Thanks, Seil. My favorite mature rose, Cynthia, is about 6x3 & is half out of the ground. Would you recommend pruning her, and if so, how much? We will not get freezing temp here for probably 6-8 weeks. The smaller ones that are partially uprooted, should I prune them a bit? Quietness was a new band in May, but has grown to about 2x2 round ball of a rose bush. His leaves are looking droopy tonight, like a stem in a vase without water. Roots are a bit exposed; I just don't have anything tonight to use for soil to cover. Should I prune Quietness to make it a smaller, more narrow plant? Double Delight will have to be put in a pot; she is in a small sinkhole now. Harlekin was broken by Hermine over labor day weekend & is now a big sloppy mess. Can I cut this climber down to ~4ft at this time of year? We are months from cold weather. The others don't look too difficult to help: straighten, stake, cover with soil?

I am thinking don't tamp down the soil covering too much? Underneath is just saturated soil. Does making holes with a probe or stake really help the soil dry better? How far out from the perimeter of the bush should the holes be?

I think I want to move. Maybe to a condo & just grow roses in pots. Sigh.

Thanks, all, for your help & empathy

Like Seil said, add more soil and cover the roots up. It's a good thing that you aren't by the coast, not flooded by salt water. You can cut down Harlekin to 4', I wish mine grows that tall, it's only 2' tall now on its 2nd year. You can also put the cuttings right in the soil, you'd have more Harlekins in weeks. Hope you won't have any more heavy rains next week, the soil should dry up in a few days since it's still hot over there. It's 46F here right now, might have the 1st frost in the morning (38F), moved in all my orchid, jasmine, and a Yingying perfume tree, going outside to move in more pots at this hour. :-)

When I get a rose damaged by wind or water, I have cut them down. My Teasing Georgia was levelled by strong winds and I cut it back and it did fine. The ones that look droopy may just have to dry out. What kind of soil do you have? Is it clay? Is the soil still saturated? The erosion you can deal with my replacing on the top, either compost or even mulch. I have some spots in my yard that I have erosion issues with each time it rains. I have surrounded the base of the roses with those flexible edging materials and filled those up with good soil, just to cover the roots. Eventually I'm going to have to put in some kind of edging to raise the beds so they will not erode anymore.

Keep posting and let us know how they are doing.

Summersrhythm, my Harlekin stayed about 4' until year 4, them - KAPOW! It really IS a climber! I can no longer reach the top of it on a short ladder.

Buford, I used to live not far from Buford, in Gwinnett county! Anyway, my soil in the main bed, where the Double Delight sinkhole has developed, is perfect! I worked obsessively on that soil for 2 years before I planted roses. It's loamy, but not too, touch of clay, but drains well, lovely to dig around in. My lower bed, I was in a hurry. It's heavier in the clay, but nothing like Georgia clay. It's clayish. This bed slopes downhill, so gravity might help. Don't know. Never dealt with this much water.

While we won't freeze here for months, it's much cooler, 53 right now. What is "warm" is subjective. I feel chilly this morning : )

Off to buy some stakes and soil. Praising God that I am not in same position as neighbors, armed with chainsaw and roofing tiles. I just had my roof replaced last month!

Holly, I would definitely take off anything that is damaged or broken and then on the tallest ones give them a light pruning if you want. I wouldn't go down too low though. Cutting the climber back to 4 ft. should be fine. At 2 X 2 Quietness should be fine. Just cover with soil and stake. Staking and tying even the small ones should stabilize them enough so they won't rock in the wind. That's the best you can do for them. Keep them stable so they can re-root firmly in the ground. Is there any way you can raise that DD up so it isn't sitting in water? Hopefully things will drain fairly quickly. Just keep an eye on the droopy ones and see if they seem to perk back up when things get a little dryer. If not you may have sitting water underground that will need to be addressed. They slope should help with drainage. Keep us posted.