I am going to be moving in December early January. I have several roses I would like to take with me. What is the proper way, if possible, to move them? Also, once I dig them up, do I just store them until spring when I can properly prepare the soil where they would be going? Please help! Thank you.
That can be an exceptionally tough task depending on the climatic differences from the climate you are in now to the one where you are moving. Moving from one warm climate to another is far different than moving from a warm climate to a cold climate. I would prune the roses you wish to take with you. Water them a bit the day before digging them out. When digging them out, get as much of the rootball as you can. Transplant them into large pots with drainage holes in them. If you are in a cold climate and moving to another cold climate, the object is to keep them cold. So be sure to store the roses in an unheated garage, shed or area. Then plant them in the Spring after the ground warms up and can be worked. Here are some links to articles for you as well:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/transplanting-roses.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/planting-rose-bushes.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/spacing-roses.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/location-to-grow-roses.htm
I recently saw what looked like mini pumpkins on a thorny stock. Someone said it was probably rose hip. But I've never seen rose hips look like these. They thought it might be from a Rugosa rose. So I looked that up and it states that their rose hips look like mini crabapples. These were orange and definitely looked like mini jack-o-laterns, about 5-6 alternating on this thorny stem. Any idea what it was?
They were indeed rose hips. I have gotten rose hips on my David Austin shrub roses for many years. I also get rose hips on some of my miniature rosebushes. For the first time ever this year, I had rose hips on one of my floribunda rosebushes named Doris Day. So delighted to see them I was! If left on the bush the birds will usually come along and peck the seeds out to eat them for a nourishing winter meal. I take them off and put them in the fridge until about March, then plant the seeds in some seed starting soils. Usually the roses that come up are too weak to amount to anything but still neat to see them come up. Here is an article link on roses from seeds: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/harvesting-rose-seeds.htm
And here: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/growing-roses-from-seed.htm
I love roses and I would like to grow David Austin roses. I have no idea where to buy online. That's only reason for that question and can you guide me? I want bare root roses of David Austin rose. Mostly I search all nurseries near Katy and Houston, I can't find them. Please help me.
I love the David Austin Roses also. Here are some links for you where I have purchased my David Austin Rosebushes:
http://www.rosesofyesterday.com/ordercatalog.html
http://www.highcountryroses.com/
http://www.chambleeroses.com/order/David-Austin%AE-Roses/
http://rosesunlimitedownroot.com/
Be sure to tell them Stan The Rose Man sent you! Enjoy!!
I want to root a gift of roses. I need to know, do I cut the flower off the stem if there is one before I plant it?
Yes, remove flowers and buds before propagating a new rose bush.
Making three rows of roses in the garden and want to know how far apart to set the beds. Would like to be able to walk between rows and the rows will be on a slope with terracing.
Very good to think ahead and plan well. I have had such rose beds. I placed some sandstone stepping stones along the walking area between the rosebushes too. How far apart to plant the rosebushes depends upon the growth habit of the desired rosebushes. Some love to grow more tall and less bushy so need less space than the more bushy ones. Typically floribunda and shrub rosebushes will need lots of room along with some grandiflora rosebushes. Many hybrid tea rosebushes are less bushy. Here are some links to articles that should be of interest to you with this fine venture:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/spacing-roses.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/location-to-grow-roses.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/buy-rose-plants.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/rose-soil-preparation.htm
Stan The Rose Man :)
All my other roses around this rose are blooming; however, this particular rose looks healthy, growing unreal but not one flower. Could it be possible that this rose is a blind shoot all over? I have only had this rose for 6 months!
Right off the top it sounds like it could be one of two things. One is that the fertilizer being used is too high in nitrogen. High nitrogen fertilizers make for super growth and rich foliage but causes either limited or no blooms. If the rosebush is an older rose (which it does not sound like it is), it is possible that the original and desired rosebush has died and the root stock has taken over. The hardy rootstock will grow big and rapidly, sometimes not flowering at all or not flowering until its 2nd year of growth. Here are some links to articles that should be of interest to you on this:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/no-blooms-on-roses.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/own-root-roses-grafted-roses.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/best-rose-fertilizer.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/rose-fertilizer.htm
Is it generally expensive?
The purple flowers appears to be a David Austin rose.
Yes, they can be quite expensive, but remember you can always find a flower that would give you the same feel of the image.
Here is an article about the old fashioned roses.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/roses/old-english-roses.htm