How can I transplant these wild roses into my garden?

Here is a picture of the wild roses, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Prairie_Rose . There are about 100 of them outside growing along the road and in the ditch. How can I transplant them into my yard? They are blooming right now, I transplanted 2 a couple of weeks ago, but they are not doing to good. They are alive, but are not blooming. What is the best way to transplant them and keep them alive and blooming?

Answers:

1The most important thing is that you MUST take out almost all of the root system without disturbing much of it. Secondly, the soil that you place it into should have as much if not more of the correct fertilization that the original growing place had. Thirdly , the watering of the bush should be kept moist, but not overwatered for a rather lengthy (lets say a month) time so that the ingredients in the soil will have time to rot and feed the plant. i would suggest that you look into the organic gardening (a splendid magazine) website and see if you can get information there. Do as much background reading about roses as you can find. Then try again. Good luck.

Addendum: Forget about the flowering for now. The most important thing is to establish the continuous growing of the plant and let it take care of the blooms at a later time and in its own time.

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