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Thanks Charity - I found your article and feel reassured now - thank goodness it Is winter here!

I agree with you about expensive mistakes - my daughter bought me a very fancy style one - I was sad that it didnt look the same the following year!

Thanks Siobhain,

I really would just try and dig up as big of a rootball as possible. Then keep the rootball moist and wrapped in burlap or something similar while you move them. If it's cold when you move I wouldn't bring them indoors where it's heated. The change in temperature back and forth might shock them. You want to give them a bit of extra protection while they're dug up though. Keep them in your garage or moving trailer to try and keep them from freezing through. Obviously then plant them in their new spot as soon as possible.

Good luck. Let me know how it goes. I'm not moving any roses to my new house, but am going to dig up a baby magnolia tree I hate to leave behind.

Now is a great time for transplanting dormant roses in the garden. If anyone has any questions check out the roses page and feel free to post a forum question.

Hi Charity - a question about the differences between pruning ramblers and climbers!

I love my bluey-pink rambler and am happy for it to ramble even more! Should I prune it even so? and how?

My amber climber however is very vigorous and aggressive - I usually chop it right back but it seems to like this. Shall I leave it this year?

Thanks for any tips!

Siobhain,

If you've had good performance from your ramber by pruning it back heavily, then I say keep it up. It couldn't hurt to leave it, but I say stick with what works!

OK Charity, thanks. Is there any difference between Ramblers and Climbers?

Siobhain,

Climbing roses are generally harder to train vertically because of their thicker canes. There are quite a few types of them. You can get just about any color or bloom cycle. True climbers often aren't the best choice for training through a fence or smaller arbor since the canes mostly just want to grow up and do their own thing.

Ramblers tend to bloom just once or twice a season, though some do more frequently. They are generally easier to train and prune into a more desired shape, such as onto a fence or arbor.

My favorites would be the ones that are kind of a cross between the two. "Climbing Pinkie" is one of those. It gets to about 10 feet and has clusters of pink blooms all summer. It has very little thorns and is easy to train. I hate training climbers with huge thorns!

Research always seems to show that there is the perfect rose for any spot. It's just trying to figure out which one it is and then where to find it that's the problem.

Thank-you - yes, my rambler does have a few blooms all summer, but with most at the beginning, then at the end of summer.

When I move it - I think I'll put it round the door!