So i opened the door to grab the mail and nearly stepped on my plants sitting underneath it. I quickly, but carefully opened the package to give the roots a nice soak.. Overall: I am very pleased, I do not feel like a got ripped off whatsoever.. I might even order from them again, is crazy as that sounds.. That did me good, I have no bad things to say.. All my plants arrived safely, and th majority ofthem had nice, lush roots! Although, it was frustrating trying to take the plants out of the tangled mess just thrown in the bag! my first order was only a few plants, but it became apparent how bad there packaging is when you order any decent amount of plants.. Another issue is they use thin pieces of paper to label varieties, you can barely read the thing, if it gets wet/ripped before you labeled it properly, you are not going to know what it what! They need to do a better job organizing the shipment, as well as labeling individual plants.. Oh, and one of my niagra grapes barely had any roots, literally two strands! But, I really shouldn't complain, the rest of the plants have so much roots, I can properly separate the roots and get 5 plants of them! I'll be sure I get a replacement for that one niagara grape, the rest is going in the ground as soon as it dries up! Man it always seems like the weathers against you! Can't wait to get planting! PS: I'll keep you guys posted how everything grows. Joe

rebeccah, it would help if we knew what gardening zone you are in. I'm guessing about Zone 6--but my Zone 6 (Kansas) and your Zone 6 (assuming that is right) may not be quite the same. Mine might be drier and hotter. If enough people post responses, notice those especially that are close to your area. It would also help if we knew approximately what size you were looking for and things like how much sun your new roses would get in your yard (hopefully at least 6 hours per day). In the meantime, my general advice to newcomers is to find "disease-resistant" roses--or even better, "very disease-resistant." Some places might indicate that just the opposite way--"very healthy" or something like that. Blackspot disease is a common problem, so you want the ones that don't succumb quickly to it. Browse rose catalogs at some well-known nurseries--such as Roses Unlimited or Jackson and Perkins or Pickering, to name a few. Check out what they have to say about size and disease-resistance, etc.--then check them out further by looking up the specific rose by name at helpmefind.com . Then post here, asking about a specific rose by name. There is also a search function near the bottom of this page. Type in key words like "disease-resistance roses" and that should bring up some older threads that covered some on these topics also---and some cool photos of the roses. Hopefully that will get you started. Kate

Y'all can give Lucas a virtual cheek pinch on the front page of the website. He's lucky I am already spoken for *wink*! Here is a link that might be useful: MTPS

Chuck Johnson's is reallllllly nice, but it's quite pricey on some stuff. Burgess Falls has a very knowledgable and friendlly staff and I like them the best!