When and how to move an established rambling rose?

Counting_Pennies_2

I wonder if you can help?


Due to an extension being built next year, I need to try to move an established rambling rose (American Pillar)


It is beautiful and runs across the back of my house. Sadly where the root ball is, is where the extension will be built.


I am aware it might not be possible to successfully move it, but would like to give it as good a chance as I can.


Please can any of the green fingered among you advise how best to go about it and what month of the year if any is best to move it


Many thanks

Farway

Best time is when it has died down for winter, no leaves, probably October / November

The root ball may be huge

It has two chances really

REEN

Take a few cuttings for insurance.

lostinrates

Roses are pretty tough. American pillar is no fusspot among these toughies either. Cut her back, get as much base as you can and use root grow when you replant. , and make new hole as hospitable as possible, Mach bigger than she needs so she dhe doesn't need to work hard, and lots of well rotted manure. The root grow does seem to make some difference to happiness much as I would like to say it doesn't, as its not so inexpensive.

arbrighton

i took a cutting off our rambler before our extension was done. It's growing, but is tiny. I don't know what variety it was, but it was VIGOROUS before and was all over the low outbuilding. It's moved home now away from the buildings. I moved other roses prior to builders, and they have all survived, just although the ones I did in late winter/ early spring have struggled

And I just had a quick google- they're £20 or less online for a new one if it comes to it

Counting_Pennies_2

Reen wrote: »

Take a few cuttings for insurance.

Thank you, can you advise the best way to take cuttings?

Davesnave

I would wait until the digger comes to pull out the foundations, then whip the whole root ball out with the bucket.

If you know where it's going, the hole for it could be dug first in the same way and a transfer achieved in a matter of minutes.

I've moved trees like this and they hardly noticed.

REEN

I haven't done many myself but there are youtube videos by people who seem to know what they are doing. Good luck!

Farway

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

Thank you, can you advise the best way to take cuttings?

The way I did it with my daughter's same problem, extension etc

In Autumn, take hard wood cuttings about a foot / 18 inches long, find a nice spot in the garden, dig or make slit trench bury them at at least 2/3 deep in the trench, sit back & wait a year

You will know if they have taken if new growth appears in summer, do not be tempted to uproot them then