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Lifting and re planting roses
Barry Higgs
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I planted half a dozen roses in my border in the Spring and only one has prospered, the others still being alive but have very little growth. I want to lift them and put them elsewhere to see if this will encourage them to grow. What's the best time to do this and how should I prepare the ground to give them the best start?
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Unless you have good reason to think that their current postions are unsuitable for them, I'd leave them where they are. I suspect that they've been busy establishing a good root system in their first season in your garden, and that next year they'll put on a much better show for you.
Give them a good mulching with organic material this autumn, and feed with Fish Blood and Bone in February when you prune them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.