Anne, I wanted Incantation but my order had shipped! I have been really happy with Rogue Valley, two orders so far this year. I guess you can show your two and I'll show my two, Fang Won Yon and Fara Shimbo. I believe Carol got Incantation. I'm anxious to see pictures of that one.
Happy rosing.

Carla

Anne,
I ordered from them, and my experience was just as good as yours! Perfect shipping, right on time,and good looking roses. I am very happy and I am a repeat customer.
They do good!
jenn

Would it be a problem getting the 1 gallon size from them?

I'm looking at getting some roses from them next year, but it seems that at this time all they have is the bands.

Ann, that's great news (and I love seeing you having fun!) We can hardly wait to see all those roses of yours when they're in bloom. DH and I will have to plan a drive some time this summer.

Yes, Rogue Valley is wonderful. Last year I lost a Queen Nefertiti, and had mentioned it in passing to Janet when conversing with her. I did not feel that it was Rogue Valley's fault that it had died, as I had ordered my roses at a hot time of the year, and made that clear to her. A replacement arrived yesterday, much to my delight.

Sandy

Anne, I know what you mean. When I got my order I tore into the box and was delighted to find BIG healthy plants, some with buds. I've ordered from them several times before and always received really nice plants, but these were huge. HHRD! Don't fall down those steps when you dance your way to the basement :-)

Carol

I can't believe you got a replacement so easily, Sandy.

I got a mislabled plant two years ago. Notified Janet immediately that it didn't look like Distant Drums. It was actually labeled by the nursery "Distant Drums ?" so the nursery should have been aware is was quite likely a mislabeled plant. She didn't want to replace it until it bloomed next season. OK... Waited until it bloomed last year - and it still wasn't Distant Drums. After umpteen mails back and forth (she thought I had planted the wrong rose in the wrong place - which I did NOT), she said she would replace it, and never did!

I would really like to grow some Barden roses, but darned if I'm going to order from RV. :-(

- Michelle

I've had wonderful experiences ordering from Rogue Valley.

The plants were all healthy and arrived in excellent condition. Janet is friendly and knowledgeable. And the selections there are wonderfully varied. This is not a nursery that only stocks "greatest hits".

In short, Rogue Valley is just the sort of small independent nursery that we in the old rose community need to support if we hope to have diverse offering available to ourselves and others in the future.

Bill

Exactly my feelings, Bill. I was explaining this to my 25 yr. old son as I was unpacking my roses...how this nursery way off in Oregon is a treasure of roses that I would never find locally, and how few of these "treasured" sources there are getting to be in this country. I wish I could support them all but I do what I can, both to order from them and to recommend them to others.

You sound so happy !!!!!You made me happy also.

As Carol said --please do not fall down the steps.LOL

You sure got some neat roses.

Florence

Michelle..I got a mislabeled Distant Drums last year from Rogue. It had the tag "Distant Drums" but was a yellowish red Hybrid Tea. Probably Sutter's Gold. I did get a replacement when I sent her a picture.

Hello Michelle,

Believe me, we did not intend for this to happen; we have a firm guarantee policy on misidentified roses.

I am not sure why this was not more adequately followed up with you and I apologize for that!

Distant Drums is notoriously hard to propagate from cuttings. The few plants that we do get to root sell out very quickly so not having a replacement plant available to send is probably the problem. In that case we should have issued you a refund. Please contact us so that we can clear this up. I would have sent you an email just now instead of posting here, but kept getting the message that I needed your password. Janet

Thanks - I dug up her old email from last June where she said she would replace my mislabeled rose and I sent it back to her asking again for the replacement. We shall see what happens.

Normally a mislabeled plant wouldn't have mattered, but there were supposed to be a set of DD's next to a set of Hot Cocoas along the drive. It would have constituted the only non-random rose planting in my garden... :-) So I am mildly irritated by it's lack of matchy-match-ness all summer. I think I got the peach sport of Aloha instead of DD.

Maybe the rose gods are trying to tell me something.

Cheers,
Michelle

I'm waiting patiently on Country Dancer, Incantation and Tricolore de Flandre... ok, maybe not patiently -

RV has always been one of my favorites - in the past I have always ordered bands but this year for the first time I ordered gallons. WOW. Definitely worth the extra shipping!

George

That's good to know for the future, George. Thank you.

geo, I don't see a problem getting gallons.

Carla