I don't like businesses that charge your credit card the very day you order an item, not knowing if and when they'll ship; then not emailing you for two months on the status of your order. Best business practices are to charge your card when the product is ready to ship. Anyway, I'll never order a rose again from a certain company, no matter how wonderful the rose is when, or if, it eventually arrives. Sorry Kitty, but my experience has not been good so far. Diane

Diane, I have been waiting a year for my “exclusives.” And then to get another email stating that it will be 2025, that’s two years. I love roses, but I don’t think any rose is worth that. I am still wondering when the other ”exclusive” will ship. I haven’t been told.

There are some more posts popping up on other threads about the exclusive roses not being delivered by GRF. Diane

Speaking of scams, has anyone got their exclusive roses from Grace Rose Farm yet ? It’s been almost a year , promise after promise and the runs around from them and still no roses

Check the Grace thread. And I've not received my exclusive Ashley rose, but I haven't waited as long as you, though too long for me. Diane

It’s been nothing but excuse after excuse. I don’t think I will ever see those roses. At this point I just want my money back.

Pink Reminiscence’s time has come! after blooming a few flowers here and there for a few weeks now it is in full bloom.

The soft pink does not fade, with its old rose form. Not much fragrance, except for some clean spice. Last year I sometimes smell old rose but it has not come this year

Good companions with Fun in the Sun

The Reminiscent coral finally got its home in the ground and its first blooms

It looks to be a healthy rose and I expect great results.

Reminiscent Pink is growing slower in my cool climate - was definitely ”creeping” in its second year but it was in almost continuous bloom. The blooms remind me a lot of Souvenir de la Malmaison. Not much fragrance to my nose yet.

Most manures are very low in nitrogen, which makes it surprising that they actually can, and sometimes do, burn plants. What actually burns the plants is a rapid release of ammonia gas, triggered by contact with soil organisms. The ammonia gas comes from either urea (mammals) or from uric acid (birds). Mammals excrete their urea in their urine, not in their feces. It's fresh mammal urine and not fresh mammal feces which can burn plants. Fresh rabbit pellets are perfectly safe (but Carla, dumping the whole pan including the rabbits' urine, is clearly not a good idea). Fresh chicken manure can be risky because birds excrete their uric acid in their feces. Fresh cattle manure can be risky because it usually contains the straw from the animals' bedding, which may have soaked up lots of urine, which contains urea. Actually, ammonia sticks tightly to soil and even fresh cattle manures containing lots of urine will usually not burn plants if they are worked well into the soil, are not used in excess, and are not placed in direct contact with the roots.

Most synthetic water-soluble fertilizers contain very large amounts of urea but I think gardeners are less likely to see fertilizer burn with Miracle Grow, compared to manures, simply because 1) Miracle Grow comes with label directions and 2) being both more concentrated and water soluble, Miracle Grow is easier to mix into the soil.