for the rose to “repair” the injured parts itself.
- Place your plant in a generously dug planting hole and enrich it with compost. Then fill the planting hole with soil.
- Finally, cover the root area with a layer of leaves and fir branches to protect it from cold temperatures. You can remove the cold protection from mid-March.
- With the exception of wild roses and rose trees, you should make sure that the grafting point is under the soil when planting. You can easily recognize the grafting point: it is always located just above the roots in the form of a woody thickening from which the individual branches extend.
Prune roses
- It’s a good idea to prune roses back for the winter. By cutting them back, you ensure lush and healthy growth next spring.
- Cut back bedding and noble roses about a hand’s width above their grafting point. If possible, do not prune perennial wood.
- Cut back shrub, climbing and wild roses less severely. Leave a good 60 centimeters of the perennial main shoots and cut back all outgoing side shoots to a hand’s width.
- Remove dead side shoots down to the base.
After successfully relocating the rose, you can reward it with a dose of fertilizer in the spring. provide it generously with organic fertilizer or compost starting in mid-March. The root shoots gradually absorb the important ingredients through the soil and are thus well supplied throughout the entire flowering period. Your rose will thank you with a magnificent growth.