Rose moving advice

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My house sale is about to complete and I have a beautiful yellow rose bush that has the most amazing smelling roses. I would love to bring it with me but not if it means killing it. Any advice? Or should I just leave it?

how long has it been there? now is a good time of year to move things, but if it has been there 10 years and has deep roots, it won't be easy

You could always take a belt-and-braces approach: try to move the rose but also take hardwood cuttings.

Dig out as much as you can, find the largest pot you can, put it in with compost. You can trim the roots to make it fit and ot will usually recover.

I've done this with a rose that was hidden behind some trellis fencing in our garden - don't know how old but it had grown tall to try and find some light. It had to be moved, it was summer, which is a naff time to do it but we did it after cutting it back, moved it to a new spot - not majorly sunny, either - and it did great. It helped that our garden is shaded by trees I think. I've done it twice now - had to move another rose this year, summer again, it's still in a pot and grew lots. As long as they get plenty of food in the new spot, I find they recover well.