moving roses

Hi everyone, My mum has the unenviable job of clearing and selling my grandads house. There are two bush roses in the garden that she would like to keep in memory of him. Can anyone give some advise as to when and how best to move them , she will probably want to put them into large pots for a while as she may be on the move herself soon
Many thanks

Make sure they are constantly watered for a year or two - particularly if in pots - make sure they don't dry out in drier winter conditions.

I lifted and moved two on the allotment. They were heeled in for a a couple of weeks and a few days back lifted and moved to a new flower bed much nearer home.

Around this time of year is ideal - with luck they will snooze through it waking in the spring as if almost nothing had happened (that's the theory).

Good luck with Grandad's roses. A lovely idea of your mums.

It does need a team and a special effort to kill a rose. So, off you go.

The only thing is, as Yorkie mentiones, they tend to be shallow rooted. Oodles of soaking is required in containers on dry days.

More or less, that's about it though.