Question
I have a Rose of Sharon bush. It's huge and I'm getting construction done on my house. How can I transplant my bush without killing it so that i can replant it?

Or do you know anybody that I can call that transplants it for you?

Answer
If you want to tackle the job yourself, you need to dig as large a rootball as you can manage (the diameter of the shrub and 2' deep).  Water the shrub heavily the night before and prepare the new planting hole.  Cut the shrub back by at least a half.  This is necessary to compensate for the root damage that inevitably will occur.  Damaged roots will not be able to support the entire plant and you will have dieback.

Your chances of success are better if you can wait until the shrub drops its leaves in the fall.  If you cannot wait, move the plant on a cloudy and/or rainy day or, if this is not possible, in the evening.  Add fertilizer to the new hole, set the plant in so that it is a couple of inches higher than previously planted (this is to allow for settling) and backfill with enough material to hold it upright.  Pour lots of water into the hole.  Finish backfilling and tamp the soil down firmly.  Water again.  Water deeply on hot days and if there is no rain for several days.

I cannot guarantee that it will survive if you follow my directions.  I personally would not try to move a large Rose-of-Sharon.  

You may be able to find a landscape contractor (look in the Yellow Pages or on line) with the equipment to do the job but it will be costly and he will not guarantee survival.