Moving Established Knock Out Roses: Minimizing Transplant Shock

Moving Established Knock Out Roses: Minimizing Transplant Shock

Best time: dormant season (late fall/early spring). If moving now:

1. Prepare new holes or large pots.
2. Cut bush back by half to induce dormancy.
3. Dig maximum root ball; long taproots are just anchors.
4. If delayed, wrap roots in wet newspaper in a black garbage bag tied at cane tips.
5. Replant; water daily for 6 weeks to regrow feeder roots.
6. No fertilizer until new growth appears.

Plants may look dead but will recover; summer heat may delay regrowth.