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I don't know what type of rose bush I have, but it's very beautiful pink in the spring/summer, it's January in Georgia and it actually still is getting blooms. My question is the previous owner of my house planted it in a very odd spot, so I want to move it. I read that doing this when it's dormant is the best time, but as far as I can tell this thing blooms all year. I am a beginner gardener, so I really have no idea what to do for this thing and do not want to kill it it's too pretty and I enjoy it too much. I also was wondering am I only supposed to prune it once a year, or am I supposed to be pruning it everytime the blooms die off, cutting out the dead blooms. I was pruning every other week last summer and it didn't look as full as in the spring when I moved in. Thanks for your time!
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21 JAN 06 by
Wendy C
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It could be where you are the roses don't go dormant. This is as close as it's going to get though.
Before you approach the rose you want to move, make it's new home. If you don't have good garden soil, amend with peat moss and compost. Dig the hole 24" across and about the same deep.
Prune the rose to be moved to about 3ft. Clear out any dead canes. Carefully dig around the drip line of the bush. If it was dripping wet where would the water fall?
You want to move as much of the existing root ball as possible. Have a wheel burrow handy if you need the help to move it without losing all of the dirt. Place the rose in it's new home back fill the hole with soil pressing firmly with your hands. Water thoroughly. Mound the bush about 1/3 to keep it from drying out. Keep it watered. Don't feed it until after it blooms for the first time. It should be just fine.
Dead heading is different than pruning. Dead heading you are removing spent blooms to encourage more blooms. Cut to a sturdy part of the cane to sprout (budding eye) facing in the direction you want growth.
Pruning is removing old and damaged canes. I suspect in your area rose growers are forcing dormancy by pruning them back to about 3ft. Peek around at what your rose growing neighbors are doing. Most people who grow roses love to talk about them.
Good luck
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