Here's my confirmed roses-

Waretown Mystery (Hybrid China)
Brenda (Eglantine )
Light Pink Eglantine from SJHRG
Gloire des Polyantha

I had really hoped for some rare Hybrid Perpetuals and a Tea and a Moss. I wish I knew how it's determined as to who gets what because I hit send exactly as the computer clock changed.

Diane

I am happy you got something, and hope you will feel better soon. I actually found an official time site (time.gov), clicked "send" at exactly 7, and still missed out on half my order :(. I bet the reason is there were probably a hundred other orders coming in at that exact time.

I got Goldmoss and Soeur Therese, missed out on Callisto (really wanted that one) and La Sirene.

Masha

I'm a HAPPY camper!!! Tiara was one I really wanted

I wanted but didn't get Black Velvet and James Veitch or Callisto.. So who ever got those, please remember us. :)

Jay

Congratulations to those of you who will be receiving roses from your order.

Lynn

Happy to hear that so many of you will receive your orders if only partially. I had hoped to get Penelope. new_garden: hint, hint!

Diane - I hope you feel better soon!

Jo

Inspektor Blohm (HM)
Goheen (S)
Summer Fields (FL)
Queen of the Musks (HM)

"Waretown Mystery" was also on my list, just a tad below these. I'm glad to hear it has found a good home!

So, if anyone here lucked out on any of the following, please speak up. I'd love to be kept in mind in a year or two for cuttings.

Black Velvet
Liebesglut
Night 'n' Day
Papa Meilland VID

In the meantime, I still have a few large planters to fill, so I'll soon be placing my first order with Roses Unlimited to expand my little collection of fragrant dark-red or crimson HTs. To be honest, I'd actually rather start with 1gal plants and pot them right away into the large planters I got ready, rather than nurse along some bands for a year. But I'll likely do that, anyway, for some to put into more containers for next year. And there are plenty I've been eying at RVR and Heirloom for just that purpose.

To everyone who got something they wanted, congrats! And to the people at Vintage Gardens, we'll miss you.

:-)

~Christopher

It was fun anyway.

Thanks!!

Also, dr was on my list to if you are up to rooting later in.

Mistress Bosqanet
Alliance Franco-Russe
Pavillon de Pregny
Waretown Mystery
Paul Nabonnand

I am receiving:
Alliance Franco-Russe
Pavillon de Pregny

At least I got something. Fog, I am not above begging for cuttings of Waretown when it gets big enough! :)

Josh

I can certainly send you cuttings but I wouldn't expect it to be a great garden plant. It is difficult to grow own-root in the ground because it lacks vigor (mine is potted, or you can graft it). Flowers have a zillion petals and ball badly when it is wet. When it is dry, the blooms are absolutely gorgeous and fragrant. My plant is several years old and has a rather ungainly growth habit (sparse thick canes sticking out this way and that).

Masha

I managed to take a walk in the garden today and nearly wept. The roses I've nurtured and sweated over are finally at enough maturity to begin putting on a show. I've struggled long and hard and lost a lot of roses that were just not happy in my microclimate.

Josh, I expect Waretown Mystery to sucker. Please keep in touch with me about this. Some people have identified this rose as Petite Renoncule. See the link below.

Diane

I hope you can share pics of your lottery wins when they begin to bloom.

Pavillon de Pregny
Fragrant Cloud VID
Mistress Bosanquet
Rose Edouard
Dr Briere
Pax
Wife of Bath
Queen of Bedders
Mrs Paul
Radox Bouquet
Purezza

Only Pax has been confirmed. I can get Fragrant Cloud and perhaps a few of the others elsewhere but maybe not the VID.

Josh,
When your roses are large enough to provide cuttings, I would love to have starts of Pavillon de Pregny and Mistress Bosanquet if you can spare them.

Someone said that they wanted climbing Gruss an Aachen. I have had one about 3 years but it has not bloomed. If it did not lose all of its wood this winter, I should be able to spare cuttings.

Cath

Diane

Cath

I was literally weeping at 7:01, when I clicked "send". I got 1/3 of my list, and several from my alternate. I have a couple of questions about some. But first, the list:

1.Vanguard
2.Paul Transon
3.Pride of Oakland
4.Baronne Henriette de Snoy
5.Padre
6.Audie Murphy (in honor of my dad)
7.Break o' Day
8.Deep Secret
9.Mendocino Pernetiana
10. Beryl (HT)
11. Roxburgii normalis
12. Legacy of Elizabeth Moore

It's a kind of a hodge-podge, and I really should have done more reading, but I didn't have any time (missed the chance at a Forestville). I made the mistake of sentimentalizing in my alternate list--I asked Gregg to try to include something found and hardy from California, as I'd grown up in the Bay Area. Accordingly, he is sending me three I know nothing about (but obviously am thrilled to have): Beryl, Mendocino Pernienta and Legacy of Elizabeth Moore.

I'm now overcome with a sense of terror. What if I kill them? What if he doesn't understand the goofiness of my climate (very occasional freak cold down to about -15º, occasional spazzy heat, once as bad as 118º)? What if he's entrusting me with three precious unknowns--never to be grown again unknowns--in the sweet, silly, misguided assumption that I know what the heck I'm doing? I break out in a cold sweat just thinking about it.

Please, someone, hold my hand. What does Mendocino Pernienta look like? What are its "habits, tastes, accomplishments?" Thank you in advance!

Erica

Maybe you should email him and see if he thinks they will be okay or if there is one he could switch for something that can better handle the cold

Thank you, you're right. This is a major project for us--we're reshaping the garden for this as we speak. As anyone in the Western U.S. knows, microclimates rule, and it's essential to know your spread--the frost pockets, the warm hills, the buggy, boggy holes. I think we're almost ready, and I simply can't wait. The goofy temperatures I quoted were extremes I've seen in 30 years living on this road (along with one 60-year flood), but they're freaks--only once in a very long while. We're cherry growers and what hurts roses (climate wise), hurts cherries. We're very mindful of it. Plus, I have access to smudge pots, apple bags, all sorts of tools to alleviate the pain of living in the high desert. I was just panicking. I actually think Gregg spent some time matching his precious orphans with climates, and I spent time refusing to consider anything even vaguely weak.

I just planted 3 cherries here on the coast and am looking forward to fruit