I addressed moving rose bushes in the September news letter but but I thought it prudent to reiterate some of the process for those of you who like me have not got around to it yet.
First, No it is not to late to move rose bushes.  In fact it is just now the optimum time for doing it here in Zone 6a and b. So here we go.
1. Dig the hole in the new location first.  Make sure it is large enough.  It will be easier and quicker to add back soil to the hole than it will to enlarge a hole to small for the bush you are moving.
2. Cut back the rose you are moving to about 12" tall.  Since the bush is dormant it should not try to sprout new growth.
3. Dig up the pruned bush getting as much of the root ball as possible. 
4. It is extremely important to not let the cold dry air or freezing temperatures come in contact with the roots of the plant for any longer than absolutely necessary.
5.  Sit the bush in the new hole and adjust it using the excess soil you have taken out of the hole.  Remember the bud union or root crown should be at or just below ground level for zone 6 and above.
6. Back fill the hole the same as you would for spring planting using 1 cup of Fert i Lome root stimulator added to 5 gallons of water to settle the soil in the planting hole around the roots.  Leave extra soil mounded up around the bush to allow for additional soil settling and protect the canes for the winter to come.  You can remove this extra soil in the spring when the danger of frost has passed.  If you do not have enough soil to cover the canes with to within a couple inches of their tops is is ok to use mulch for that purpose  
7. Now add mulch the bush with about 4" of pine mulch to a distance no smaller than a 3 foot diameter around the bush and you are done.  As always, if you have questions or concerns give me a call at 918-455-7673. 

A couple of things I have heard and one that I read disturbed me recently.  A doctor on the news network I watch most of the time was discussing a research finding and said that propylene glycol was just a chemical, not important, just a chemical.  Propylene glycol is important in several ways to me.  It is sweet and dogs and cats will drink it and die.  The same goes for children.  You probably know it as antifreeze for your cars cooling system.  Another comment was that honey was bad for children because it carries all kinds of critters that can make a small child sick or even can be fatal.  While this is true of raw honey, most honey you buy in the store is pasteurized and free from these bad guys.  Ok, now you are asking yourself what this has to do with roses.  Well, this morning I was reading a trade magazine and an ask the expert column where the question was ask when was the proper time to prune roses?  The X-spurt gave the answer that now since the roses have gone dormant it is a good time to prune. 
There are reasons we do not cut our roses back in the fall here in Oklahoma.  First and foremost because we want the tops of the bushes left in tact to help provide protection for the roots for the cold weather to come.  The second is because if you prune now the bushes will break too early in the spring and the new growth will be killed by late spring frost.  When the tops are left on, it is easy to cut off the damaged growth but if the plant was pruned in the fall there is nothing left to cut off.
The idea of of cutting back, not pruning as you would do in the Spring comes from our neighbors up north where the earth freezes deep in the winter and they  cut their bushes back to stop the bush from being rocked by the winter winds and loosening the roots or breaking them from the soil.  In our part of the country it is not necessary to do that fall cutback because the earth here does not freeze that deep.  If your rose bushes have gotten completely unruly and to large to get around it is ok now to cut them back to keep them in bounds but only cut what is absolutely necessary.  Your roses will winter better that way.