Roses and other queries.

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    I plan to move 5 roses,mainly bush ones (I think) . they've flowered now, and I've hard pruned them.(an experienced greenfingered aquaintance told me that they're just brambles really so they're tough!) Can I move them to pots until I know where to plant them? Advice please on process for moving them...digging out, root care etc as I don't want to lose them. Also, can grass grow under apple tree as over the years, grass under it has become weedy and patchy and I'm hoping to re-turf a whole area. [​IMG]
     
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      This pic is where roses are. I want to relocate them and this area to be a ' maintenance/potting/storage area as its part- shaded by trees. I have so many questions...its going to be bit tedious but thanks in advance to anyone who can help. :)
       
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        Hi Lizzie Oh no just brambles,your experienced green fingered acquaintance as much to learn about the beautiful Rose;) Blackberries grow on Brambles not Roses:heehee:

        IMHO I really wouldn't have pruned them now,because they have flowered ,if you had beheaded them they would have repeat flowered again and again,I would have waited until they were in their dormant state November to March,this is the time also to relocate them,I would certainly never put them in pots as they have previously been growing happily n the garden soil.If you have no choice and are determined to move your 5 Roses it is imperative that you do not put them in pots.as a generalisation Roses need at least 6 hours of sun each day,I do hope this helps you and if you have anymore questions on anything just ask,you will find all of us friendly and only to willing to help and advise you my friend:smile:
         
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          Thanks for the advice wiseowl. I will not move them until November now and hope to have prepared new beds for them. :D
           
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            Good evening Lizze your are most welcome my friend:smile:
             
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            Yes grass will grow OK under apple trees - but do you mean in that corner in your photo above, it doesn't look like an apple tree? That looks too shady for grass.
             
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            @lizzerti and @wiseowl

            Funny thing is my wife and her family have always called climbing roses "brambles", I thought it was just a local Essex name for them and never thought more about it. Just looked up the name on wikipedia and they are indeed part of the Rose family, you learn something new every day :)
             
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              Good morning JWK yes indeed there are quite a few;)

              Cherries, apples, pears, plums, quince, raspberries and blackberries. and many more:smile:
               
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                That's so interesting. So, gardener pal, Bert was correct. In my front garden, the brambles that bear blackberries have all but taken over my planting of mahonia, cotoneaster, hydrangea, ceanothus etc (sadly not had time to control, due to raising twin boys & being a wage slave.) However, of late am gradually getting to grips with de-brambling.Back garden to take presidence. Funny, I see brambles as weeds though. Thanks v much for update, JWK & wiseowl
                 
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                Images of wild front garden, inc ornamental crab tree, as yet, free of brambles! [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
                 
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                Last pic is where I've managed to clear brambles and strangling type of weed, and in the process, took out a poorly performing hydrangea by mistake. Oops!
                 
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                  Good morning Lizzie "A Rose by any other name";)

                  He who would have beautiful Roses in his garden must have beautiful Roses in his heart."

                  It's easy to forget that down deep, roses are simply prickly shrubs—brambles—cousins to the sprawling, ineradicable blackberry. A rose just wants to be a rose, and the plant's needs are not all that complicated:;)

                  This is for Bert:blue thumb:
                   
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