I know,I know. It is too hot to BREATHE, let alone work outside! That having been said, we HAVE to replace our mailbox and post... Do you think I can salvage the plants around it if I water them, then dig, then pot,then re-plant and re-water them? They are fairly tolerant anyway; lambs ears,hemerocallis,iris, varigated spicata and dianthus.The rose is far enough away to leave alone, I WILL put something there to keep the workmen off of it when they pour the concrete.