I move things around all the time

I think not planting in a previous spot may be if the removed rose was diseased.

It sounds like you have some cool roses.

Rachel, there is a “rose replant “ disease in Europe I believe but we don’t have that here . I pull out and replace roses with no trouble. As long as the area is suitable for roses (well drained , full sun ) just keep on planting till ya like what you have ! :)

Well if I didn't plant another rose where I took out a rose I wouldn't have any roses at all! Most of the old books said not to replant a rose where a previous one had failed. I take that to mean diseased but it could also mean to take a minute and think why that rose failed. Sometimes its a light/moisture factor. Most of my roses fail because of lack of winter hardiness so I just replant using the same soil, maybe a little amendment. If I'm not sure what exactly the problem was but it wasn't disease I may sometimes switch the soil with some from my vegetable gardens. Oooh, I would love to have Tranquility! Is it just this year that it looks 'dirty'? Maybe because of all the rain?

Rachel , my wedgewood hasn’t taken off yet :( which is so odd as all my other roses are huge ! I need to check on it again. And I totally abgree about David Austins tranquility. It is almost a grey white .. not warm and lovely . Do you have crocus ?!!’ Oh my gosh do I love that rose !!

Rachel, I don't know if it is because my cream veranda is in a pot but it hardly bloomed at all this year I may have to rethink its location. Quietness on the other hand has taken off it was in a pot and now it has a great home in the ex home of Savannah that didn't do well but quietness is beautiful I highly recommend that rose

My Cream Veranda is on multi flora from Palatine.

When she blooms they are beautiful but I have had hardly any blooms this year. Maybe she doesnt like her pot.

Just FYI, my Quietness is the worst rose out of all my roses. It completely defoliates and hardly ever blooms whether in a pot or now in the ground. The other roses with whom she shares a bed are doing great. I'm going to move it to one of the best spots I have and see if she improves.

I'm thrilled when I can plant a new rose in an old rose hole. That means I don't have to get out the pick axe to dig another hole in this hard, rocky clay. I do shovel out most of the old soil and refresh it with fresh compost and rose food before putting it back into the hole. The young fella who sometimes digs holes for me told me last week he couldn't dig a hole where I wanted one because the fence builders had poured their left over cement there. Upon further inspection, there was no cement. My soil is that hard.

Lilyfinch, your Cream Veranda is what I'm hoping for next year. It is coming out of the urn it has been in for 3 years and going in the ground. I think it will be happier.

Vaporvac, I think you were sold a dud. There have been no other negative reviews of Quietness that I have seen. If it's own root, try another one grafted, or vice versa and from another vendor. My own root band took off so quickly, it looks like a 3 or 4 year old bush in it's first year. I bought another one for a prominent spot.

Rachel - thank you for the offer of Tranquility! I don't know how to contact you directly without posting my email. Don't know if you use Facebook or Flickr? I've sent volunteer rooted suckers from my OGRs to people on this forum years ago but there was a way to contact them directly then. How close are you to the Ohio River?

Yep, my Cream Veranda needs to get out if it's pot. I want mine to look like Lilyfinches. When mine blooms it is beautiful , it just hasnt much this season .

Vap, that is so weird about your Quietness. Maybe a dud

It is strange especially as it was a two gallon from ARE and everything else from there is great. It's been this way from the beginning although she did perk up when I put her in the ground earlier this season. Beautiful blooms, but only a few. Now she is just sticks, but we have high BS pressure.

Oh my gosh I just saw this y’all , I’m so sorry I wasn’t clear. My photo is of crocus rose . I was suggesting that over tranquility. Yikes ! Sorry about that !!