I must fess up....I, too have ordered a few! From Heirloom I have Pink Popcorn, Michelangelo and St. Elizabeth of Hungry coming. Regan is sending Grande Dame, Windermere and Francis Meiland and I am expecting David A. to send England`s Rose and Sharifa Asma. I dug holes for these in the fall, getting rid of a few that were not doing well. I am sure I will add a few to this list before long. I agree with alameda....Life is short, eat dessert first! Lesley

I ordered 39 bands and that including 3 mystery roses, and 1 gallon, so a total of 40 roses, and my dh thought I was crazy.
Glad you make me feel better :) I don't know how you afforded that many, mine was ALOT, but in my defense for rogue valley shipping was high :) Have fun with all your new babies, I know I will.

I have 53 ordered from vendors, and cuttings from two others from an enabler who shall remain nameless. There are a few more on my "want" list, but as I already think I might have ordered more than I can fit in the ground, I told myself to wait until they get here before I think about more. Here's my list, copied and pasted from a simple-text file I made to remind myself of how many are actually coming:

Bourbons
Honorine de Brabant -- Long Ago Roses
Mlle Blanche Lafitte -- Vintage
Mme Dore -- Vintage

Chinas
Ducher -- Long Ago Roses
Louis Philippe -- Heirloom
Sophie's Perpetual -- Vintage

Damasks
Botzaris -- RVR
Quatre Saisons Blanc Mousseaux -- RVR

English
Abraham Darby -- Heirloom
Evelyn -- Heirloom
Golden Celebration -- Heirloom
Jude the Obscure -- Heirloom
The Prince -- Heirloom
Prospero -- Heirloom
Tamora -- Heirloom

Floribunda Climber
Yellow Sweetheart -- RVR

Gallicas
Belle de Crecy -- Vintage
Duchesse de Montebello -- Vintage
Georges Vibert -- Vintage
Sissinghurst Castle -- Vintage
Superb Tuscan -- Vintage
Tricolore de Flandre -- Vintage

Hybrid Bracteata
Golden Buddha -- RVR

Hybrid Chinas
Duchesse d'Angouleme -- Vintage
Nouveau Monde -- Vintage

Hybrid Musks
Buff Beauty -- Long Ago Roses

Hybrid Perpetuals
Ferdinand Pichard -- Long Ago Roses
Georg Arends -- Vintage
Grandmother's Hat -- Long Ago Roses
Monsieur Boncenne -- Vintage
Paul Neyron -- Heirloom
Pierre Notting -- RVR
Reine Des Violettes -- Heirloom
Souvenir du Dr. Jamain -- Vintage
Yolande d'Aragon -- Long Ago Roses

Hybrid Teas
Crimson Glory (VID) -- Vintage
Lemon Spice (VID) -- Vintage
Mirandy (VID) -- Vintage
Night (Lady Sackville) -- Vintage
Oklahoma (VID) -- Vintage
Stadtrat Glaser -- RVR

Large-Flowered Climbers
Orfeo -- RVR
Sombreuil -- Long Ago Roses

Musks
Reverend Seidel -- Vintage
Secret Garden Musk Climber -- RVR

Polyanthas
Clotilde Soupert -- Long Ago Roses
Marie Pavie -- Vintage

Portlands
Blanc de Vibert -- Vintage
Indigo -- Heirloom
Pickering Four Seasons Rose -- RVR
Rose de Rescht -- Heirloom
Rose du Roi (original) -- Vintage

Tea-Noisettes
Jaune Desprez -- Vintage

:-)

~Christopher

I have been super good. Only 6! So far!! Five english and Pink Powderpuff. Judy

Tammy, I think I may have topped you but I'm too ashamed to admit it. I have ordered a vast assortment. Mostly teas, chinas, noisettes, gallicas, bourbons, polyanthas, ramblers and LCLs, old floribundas. Gee--what's left!
Unless an unknown relative dies and leaves me property I too will have a pot ghetto.
That said, I did SP some of my body bags--If you recall, my rose addiction began less than a year ago with body bags. How far I've come! How broke I am!
Susan

Answering this question for me is very deceptive. 4 ordered - Mme. Isaac Pierre, Amazing Grace, Frederic Mistral, SDLM.

But, then ask how many bareroots have I picked up so far this year (and December sale items)... Lets see... cl. Don Juan, cl. Angel Face, Sundowner, New Day, Chicago Peace, Firefighter, Fragrant Cloud (#2), Geoff Hamilton, Glamis Castle, Koko Loco, Melody Parfumee, Neptune, Pink Promise, Sharifa Asma, The Mayflower, Christopher Marlow, Perfume Delight, Wild Blue Yonder ... may be missing one or two more ... Looks like another 18 or so.

I have space for four, so of course I ordered 12. And it's bareroot season around town already. Sigh.

I've ordered 38 but only 17 are mine. The other 21 are for some rose growing friends. We combine our order to bring down shipping costs. I'll probably get 6-8 more from local garden centers in May.

I agree with brittie. I have space for 2 (that got RRD), so I ordered 8. : )

Ordering roses is half the fun of rose gardening sometimes. It's awful to face the reality that you have no more space to grow roses and therefore no reason to linger droolingly over the latest David Austin catalog on a cold winter day.

I've got some really good Austins and Kordes roses ordered for this coming year: Munstead Wood, The Wedgewood Rose, Scepter'd Isle, Buff Beauty, Pompenella, Berolina, and a couple minis. I get excited just thinking about the newcomers to my garden.

Kate

This post was edited by dublinbay on Mon, Jan 21, 13 at 18:56

I'm small beer compared to some of you superstars, but even after weeding out some non-so-good performers last year, I have NO more room. I do have space for two European imports from Vintage, never grown in the U.S. before, Lady Mary Curry and N 92 Nanjing, both tea roses. I've just received and planted Young Lycidas, and will hopefully receive Laurie Annie McDowell from Burlington Roses, assuming none of the ones she's propagated have failed. I don't really have a good space for this climber, but absolutely have to have it. Devoniensis, Lady Alice Stanley, Marjorie Palmer and La France were January arrivals. Almost forgot, after raves on the antique forum I added Souvenir de St. Anne's to my Vintage order.

Ingrid

Ok, some of you are making me feel better :) You all have ordered some great roses! Some I'll have to look up on HMF! I forgot I also have a couple that I'm on a list for at Long Ago Roses (Annie Laurie McDowell being one of them).

Susan, we will definitly have to compare notes on how ours do. I'm curious how your fontuiana will since I haven't tried it yet. Happy that you may have passed me! My rose obsession also started 4 years ago with bodybags (and I only have three left: Comp de Chambord & Rose de Rescht from HD, and Blue Girl from Lowes).

Ingrid, I have a couple of European Imports on order from Angel Gardens, but I'm not sure if I'll get them this year or next...just waiting...patiently!

Christopher, that is some list! I love all the OGRs you've ordered :) I also keep a running list on Word of everything I've ordered (+delivery dates), plus cuttings and who I've gotten them from. My main list is on Excel so that I can upload it to HMF easily...plus keep it in alphabetical order easier.

Tammy

Here's my Spring list:

Heirloom (3/28)
1. Geheimrat Dr. Mittweg
2. Ilmenau
3. Wonderstripe
4. Pink Morning
5. Blue Parade
6. Orchid Jubilee CL
7. Odyssey
8. Pink Popcorn
9. Golden Blush
10. Purple Skyliner
11. Granny Grimmetts
12. Christmas Snow

Palatine (3/11/12)
1. Laguna
2. Gypsy Boy
3. Blue Bajou
4. Antonia d�Oemois
5. Magenta
6. Meteor
7. Red Intuition

Brushwood (Spring)
1. Lonicera Belgica honeysuckle
2. Clematis Josephine
3. Clematis triternata Rubromarginata
4. Clematis Patricia Ann Fretwell

Vintage (April 1)
1. Serratipetala
2. Francois Coppee
3. Tip-Top
4. Emily Gray
5. Fruhlingsduft
6. William Jesse/California Molton
7. Alexandre Laquement
8. Forest Ranch Pompon
9. Panchee d'Orleans
10. Pulich Children
11. Pasadena Tourn CL
12. Reverand Seidel
13. Dr. Kelley
14. Benny Lopez
15. Le Rire Niais
16. Ambroise Pare
17. Goethe
18. R Fedtschenkoana
19. Dominie Sampson
20. Eulalie Lebrun
21. Duc d�Angouleme
22. Duchess d�Angouleme
23. Ruth�s Steeple Rose
24. Velours Episcopal
25. General Allard
26. Rachel Bowes Lyon
27. Thusnelda
28. Cumberland Belle

Chamblees (4/29)
1. Solero Vigorosa
2. Trumpeter
3. Incredible
4. Julia Child
5. Crepuscule
6. Sophy�s Rose

2013 European Imports (Angel Gardens)
1. Wild Fox
2. Wild Eagle
3. 'MADAME L�TUV� DE COLNET'
4. Ornement des Bosquets
5. Mme Julie Lassen

Hortico � April 5th
1. Commandant Beaurepaire
2. Robbie Burns
3. Sissinghurst Castle
4. JH Pierneef
5. S.E.A. of Love
6. Fiesta
7. Purple Popcorn
8. The Nightwatch
9. Metis

Rogue Valley � Feb 5
1. Blushing Lucy / bareroot
2. Corylus / bareroot
3. R. Pendulina / bareroot
4. Geant des Batailles
5. Waldfee
6. Daybreak
7. Walferdange
8. Phantom of the Opera
9. Vanguard
10. Rene Andre
11. Snowbird HT
12. 2 free / 2 mystery

Edmunds:
1. Zaide
2. Summer Sun
3. Ivor�s Rose
4. Cape Diamond

Burlington (Jan 22)
1. Commander Gillette
2. Roseville White Noisette
3. Baby Faurex
4. Omar Pacha
5. La Noblesse
6. Poulsens Pearl
7. Pride of Oakland
8. Von Scharnhorst
9. Thor
10. Sutters Gold
11. Keith�s Delight

Oops, I forgot three. I'm getting cuttings of R. fedtschenkoana and 'Purple Skyliner' from the unnamed enabler, and I also asked for 'Annie Laurie McDowell' from Long Ago Roses, but I'm not sure if there will be one for me.

Tammy, I can appreciate the benefits of staying organized, and love that you put your list on Excel. Since I'm just starting this garden, I don't have a plants list at HMF, but that's a great idea for me. I also noticed you and I have some roses ordered in common. And I think it's cute that you have both the Duc and Duchesse de Angouleme coming.

As of now, in addition to what's on-the-way, I have 'Mme Isaac Pereire', "Darlow's Enigma", 'Charles de Mills', 'Cardinal de Richelieu', 'Souvenir de Victor Landeau' and 'Belle Story' (which was actually a mistake) sitting in 2-gal pots on my porch. I can't wait for spring -- even the act of mixing the potting soil is something to look forward to.

:-)

~Christopher

Zip, zilch, zero! I'm totally out of room and I have seeds in the fridge ready to germinate with no place to put any of them. I know I'll pick up some when the local nurseries get theirs in in April and May but I can't in good conscience order a host more. Although I surely would love to!!

My, maybe for some of you disappointing, answer is none, but my pot ghetto is way to big by now. I promised myself (and my husband ;-)!) that I will not order any new roses anymore, before the old ones get planted. The first three years after we moved into our house I ordered quite a bit of bands, but then realized I couldn't keep up with digging the holes for them and beside that I don't have enough space for more. As a matter of fact I have already given roses away to friends.

Wishing you a lot of fun with your new acquisitions! I am quite interested in some of the new(er) introductions like for example Francis Meilland and hope you will post photos and tell how they are doing for you!

Christina

Total, 16. 8 on fortuniana and 8 from Roses Unlimited.

None for me - Been there, done that. Have enough, will see what may pique my interest at a local garden center, but that is all. I have my favorites growing on the property...this year (and from now on) I'll make more from cuttings. It's easy and rewarding, especially using 'Rooter Pots'. I work a few miles away from 'Long Ago Roses' so may see if I can get a hold of Linda and stop by to pick up a few. Have fun with your purchases

Have room for........none.
Ordered approx. 50.
always tell myself I AM NOT GOING TO DO THIS......every year, I do it.
In this climate it is always a wait and see who survives game. I will be ready.

I have to admire the ones who are ordering none! I just lack that kind of self control :)

...I definitely couldn't order the Duc without the Duchesse d'Angouleme...and of course, they will be planted side by side...too cute!

Tammy

This post was edited by TNY78 on Mon, Jan 21, 13 at 19:18

Since everyone's naming their roses, I thought I would name my beauties which will be coming this spring.

RVR

Rose De Rescht
Nuits de Young
Souvenir Du Dr Jamain
Sheila's Perfume
Autumn Damask (Quatre Saisons)
Vincent godsiff
Spice (Bermuda Spice)
Orpheline de Julliet
Louis Phillipe
Gros Choux d'Hollande
Roseraie de l'hay
Felicite Parementer
Honorine De Brabant
3 free roses
Ghislane de feligonde
Therese Bugnet
Mme. Abel Chateney
3 mystery roses

Burlington Roses

Archduke Charles
Crepuscule
Excellenze Von Shubert
Lady Hillingdon
Reine Des Violettes
Sophies Perpetual
Souviner de la Malmasion
White Pearl in Red dragon Mouth

Longagoroses

Leonie Lamesch
Comtesse Du Cayla
Cramoisi Superieur
Yolande D'Aragon
Blush Noisette
Rose Du Roi
Hannah Gorden
Duchesse de Brabant
Madame Lomdard
Natchitoches Yellow

High Country

Leda
Rosa Carolina
Rosa pomipera
Belle De Sultane
Rosa Eglanteria
Rosa Pimpinellifolia

I am so excited!! Already got my pots in to pot them up and bought most of the soil. :))

Great list, Alana! I have quite a few that you've ordered...love the OGRs& species roses!

Thanks for mentioning the pots, I forgot to go on Ebay and order some before my first band order arrives in a couple of weeks!

Tammy

Wow, I am sure glad I am not digging holes for a few of you!

I have a bunch of cuttings that I am trying to learn to root. So those don't count right!

Other than that, I have a LONG wish list, but only a couple bands of Annie Laurie McDowell I have asked Burlington for the fence that I am working on now.

Holy moly, I feel like a piker! I'm in awe of the enormous orders some of you have coming, but also relieved that I don't have to dig all your holes or pot them up! I have only three coming:

Regan:
Golden Celebration bare root (it grows well down the road, so I'm giving it a whirl!) They say they won't get them in until February, so I'm DYING of impatience here!
Rock n' Roll bare root (took my fancy) No idea when this one will arrive, but I'm about an hour away, so it won't be hard to go fetch when I get the phone call...

Long Ago Roses:
Porcelain Rose (a band)

Aaaand, that is pretty much going to max out my sunny areas. Next purchases may well be fuchsias and more hydrangeas that can handle my extensive shade!

I have two words for you.
Rose markers.

What is a rooter pot and what do you use it for with a band?

I don't have to dig all the holes, my dh said he would help with that.He's also gonna help me amend my soil, I have like sand on top, clay underneath.I bought 15 bags of soil yesterday, some potting, humus and Top soil, I already have peatmoss and bonemeal when planting time comes. I also got a guy bringing horse manure, though it will have to sit for a bit. Tammy your welcome for the pot reminder, I got mine from Greenhouse Megastore. They have great prices I like the elite nursery container the best.

I can second the recommendation for Greenhouse Megastore. That's where I got my pots (the same ones Alana7bSC mentioned), as well as plant markers. I picked out the white plastic "garden T-signs" and the black permanent marker to write on them. I found that if one needs to "erase" a mistake, rubbing alcohol gets most of it off, and anything left behind can be almost eliminated with a little bleach. Then just rinse well, dry, and write again. I got the large ones last time, when I was putting together my farewell gifts of potted rose bands, but I think I'm going to switch to the smaller ones this time.

:-)

~Christopher

Oh, when you write rooter pots, you are using the term just to designate a larger pot for the bands.
THanks for the answers. lol

Well, so far I'm with Tammy from last year - I've ordered 157 and counting. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that I'll have space for all those and more to replace roses that died in the drought. Still, it's all in a good cause, right? I mean, 70 of those were from Vintage to take advantage of their hard-to-find roses as well as help them stay in business if possible. Then Heirloom had to come out with a wide collection of Cliff's Eurodesert roses, as well as some varieties I haven't seen anywhere recently (Imperatrice Farah here I come!) Then of course I always order from Chamblees, and Rogue Valley, and Palatine, and I haven't yet put in my orders with Long Ago or Angel Gardens, or Burlington, though my usual order with Roses Unlimited may be smaller than usual since I'm not splitting a bulk order this year. Suffice to say I'll be digging plenty of holes this spring, but (hopefully) not as many as last year.

You really don't want me listing all these, right?
Cynthia

Nope --

This is a rooter pot:

It's a method of air-layering with a special pot that you can buy from Lee Valley Tools. Works great for things that are hard to root, but it's not really "set it and forget it," as you have to make sure the growing medium stays moist, which requires checking up on it about once or twice a week to make sure the water reservoir still has water in it. But I use them frequently, and they do work. As you can see, I put opaque duct tape on the outside, as I don't think roots like the light, and I think it helps keep the inside of the pot from getting too hot and cooking the contents.

Here is a link that might be useful: rooter pots from Lee Valley Tools

I just got some of those for Christmas and can't wait to try them out this season. I have a couple of rare ones I'd like to root for back up purposes. Thanks for the tips, Kathy!

THank you, Kathy and Seil. SO is the point to allow the bands to take off, or to get a cutting from a new rose for independant use away from the mother plant?
I know this is off topic and I am sorry....but curious. Would like to give my bands a leg up in my short growing season.
Susan

Wow what large orders some of you are placing. You must have lots of space and energy! I had trouble finding space for the 3 I bought locally and already planted (paper pots tossed out): Julia Child, Betty Boop and New Zealand.

Cynthia...you made my day with your order size! I no longer have any guilt! :) ...I actually wouldn't mind seeing your list if you have it saved...but I wouldn't expect you to retype everything into your message (I'm always nosey about what others pick!)

So, even though it is off topic...I'm curious about those rooter pots too. I've never heard of them. So basically, you keep damp potting soil pressed up against a middle section of the canes, and hope that the bud eyes root within the pots? Kind of a neat idea...if I'm understanding it correctly....

Tammy

LOVE the edit function...I just went in and ordered 5 rooting pots :)

This post was edited by TNY78 on Tue, Jan 22, 13 at 22:39

Tammy, I never used one of the rooter pots (but they look like a good idea) but I have tried air-layering before. When I did it, I'd make a cut through the stem enough to lift a little but without severing. Then I'd put rooting hormone on the wound with a paint brush, put a cut length of a thin plastic stirrer-straw in the wound to keep it open, and then bunch some wet sphagnum moss around the wound. This I'd then wrap in plastic wrap from the kitchen, and then cover with a brown paper bag. I'd check on it through the season, and when I saw a good amount of roots, I'd sever the branch and pot it up. I'm guessing that the rooter pots serve the function of the plastic wrap holding the sphagnum moss to the branch, and providing a reservoir for water, but I'd assume that one would still be best making the small wound and applying rooting hormone to get things started.

P.S. I never did this with roses -- only hibiscus -- but I assume it's basically the same.

:-)

~Christopher

Just a few this year:

Heirloom Roses:
Amazing Grace
Ruby Baby (miniature) x 2
Busy Bee (miniature)
Memphis King (miniature)

Local nursery:
Diamond Eyes

And whatever two austins I finally decide on tomorrow. :)

none yet

For Alana, Aqua Eyes, TNY78 and others of you with large orders--
A couple of years ago someone on this Forum had a brilliant and helpful DH who went out and rented a post hole digger--your basic XXXL auger--to make the holes for her extensive new collection.
Something to consider. . . .

Kay

This post was edited by onederw on Wed, Jan 23, 13 at 10:23

Mine are all coming as bands, and will be potted-up and grown-on as I put together the beds (this is my first year here, and no garden currently exists). They will be planted when they seem ready, which may not be for a year, and definitely not in one big planting-day. The post hole digger is a great idea for someone getting a lot of bare-roots which need larger holes and need to be planted soon after receiving, but I'll be taking my time getting them in the ground.

:-)

~Christopher

WAY COOL, Kathy! I love the idea of those air layering pots, and as Seil says that's just the thing to provide backups of some of the more uncommon roses in the yard. Thanks for the link - I have an order on the way.

Tammy, glad to make you feel better! You're welcome to see my list but I don't want to clutter up the forum. Feel free to email me using the address in my profile and I can attach the (growing) list of roses I've ordered. I don't check that email often but I'll try to stop in periodically.

Cynthia

Yay. Everyone is contributing to the economy and the beauty of the planet. I think it is a great thing. I always tell those who smirk at my addiction that exercise, sunshine, beauty, memories, scent...all those things come from my newly acquired rose addiction. I am creating my own little corner of beauty and refuge--if we all had such addictions the world might be a more peaceful place.
I know just THINKING about the scents from some of my roses always calms and reassures me. I wish I could get my daughters more interested. I'd really like to pass my love of gardening and roses on to them.
I plan to have them help me make Portland cement containers this spring. Maybe that will sucker them in...
It is satisfying for me to nurture and the return that roses give me for the little effort I give them is amazing.
Susan

Susan, one day your daughters will remember your devotion. And they just may surprise u by gardening one day. Even if they don't, they will remember that you did! It is a fine hobby.

I have none on order, and technically, I'm always full but found some spaces when I filled in my fish pond. I bought Heirloom as a bareroot at Aldi and 4 from Lowe's, Moondance, New Zealand, Hot Cocoa and Bolero 2004. I rooted a few from bouquets: Pope John Paul II, Bride's Dream, Sweet Juliet, and I think Tradescant, Jude the Obscure and 2 Mrs B R Cant. The last three I definitely can't keep, but last night when I couldn't sleep I found places for the others. So that's 8 or 9 new roses.

I do have an order from Brushwood coming at the end of February for 8 clematis.

I may troll more box stores for roses that I can't live without in which case any more roses will go in large pots that may sit on the driveway.

Sherry

Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...

Susan, if it's any consolation, I've waited on many people while managing nurseries whose parents gardened, but they never felt any interest until they had 'gardens' of their own. Most remembered some things their parents had taught them, but hadn't paid enough attention to get it all and were asking questions so they could raise what their moms and dads did. Many wanted to grow vegetables, a few wanted to grow roses. I was surprised by how many actually refused roses, though, most because they were 'forced' to deal with the 'prickly things' as kids and held their resentment toward them. Many who determined to garden were there to get tomatoes because the ones in the stores are 'tasteless'.

An interesting study was done by Ball Horticultural Company about why some people don't garden. It might be of interest. Kim

Here is a link that might be useful: Why DOESN'T She Garden?

They may come to love it, Susan...give them time. Even my husband, who smirks at me every time a rose order arrives, knows more about roses than most men (being forced to be around them, at least he's learning something).

When I was growing up my father was very ourdoorsy (still is). he loves camping, riding ATVs, hiking...etc...but never gardening. I remember when I was about 6 we moved into a house that had maybe 20 roses bushes along the fence and he cursed all summer long trying to uproot them without being scratched. To this day, whenever he visits me, he brings up the summer of rosebush pulling...he just doesn't get my obsession! My mother, on the other hand, has never been outdoorsy, and never will (guess who I take after!)

Tammy

Kay, wonderful idea. I might have to do that! Cynthia and Tammy definitely beat me but I have 142 ordered from Regan, Palatine, RVR, Heirloom, Chamblees, and RU. Due to construction I have to get my first bareroot order the last week of April which I hope still ends up working out okay.

On the Rooter Pots:

Susan4952 -- no, these rooter pots are not for "bands." Basically, it's just a way to make a new plant of fairly good size quickly from a plant that you already have a full grown specimen of. It would not work on a small limb or a "band" size plant. A 3/8 inch cane is probably the minimum diameter you would want to work with. You can use up to about a 5/8 inch cane.

Seil and TNY78 -- you DO make a cut in the cambium layer all the way around the cane that passes through the rooter pot -- yes, all the way around -- and you DO remove the cambium layer, down to the white wood for a length of about 1/2 inch. I know that sounds like it is girdling the plant and would kill the top part, but it doesn't do that in practice. I've tried it both ways -- part girdling and full girdling, and the full girdling method works best. And I do put a thick gel-type rooting hormone on the cut part. And then it just takes considerable patience for it to do its thing, while you are making weekly inspections to make sure there is still water in the reservoir. I use a turkey baster to refill the reservoir. And as you can see in my picture in the prior post, I use 3 bamboo stakes around each rooter pot to keep it from sliding down the stem it is on, and to keep that cane from falling over from the weight of the rooter pot. The advantage of a rooter pot over starting a cutting is that you get a larger than band size plant the first season, because you are using a bigger stem to start with than a band would be started with.

Kathy

hmm posted that twice somehow -- deleted this one.

This post was edited by kstrong on Fri, Jan 25, 13 at 21:55

It has been raining the past couple of days, so no time in the garden for me and extra time looking at books and online. This is not good for my shoveling foot. Or my rose wish list.

I did decide to narrow up the walk in the front yard so I have more room plant.

Kathy, thank you so much for the extra tips. I just received my shipment notification yesterday for the pots and I can't wait to try them in the spring. I'll just need to order some more Clonex. My dog must have grabbed mine and brought it outside to play with because I found the chewed up bottle out in the yard a few days ago (surprised/glad she didn't get sick actually) . I had never even heard of rooter pots until this post. :)

Karolina, glad that there is yet another gardener ahead of me in ordering! Although...I just placed an order for 19 roses from Hortico (I know, I know, but I've had good luck with them). Still keeps me below 100 for the season, so I'm proud of myself!

Kippy, you only live once! I say just take the whole walkway out and make it a flowerbed (just kidding, but we can dream)!

Tammy

Tammy, I figure I only need it to be 4' wide cause that is how big the wide gate it (for that just in case I need to get a bobcat in the back yard)

So mud or no mud, Sunday I am going to have a 4' max walk and an extra foot or four in the beds. Besides...I have all those cuttings that need a home