For what it's worth... This first picture looks typical of the foliage and stems of Dr. Huey to me.
These two pictures are two different roses, right?
The first picture shows what, to me, looks to be two different roses. The little one growing horizontally does not look like Dr Huey. It has leaves with seven leaflets; none of my Dr Huey plants nor those I can see in the database have more than five. Perhaps it is one of the original old roses?
It is unique. Well, if it were me (I do not try to have perfect shaped plants), I would re plant but maybe tilt it slightly when planting so it looks a little more upright. But plan ahead where you're putting it because it grows to the side, so it doesn't grow into anything next to it. I would trim off the bottom most branch in that photo, because you do not want it touching the ground. Then as it grows, train it to grow more upright, but it will want to do that anyway.
Wow, those roots are a bear. I hope you have a digging bar!
ok, I will DEFINATELY try to turn that one as vertical as possible haha
I couldn' believe some of these plants Alyssa, nothing to them, yet alive. Fighting.
They have definately earnt my respect for being this resilient!
Roses are hardy plants, they can whithstand alot of abuse. But with little fibrous roots they'll have a hell of a job to do to flower. They might not even this season and instead concentrate on establishing underground. Good oppurtunity to see how they grow and plan your pruning accordingly. Btw, roses do well in clay soils, so that shouldn't be a problem if that's the case. The siting looks good to me too.
I still hope people can see what I'm posting, know it's been a while but here is 3 hours of back breaking labor. NOW, should I use any of that clay I dug out? Rotation it with the organic matter behind it? Or not even touch it. o and how long can this clay preserve matter? My god, it has been that deep forever, I know, because we have NEVER dug there, like 4-5 feet down I got black bark with white inside it, not as decomposed as I thought it should be.. and look at these Worms I found at 4 feet down, in the four foot clay!
I'd mix compost with the clay. Its good for your plants roots to have contact with native soil, and clay is good at holding moisture and nutrients in the soil- as long as it is well drained and combined with organic matter, keeping it should work out well.
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
