So many roses,really beatiful! Here is a link that might be useful: China Jordan Co;ltd

My mother & I took a road trip, too. It WAS a nice sale! And very organized! From having each seller with their own table to discuss their offerings with you, to several 'similar items' tables and don't forget the "Plant Parking Lot" (for when you have to set your plants down and go back for more. Like a coat-check only it's a plant-check!) GREAT sale! I came away with 3 trays full, and a HUGE THANK YOU to Wendy (peoniesaremyfave) for showing up at the EXACT same time as us, parking right in front of me, and her DEAR DEAR hubby letting us hitchhike on their wagon so we didn't have to carry the plants! It took us longer to drive there than to shop, but SO worth it! I see from their website they are looking to add another seller for next year, so it'll likely be even bigger! Thank you to the OP from FL who posted!

Yes! The waiting is hard, but planning my list gives me something to do when I can't sleep! : )) My main problem with ARE is that I'm rapidly buying all those appropriate for my climate, wants and needs. : (( I'm also exhausting those from HCR and since Chamblee has cut back on its offerings so much, it's almost useless for me, but they still have some I'm ordering. Then I guess I'll have to rely on Burling! That's OK as I'm MUCH better taking care of bands and growing them large by the end of summer.

A couple of years ago I had the same experience with ARE that K S describes. I think they used the word 'buffer' for such cases. In the end I got the 'buffer' rose that was previously unavailable and it was beautiful to boot! Recently I had a similar experience with another nursery. In their case, when I was pleasantly surprised that they had the rose that was previously out of stock, they explained that sometimes they hold a few roses that don't look good enough for sale at the time and wait to see if they reach better quality for later sale. On both occasions I was impressed with their sense of responsibility. It may well be that it's one of these reasons for your rose with RU too.