Frank- No, you don't have to start all over. What variety did you get from Mr. Mills, if you don't mind me asking? Not everything I've ordered has been infected, so you might be ok. Even if, by chance, the one you ordered does have it, it shouldn't be a problem for you as far as the disease spreading. I just read an article published on the ARS by Malcom Manners stating that the only way of transmission is through grafting. Some people go to the extreme and dig the plant up and burn it. I don't see any point in this as I've never had it spread from one rose to another. The biggest problem for me is that they just don't grow like a normal rose. Much less vigor, flower size distortion, color distortion, and winter tenderness. Also very hard to exhibit an RMV rose unless it isn't showing. Even then you run the risk of someone taking your rose home from the show to root it. My advice: keep it until you find a clean version of it. It may still throw off some nice flowers and grow ok for you. Then again, it may be lackluster. Either way though, DON"T start over! Good luck with your new rose garden!! Kentucky Rose- Yea, the roses had it upon arrival. I didn't plant them in the ground. I ended up planting them in pots until I can get replacements for them. I didn't want to take up good spots in the ground for sick plants so I just potted them up. They are growing, just slower than the rest. I have exhibited a rose with RMV one time. I actually won Princess with her at the Tenarky Districts last year, in fact. The Variety is Bugatti (do not buy it from Mr. Mills!) and it's one of the few that doesn't seem to show symptoms much. But, like I said before, it just generally lacked vigor and I was always wondering how much better she really should be. Just seems kind of pointless to me. I had thought about just paying Mr. Mills and being done with him but the more I thought about it the more it angered me. How many people does he get this over on and how many people just say to hell with it and just pay him? Not doing it this time. Last time I gave him nearly 550 dollars just to have roses I already paid for show symptoms halfway through the season. Half the first ordered showed immediately, and the other half started showing up throughout the summer. I decided he wasn't taking me to the cleaners this time around.

Ken, I always get excited when you tell about your roses on fortuniana and I visit the K & M website frequently, but have never ordered from them, because I'm not sure they would survive in my zone. Technically I'm in Zone 7a, I am so close to 6b that is how I list it. I have talked on the phone with the owner and he told me that he has a customer who lives in a town about 28 miles southwest of here. I know my location is probably questionable, but I think it might be worth the risk of trying, then I will know.

I'm making SMALL progress. I figured out how to transfer all the pictures from my wife's phone to my computer. I have them in a file. I had to delete a bunch of stuff because it down loaded ALL of the photo's from her phone. Now maybe tonight I can learn how to post pictures on the web. This ought to be fun. By the way Buford, What roses did you get?

FINALLY got around to taking a few pic's after I plopped everything into their new home. 2 of the Hannah Gordon's. If these were mailed, those canes would have been cut down to fit in the box.This Hannah Gordon broke a big cane when I was unpacking it. I ended up cutting 2/3 of the cane off. I was not very happy with myself. BUT if you look real close under that bottom leaf, you'll see the start of a basil break. Pop Warner. Babies Blush Dublin. The smallest one in the entire order. This was taken out of the "hardening off" house.Bold Ruler. Nice, big bushCooper. From the same area as Dublin.. This rose is basically 4 months old. Dr. John Dickman Pierrine with a few blooms still on it.Show Stopper with a couple of blooms. I must admit, I REALLY LIKE PICKING UP MY ROSES FROM THE NURSERY. YES!!!!