Do you think I could transplant rose bushes?

[BloooCowWonders]

Or would they die immediately?! I've move house and we have a flower bed that needs to be moved. It doesn't feel right just to compost the rose bushes without even trying ...
(but I'm not sure my low maintenance style of gardening suits roses anyway:( )

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

Yes, but dig the hole first so that the plant isn't left out of the ground while you dig and water it well before and after. Don't plant a rose where there has been a rose before (the build-up of micro-organisms in the soil can make roses sick) and, if you want to go the whole hog, use one of the mycorrhizal powders on the roots.

[hellymelly]

I have done this- i rescued a couple of roses from some cottages that were being demolished. They had been bulldozed up and were dried out and wilted. I planted them in pots (had no garden) and watered them a lot,including spraying the leaves with a mist of water. Both roses survived but one has since died in the move to an acual garden. I may have unknowingly planted it on the spot of an older rose. Good luck!