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| Heirloom Roses has their Early Bird Special going on right now... 25% off your order! They apparently acquired a bunch of Cliff's mother plants, or part of his inventory. They have a huge selection of EuroDesert Roses in stock, or available in March. I just placed an order, even tho I really shouldn't have. I ordered BLUE RIBBON, CLICHE, JALITAH and GREAT ROSARIANS OF THE WORLD. I am so glad they got CLICHE. I actually bought one of Cliff's mother plants of it, but it didn't make it. I had it yrs ago and loved that rose, but it just up and died one day a few yrs back. So, anybody else ordering anything?? |
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- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 5:10
| Beth, I also ordered a few roses, only two of them at 25% discount. Unfortunately, they started their promotion two days after I placed my first order. I ordered: 1. Heavenly Pink 2. Hermann Schmidt 3. Ilmenau 4. Werner von Blon 5. Christmas Snow 6. Golden Globe Do you have experience with any of these roses? I've been wanting Golden Globe for a long time. I hope it will not be a disappointment. Marina |
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- Posted by desertcliff z9 CA highdesert (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 5:10
| Beth, They acquired all of the remaining inventory of EuroDesert plants early this year and during the sale of plants from the garden they also acquired a good number of mother plants. It has been a pleasure working with Cheryl Malone, Heirloom's General Manager, and her outstanding team and I'm so very pleased to know that Heirloom will continue to make many of these wonderful varieties available to rose growers in this country. Cliff |
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- Posted by desertcliff z9 CA highdesert (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 5:12
| Marina, I did the same thing you did -- I placed an order with Heirloom a few days before they announced their promotion. You've ordered three of my all-time favorites from the EuroDesert collection -- Heavenly Pink, Ilmenau and Werner von Blon. I hope that you enjoy them as much as I have. Cliff |
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- Posted by the_dark_lady z7 Amelia VA (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 5:33
| Cliff, I am so glad you chimed in! :) It was because of your photos that I ordered these roses from your collection. So looking forward to spring delivery! Marina |
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| Marina, I don't have any of those roses. I go more for the Hts, Floris, etc. Whatever you get, I'm sure they will be wonderful! Cliff! How are you? I'm so glad Heirloom was able to snatch up the rest of your beautiful roses. Thank heavens someone was able to carry on with your wonderful collection! I know Vintage tried to help you out in the beginning, but I think they were just not in the best position to take it all on. I'm so glad Heirloom has taken over! And did you end up buying some of your own roses back? LOL |
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| Thank you so much for posting this. I just put in my order: Souvenir de La Malmaison What a great price on these guys! Bet ya can't guess what attribute I'm focusing on!!! |
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| Thanks for the head's up Beth! I received the email, but didn't realize that they had released the Euro Desert roses :) Excellent!!!!! I just went in and placed my order! There were so many roses that I've either been wanting, but they were sold out of previously, or some of Cliff's roses, I just couldn't narrow it down! Besides, my husband and I just bought 10 acres in the country this week and I'll need some roses to fill it up ;) Tammy my picks: |
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- Posted by Karolina11 6a (My Page) on Mon, Dec 17, 12 at 14:46
| Marina, have you been able to find a lot of information on Golden Globe? I ordered it as well because the photo is beautiful but I don't know many people that have it. I put my order in today. Here is what I got: |
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| I haven't ordered during this sale because my pot ghetto is already too big--especially with newly-arrived salvias, destined to be rose companions. Unfortunately, I discovered a great new source of unusual and fragrant salvias (great for my area) called Flowers by the Sea. Did order from Heirloom in August and received in September these: Kraskoje Kawaskole, gallica (Eurodesert inventory) Limelight, ht Kraskoje Kawaskole is an intriguing gallica, and there doesn't seem to be much info available on it. I got the only one Heirloom had. So far it is growing like a maniac! Put in a 1 gallon pot in September, soon after arrival, it was more than ready to graduate into the ground when I did so last Saturday. I'm hoping it will sucker all over the place in true gallica fashion. Looks the picture of health. Siwa is a lovely Rudolph Geschwind rose and a hybrid of the dog rose, which has always appealed to me. Don't know if she sets hips, but I hope so as I like to snack on them.;) Check out Cliff O's pic of her on HMF. So pretty a flower. Nymphe Tepla is supposed to be a seedling of the very classical de la Grifferaie and very similar except she reblooms. Plus she has a dash of R. setigera, a native American wild rose. When I removed Nymphe Tepla from her band pot I was simply amazed at the extensive roots she had. Into a gallon container she went in September, and when I planted her over the weekend those roots were already growing well outside the bottom of the pot. I can't wait to see what she does with some freedom to expand! Limelight I chose because I like yellow, the pretty flower form, lots of fragrance, bushy growth habit, and bred by Kordes. Oklahoma is a rose I remember with fondness from my childhood, is loaded with fragrance, and the beautiful dark color is one I like. Eglantyne is an Austin I've long covetted--seing her looking spectacular in the neighborhood prompted the purchase now. Little White Pet is a diminutive cutie which has looked good everywhere I've seen it. Now as to what other have on order. Golden Globe tempts me greatly. And I'm really curious about the Rolf Sievers alba, Golden Blush, so I hope you will post how this one does Tammy. Geheimrat Dr. Mittweg would be worth getting for the name alone. Heavenly Pink I saw at Eurodesert and was very impressed. Every time I passed it, it was covered in trusses of pink flowers, A+. Werner von Blon was growing on what I think was the east side of Cliff's house so appeared to be in a fair amount of shade. That purple color was most striking. On my wish list for the future. Other Eurodesert roses that I think are standouts are St. Elisabeth of Hungary. I think she will become a true classic. Flowers are big and luscious, heavily scented, and profusely-produced. She is a BIG plant and seems wonderfully healthy. Check out the pics on HMF. Petite Francoise is an absolutely charming little polyantha that lives to flower. Cute as a bug, covered in little pink seashell blossoms. Omi Oswald is a very primitive looking hybrid musk, with pale yellow single flowers, looks like a species rose. Flowers are fragrant and oh so attractive to bees--to the point they look like they're in ecstasy, yep drunk looking, happy bees! Blooms have a pretty pompom of stamens in the center, somewhat like a hibiscus in appearance. Mine was blooming again last week. I don't know, there were so many roses at Eurodesert that impressed me, it is hard to decide which ones to get first. Joe Grey is another I intend to order, he's a dense round mound of green all the way to the ground (invisible knees!), dotted with purple flowers. Melissa |
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- Posted by vampygirl13 6b (My Page) on Thu, Dec 20, 12 at 13:13
| After checking out the site I wanted to order about 20 different roses. But then I realized I have nowhere to put them. I did order 2: Love (which I had really wanted) |
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