I am no expert but adding soil mound and keeping it moist sounds best. If you pull it out of the ground then pot it and keep it in the shade with a plastic bag to retain moisture around the canes. I did the same thing but it was Feb. when I discovered my mistake. A bareroot that I mounded soil around made it and 3 of the 4 bareroots that I potted and covered made it but took more TLC. The 4th potted bareroot still is in the shade with a bag since Feb. but has very small eyes. Fingers crossed on this one. P.S. Thanks to all who helped me earlier in the year.

In zone 7 having the bud union at soil level should be OK. If your winter is very cold or you're worried about it surviving, just cover the base with oak leaves, mulch or compost. For now get the soil mounded ASAP to keep the canes moist and water, water, water.

are the buds swelling and do you have leaves? I you do I would just starting misting the canes.

I have had bareroots do fine without the hill but usually it is earlier in the season and not so hot.

If no leaves or very swollen buds...mound and water. If you have them just mist as often as possible. I do mine 2 times a day...3 if really hot.

As noted above if your rose is breaking dormancy already don't worry about mounding. Keeping the canes moist is important though.

The first few bareroots we had a few years back I had no idea about mounding. We just kept the bare root moist and did not know enough to mist even. They still grew just find but like sunnishine says that was during the early part of the season.

If you have fragile new growth you can along with misting cover it with say a platic lawn chair during the hot part of the day until it grows up a bit.

Hope this helps.

Kate

Thanks all -- the hill is in place.