They look fine to me. Get them out of the bags and into lots of water!

PS: I'm jealous.

Veterans honor is susceptable to cane canker in my garden and the cane borers chose this rose for a home and bypassed all my other roses. I suggest no pruning during its first year except if you see canker. Maybe the bug came with the roses? Mine were JP roses from CA.

They look ok, PJPII looks own-root. As alisande said, soak them a bit before planting.

They are in the bucket soaking, I will pot them when I get home today. I pruned them a bit as well, I hope that's okay. Bareroots scare me, I tend to kill them.

I cannnnn'ttt wait for PJP II to flower, OMG! Everybody talks about his fragrance and the color, I am so excited.

Your pics look really good! You used your phone to make those pics?! I have to inquire - did you put pics on pc before posting, or were you able to post straight from your phone? If so, and you don't mind telling me - how???
Thanks for any info!

Shelly

P.S. I have a tendency to kill bareroots as well! I wish you very good luck with those! They do look very healthy!

Shelly, my phone has a micro sd card in it, I just put that in my card reader and uploaded that way.

I hope I don't kill them! $60 for 2 roses ain't cheap!

Your bareroots look fine. All the bareroots I have received from J&P have been very good plants.
I have two J&P PHPII roses that I planted two years ago. I think it is certainly the best white hybrid tea and is really in the running for best HT no matter the color, in my opinion. The bush is wonderfully vigorous and healthy and it survives my zone 6 winter with no protection at all. It is a blooming machine for me. Large, ice white, well-formed, and lusciously fragrant flowers that last a long time and repeat very quickly.
They really don't get much better than the PJPII rose. Of my 250 roses, it is easily one of my top three favorites.

John

I hope you don't kill them, too! To help ensure that you don't, plant them deep and protect the canes until the roots take hold. The usual recommendation is to mound with peat moss or something similar and keep them well watered. Remove the peat when they start to show signs of growth. I also cover each with a laundry basket from the dollar store to provide shade.

It's probably very warm where you live, so be sure they get protection. Good luck!

Thanks. I potted them up last night and placed them in my covered patio, I'll keep them there for a while and hope for the best. I am in no hurry to plant them in the ground and I had better luck with planting bareroots in pots then in the ground later on.

John, now I wished I ordered 2 PJPII!