Thank you pink rose, that’s very helpful.

Officially speaking,Rose replant disease is supposed to exist only here in Europe, not in the USA. I do agree that you will want to change the soil, in any case.. In my experience, it is better to replace the soil with native soil rather than with bagged soil ; you want to avoid the so-called "bathtub effect" . This is when one digs a planting hole and fills it with soft, cushy, rich soil; the new plant in said hole is not encouraged to send it's roots out beyond the hole, so instead they tend to just go around and around in the hole, without ever extending ouwards, so the plant languishes. However I must add that , here in Italy, when I read the phrase " a new bag of good gardening soil", I naturally imagine potting soil. Perhaps a different product is available in the USA. I do add amendments (manure, alfalfa, etc),but try to do so in the area beyond the root-ball of the new plant, not just inside the hole.

Actually in US ,aside from potting soil organic garden soil with manure added is available for purchase .also non organic ones with added fertilizers or other amendments .You are right about the "bath tub " effect . Personally l have sandy soil that is nutrient poor so l always use a purchased garden soil and add lots of organic amendments to jump start the growth .

Actually in US ,aside from potting soil organic garden soil with manure added is available for purchase .also non organic ones with added fertilizers or other amendments .You are right about the "bath tub " effect . Personally l have sandy soil that is nutrient poor so l always use purshased garden soil and add lots of organic amendments to jump start the growth .

Sara Ann, you just go for it. I have changed out roses so many times and I amend the soil and plop the new baby right in.

I have just done it with several roses last month. I have very heavy clay soil so although I remove the main rootball I still have many roots left over deep in the soil that I have no hope of removing unless I turn my garden into a construction site. I just removed as much soil as I could and replaced it with another part of the garden, plus some amendments.

I can't promise anything but in my mild English winter i'm already seeing buds on them so maybe it'll be fine for you too.

Gotta interject here: why did you get rid of nahema pink rose ? I’m about to plant 2 in prime real estate :)

sara Ann , good luck with the new rose! I’ve always loved your photos of Dublin bay but know sometimes you have change it up !

Lilyfinch

I bought Nahema because of Fragrancenutter's beautiful pics . Unfortunately my plant did not bloom much and the blooms blew away in a day (Heritage is one of its parents ) , cool weather had the best bloom & fragrance . It also grew 3 ft laterals before blooming on top . After 3 years I got tired of it and s/p it .

I don't have a lot of space. If I didn't replant in the same spots I'd have to quit growing roses. Go for it!

I change out roses all the time. All I ever do is throw a good shovel full of leaf compost into the spot, turn it up a few times and plant. BUT, I do have great soil in my rose beds. If your soil is "iffy", dig half of it out, throw a bag of good "Garden Soil" into the hole. Churn it up real good and plant.

I took a rose bush out in early 2007 that was here since the 1970's... The rose I put in that location has grown just fine...

Thank you all, sounds like I shouldn’t have a problem if it’s done correctly. Lilyfinch, Dublin Bay, has been a good Climber, but there are roses I like better, and at this point I’d prefer to have something different in that spot.

With what are you going to replace it?

Vaporvac, I’m not sure yet. I’ll probably put several roses in that spot. For some reason I keep ordering, even though I have plenty,

Sara-Ann - I agree with everyone else - just amend the soil before planting the new roses, so that it has nice fresh organic material & nutrients in case the previous rose depleted it. Good luck!

Thank you cyndita. I’ll be sure that‘s what I do. I’m already looking forward to another rose season.

Me too!! Is it spring yet?