I just had to prune 17 roses to fit them in my car for the rescue trip down from Ohio. Some of the are already putting on new growth so I don't think it hurt them.
Dovey on DG is moving back to Calif and decided not to take all her roses with her, so She said anyone who wanted to drive to her house could have them. SOOOOO. I left here July 21st at 3 a.m. and drove to Columbus Ohio pruned and dug roses with them for 5 hours and packed the car, left there at 2:30 p.m. and drove back to Somerset, KY. Made for a long, long day for an old lady. But I have 17 beautiful roses, plus I took suckers off her Apothecary Rose Bush. They are all planted and doing well. And I am so happy to have them.