Kate, I'm impressed. That's a lot of snow (and also a truly lovely setting). FJ, I'm in the SF Bay area myself and I don't think it is at all too late to move roses. In fact as long as it is not blazing hot I pretty much move roses all year long. If you have clay soil I'd wait a few days until the soil is a bit drier so you don't damage the soil structure by digging when it is too wet. Rosefolly

A bit off the mark of your question, but according to another poster in zone 5 Michigan, most Austin roses are not cane-hardy there, but will be injured down to the ground or winter protection in a normal winter. This means that the plants should be set with the graft swelling below grade, several inches below where it was set in the usual nursery pot. If the graft freezes, you have only a rootstock plant left rather than the variety you purchased. If you planted too shallow, I'd recommend replanting all of them now, since roses from pots (if they were from pots) transplant more easily during the first few months than later. Otherwise you will need to maintain deep winter protection over the crowns for the life of the plants. Forgive me if you already knew about this. If you transplant during summer, temporary shade may be needed to alleviate wilting. Lawn chairs are good.

You can move them anytime the ground isn't frozen. But this time of year you need to watch for them to heave up out of the ground. If you plant now, you can place a brick on top of the rhizome or pin them to the ground.. If they heave, you can take your foot and just press them back down.

I want it in the ground and it’s definitely possible here with good protection, which I’m more than willing to provide as I do not like palms in pots and do not have an area to store it in the winter, just a personal opinion though. I gave it a good protection over the winter where we hit 9° and the Palm still put out two new fronds from December to March.