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This is my first year ordering roses mail order except for maybe 10 yrs ago having a horrid experience with Jackson Perkins.
I ordered from RVR, Heirloom, Rose Petals Nursery and DA so far.
RVR= sent well rooted bands ready to bump up to a gallon size right away. When I was potting them up outside a few potato bugs fell out of the pots and scared me lol. My Key West hens, who were supervising, all fought over who could gobble them up first :) I love those hens!
Heirloom =sent well rooted band but I kept it in the band pot for a few weeks but then planted it into a 2 gallon because it took off so fast. I still have a few more coming from them.
Rose Petals Nursery= sent in gallon sized pots. WOW so awesome! It is also fairly close to me so the plants were very fresh. I need to pot them up to a larger size this weekend.
DA= I haven't got this order yet so will update when they come in.
~SJN
I've had really good experiences with Heirloom Roses. All of my roses have arrived healthy and exploded with new healthy growth within a week of planting them ... well, all except one; an Iceberg band that turned out to be very wimpy. I read on their website just recently that they now guarantee their roses for one year vs. only 3 months as it used to be. I called them up yesterday and asked if there was a way to get a free replacement Iceberg - and it's now on order to be shipped with the rest of my roses! Every time I call with a question I get a real answer and quickly. I am very impressed with them and would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone.
I can't wait to get Poseidon I really love the lavenders! It is a smaller sized rose than I was thinking. I like the tall growers but I will probably keep it in a pot so it won't matter.
On Tess...I did leave out the R lol
It should be spelled Tess of the d'Urbervilles
I wonder where all the original replies went! I can't see now to check, but could it have been one of the 'related discussions' or some such, that houzz put down the right hand side - they sometimes seem pretty random, with a variety of dates...?
The reason I can't see anything down the side is because I've now got Garden Web morning glories down both sides of the page instead of the dreaded glaring white!!! Didn't think I could do it, but followed the link posted by aaarr... I've forgotten her name... on the ARF. Couldn't make head or tail of it all at first (I have to be the world's biggest dunce at computer stuff!) but kept trying a few things and eventually, I got it! Ingrid, it's SOo much easier on the eyes, although all the Houzz flim-flam at the sides has disappeared, including the magic UP arrow...well worth it though for the instant, major improvement in eyestrain - the background to the text is also a softer/ more textured colour and I think the font may be bigger/better; not sure about that though since I've mucked about so much with fonts and sizings since the changeover. The link was in a recent reply to 'Got here in a Goofy Way', I think. I'll check that.
Comtesse :¬)
I live 2 hours from Chamblees and highly recommend them, also Antique Rose Emporium - I love Roses Unlimited, Regans, Palatine. For bands, Burlington, Rogue Valley and Heirloom are excellent. I also really like Northland Rosarium - don't hear that mentioned much, but everything I get from them grows very well - they are super nice people. I just got 3 JP roses and they look fine. With this list, you should be able to find all the roses you want.
But, if you've got it (an Aston Martin or a Rolls or a BMW convertible) - why not? A fond memory from my 1950s Suffolk (UK) country childhood was the familiar sight of one particular eccentric old lady who used to putter round the narrow country lanes in an ancient Bentley (black, of course), its handcrafted interior carelessly displaying battered leather upholstery and 'well-seasoned' wood, a thick haze of dog-hair, the odd straw bale and I'm sure, all manner of other filthy garden God-knows-what ...
True style, as far as I'm concerned. (No wonder I don't quite fit the rather more hygienic/ sterile Houzz image...)
Comtesse :¬)
Actually I use my car as a general transport vehicle for gardening materials, remodeling and building materials and dog and dog equipment. I am a fosterer for Sheltie rescue and I picked an SUV that could also carry dog crates. I don't enjoy cleaning up vomit out of the back of my car so crates for transport are a blessing.
Some nurseries carry pine needles in bundles for mulching. Maybe call around? But yeah, if the pine mulch works then that would be easier.
I didn't know about the pine needles keeping the nematodes away. Good tip!! I can go out in the deeply wooded areas behind our property and rake up a bunch.
Tractor Supply sells fine pine chips that are for chicken bedding in big square bags for a little over $5.oo they smell pretty fresh (piney).
Walmart sells something like Pine Mulch which I think is the same as "pine fines" that a lot of people mix into their soil mixes and/or mulch with. It is by Timberline in a purple bag. 2 cu ft for under $3.00. Not sure how that would work?
I agree with the above. Don't feed them or spray them right now, either. Just cut off obviously dead wood, clear a space around the very base of each rose from leaves, weeds, etc. (so the sun can reach the base), and make sure they get enough water. If they are growing in sun (which is what they were missing when eaten by the cannas), they should start to put out new growth soon. When you see new growth on them, and not before, get any "rose food" at the nursery (make sure NOT to buy something that says '2 in 1" or 3 in 1" - those have poisons that kill honeybees - just get food), and follow the directions.
Then when they bloom this Spring post pics on here of the blooms, leaves, thorns, if any, and buds, and someone will be able to figure out what kind of roses they are, and then we can tell you what to do next. Congratulations on discovering them - you may have some treasures!
Jackie
Believe me that was a lot of Cannas. The bed was about 6 ft deep and 15 ft long and just full. It took four of us about 8 hours to dig all the cannas out. I set a bunch of them at the curb with a free sign but no takers. They weren't very pretty ones so I'm sure most will go to the dump. I hadn't planned on planting in there this spring in case any of those pesky rhizomes 10 Inches down are just stubborn enough to make it to the surface of the soil.
Thanks for the advice on taking care of the surprise rose bushes. I'll just hang on and see what develops.
What are you trying to achieve? MMM can easily be the only fertilizer used, typically applied every 4 - 6 weeks during the growing season. If you would like to use a supplemental feeding, maybe two or three times in between applications of MMM, but it isn't needed. Exhibitors do a heavy fertilizing schedule, but they are trying to achieve a certain state of (perceived) perfection to meet judging requirements (I'm a rose show judge). In my experience, I have done more damage by over fertilizing than under. Your mileage may vary.
I just like to grow good garden roses. What I read was that people use a liquid fertilizer between MMM and I was considering using the John's recipe because it does have some stuff in it that MMM does not. Also, the MMM I bought won't cover all my roses again so I am going to have to use something else as well, so just trying to figure out when to feed again since there are no instructions on the bag about when to reapply.
Kentucky_rose----For my garden I will be getting 4 Sheila's Perfume, 2 Royal Amethyst and 2 Distant Drums. For a small garden at work, 1 Chicago Peace, 1 Big Purple, 1 Mister Lincoln and 1 Electron. For a lady at work, 1 Elina and 1 Remember Me.
Sara_ann, what do you have coming???
Those sound great Ken! I just started a thread about wanting so many different roses! I ordered one each of White Licorice, Sugar Moon, Michelangelo, Sheila's Perfume (I love it and I'm not sure the one I have is going to make it), Memorial Day, Cinnamon Dolce, Angel Face, Colorific, Grande Amore, Marijke Koopman, Grande Dame, Heirloom, Paradise, Melodee Parfumme and Moonstone.
Thank you so much for each of your comments and lovely photos! When doing research I also thought that the form on GT looked a bit different but then the colouring had me confused. The fragrance was pleasing and fruity but not overpowdering although I only had one opportunity to smell it before the open flowers wilted in the heat. I am going to stick with the rose as GC then and see what she does :-) I just really wanted GC over GT and I know myself: if I realize that it was not GC in a year's time, I will not have the heart to remove a healthy growing and probably still beatiful rose!
I just tried to post two photos together on another thread and I'm doing something wrong--only able to post one. So please bear with me as I try to post a couple of more GC photos. I'm still getting used to this site. Diane I just did it!
I tried another Legends because I love the bloom so. I took great care in planting it, watering it, etc., planted it spring of 2014. It is still alive - but has only 3 canes and it never did put out much in the way of branching, canes. A scrawny shrub. Guess it puts its energy into the magnificent blooms - just huge and gorgeous, when they decide to show up. I have a feeling this rose is one with beautiful blooms, but leaves a lot to be desired in a bush. The same way Just Joey performed for me - out of this world blooms, but the bush was a mess. I would probably grow it again just for the blooms, but in an out of the way spot. This is where Legends may be delegated one day, but will give it a couple of years. If I find some potted ones, I may buy 2 more and make a grouping, hoping this will compensate.
Judith
Mark the cane and see if it reblooms in the new color. If so take a cutting and root it and see if that also blooms in the new color. If it does it's a sport. If not it's just a one time anomaly. Which can happen for a host of reasons.