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My brother in law bought a house and they were going to dig up the existing roses and trash them. I picked them up and planted them in my yard. One of them is huge, it's like 7 feet tall. I am new at this...I haven't ever had roses before. This may come to late but I want to know what to do so that they survive. It had a huge root. We retreived as much of it as we could. I put a time release Miracle grow fertilizer around the base of the rosebush. Since I planted it about 2 days ago the leaves are drooping. Any suggestions to keep it healthy and alive?
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#1 of 4 posted
8 APR 07 by
Wendy C
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Prune the rose back by about a third, and keep it well watered. Other than that there is not much else you can do but wait. It sounds like you have a little bit of transplant shock, which is normal.
Best of luck
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#3 of 4 posted
8 APR 07 by
Mbarnes
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There are hundreds of buds on it. Should I wait to see if they bloom before I cut it back?
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#4 of 4 posted
9 APR 07 by
Wendy C
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The rose needs to direct energy to the roots right now. The buds will likely dry up on you, or not bloom right. It will reward your efforts in a later bloom. I know it's difficult to prune off buds, okay really hard. It's in the plant's best interest at this point to take them off.
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Wendy's advice is right on... water daily. Also, don't feed it until you see new growth. I don't know what the impact of the time released fertillizer will do to the plant. Rose feeder roots are near the surface and many of those will have been lost during the moving process. I generally will only use vitamin B-1 on a newly planted rose to help it through transplant shock. So watering will be very important in helping the plant adjust to its new home and to lessen the impact of the fertilizer.
If you have any wind issues, you may need to protect the canes from drying out.
I wish you the best of luck with your new rose garden.
Smiles,
Lyn
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