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winter care

Hi everyone,

Time for me to delurk.

I have a rose that I found, I have named her Bessie DuVaul.  She was
always a small rose, no taller than two feet.  I am assuming that it is
an old rose, it only blooms once a year.

Anyway, we moved and I brought her along (three bushes).  Since she was
always so small, I planted all three of them in a spot for small roses. 
Well, I must be doing something right, she is over five feet tall and
sending suckers all over the place!  I'm not complaining, it is fun to
see her thriving, but she has out grown her spot.

We finally had a good freeze last night but I don't think it was very
hard.  When is a good time to move her?  Do I prune her for winter?  Do
I mulch?  The bushes are so dense that nothing growns under them, never
have to weed.  How do I move a rose of this size?  You can't tell that
it was only three plants a year ago, she has sent up so many suckers it
looks like solid rose.

For tall roses, how do you get them to stand up without flopping all
over the ground?  I'm hoping to move her yet this fall before we get a
killing freeze.

Michelle Peterson
Wisconsin
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