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Any good roses at Roses Unlimited sale?

15 years ago

I notice Roses Unlimited is having a buy one ge one free sale on certain roses. I'm not really familiar with any of the ones that are on sale. Are there any you would really recommend?

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mgleason56
15 years ago
Some of those HT's are really nice, but I'll have to study the list more.
chilipete
Original Author
15 years ago
Let me know what you think. I'm really looking for some striped roses. I didn't recognize any striped roses on the list.
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I agree, Lana, Roses Unlimited send the best own roots! And, I tried restraint during the sale. I DO NOT need any more roses, and I already got very nice ones from them this Spring. Plus, I recently succumbed to EuroDesert's Sale, plus Nor'Easts sale, plus bought some from Rogue Valley. My resolve lasted until Monday! So, next week, I will be receiving: OCCHI DI FATA, SUNI and ROYAL WEDDING. Oh, and mgleason, you are going to love PAW MAW! I got it in Spring and it is growing very well and blooming beautifully. Plus, I have all three of the ones you are getting this week, but may have accidenly killed HENRI MATISSE. It was planted too close to the sprawling GRIMALDI, so I tried to move it - way too late in the season. I may have to order another one! NOOOOOOOO more roses! Stop me before I order again!!!
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Vaporvac: I bought Shocking Blue, Zeph. Drouhin, Savannah, and Orchid Romance. Really kick myself for NOT getting those huge bags of MG-garden-soil for roses sold for $4 each at Walmart early spring. Walmart is sold out, same with HomeDepot, and Lowe's selling it for $9 per bag !! My roses which were grown in MG-moisture-control potting soil had wimpy roots and didn't survive my winter, but my roses which were grown in heavy & wet soil like MG-Garden-soil for roses developed THICK & SOLID roots that survive winter and flower lots. It's even wetter than my clay !! For the record: every own-root (be it tiny band-size) or gallon-size which I planted right smack into my dense & alkaline clay survive many winters, but the ones which I babied in pots (with potting soil) grew wimpy roots that didn't survive zone 5a winter, no matter how I did it: be it putting potting soil into the ground, or grow in pots 1st, then transfer to the ground (my alkaline clay) later. MG-garden-soil for roses (pink-bag with pic. of roses) was on sale at Walmart for $4 per huge bag. That soil is AWESOME in moisture-retention. I had 3 bags opened in hot sun over 90 F: Hyponex potting soil, Scott's premium bagged soil, and MG-garden-soil-for roses. Hyponex dried up into hard-granules, Scott's-top-soil dried up to hard-black-pellets, but MG-soil-for roses STAYED WET AND FLUFFY. I moved W.S. 2000 (own-root) right before winter, and planted that in a bag of MG-garden-soil for roses (only $4), plus mixed In gypsum. W.S. 2000 was the 1st rose to bloom (despite being moved), and having 20+ buds right now as own-root. Own-roots have short roots, so they can't reach down below for minerals, best use a HIGH-MINERALS & HIGH-NUTRIENTS soil like MG-garden-soil-for roses, which has black-peat (de-composed humus), plus peatmoss & pH-balanced to neutral with lime. Fluffy potting soil like MG-moisture control can't enable solid roots for winter-survival, like heavy clay or heavy soil like MG-garden-soil for roses. For newly bought own-roots I have to use a HUGE amount of soluble-fertilizer NPK 20-20-20 weekly to get blooms. Potting soil has zero-nutrients peatmoss, plus a few chemical granular-fertilizer. Too much hassle to fertilize frequently so I would rather use a rich & fertile soil like MG-garden-soil for roses, which is dense & heavy & black peat mixed with peatmoss, rather than fluffy-peat-moss-potting soil which produced wimpy alfalfa-sprout roots and thin canes. I have never seen any black soil which retain moisture as long as MG-garden-soil for roses, see below pic. In contrast, there's the lousy rating for MG-garden soil with mostly wood-chips. Below soil has perfect rating everywhere: Walmart-site, and 33 perfect reviews at HomeDepot site:
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ronda_in_carolina
15 years ago
I grow quite a few of these.

BUCK ROSES:
- Country Dancer

ENGLISH ROSES:
- Sophy's Rose

SHRUBS:
- Belinda's Dream (Loves heat, full blooms, beautiful)
- Bonica (amazing repeat and great shrub in the border!)
- Carefree Sunshine (a yellow that can likely be grown in any garden--beautiful and a bloom machine)
- Easy Going (POW!!! a burst of orange--love it!)
- Pink Knockout (reliable with great rebloom and unlike the regular KO this shrub is fragrant to my nose)

FLORIBUNDAS:
- Gruss an Aachen (pretty thing--great in pots or borders)
- Pink Gruss an Aachen (as above)
- Puerto Rico (Beautiful shades of apricot!!) Great disease resistance for me.

HYBRID TEAS:
- Lafter (Lovely shades of apricot) Good Disease Resistance here.

Ronda
ronda_in_carolina
15 years ago

Country Dancer
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Carefree Sunshine

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Sophys Rose

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Belinda's Dream

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matt_in_mi
15 years ago
Ronda, 'Easy Going' is the yellow one, 'Livin Easy' is the orange one.
ronda_in_carolina
15 years ago
Ooops...my mistake!!

I have Livin' Easy along with a slight case of confusion.

The first one is orange...the latter, red-faced.

;O)
sunnishine
15 years ago
I asked Pat and she sent me a list of her favorites. :)
reemcook
15 years ago
Question for folks who ordered from RU: What is the approximate shipping charges you paid on your order? Thank you!
aqrose
15 years ago
It depends on where you live. It's $5 for packing & handling and then $x/rose, "x" being determined by where you live. There's a page on-site that tells you how to figure it out. I live in U.S. Postal Zones 2 or 3 which is $3/rose + $5 P/H= shipping charges.
Hope that helps. :)

Here is a link that might be useful: Shipping charges for RU.
chuck_billie
15 years ago
There's lots of good ones but you have to buy at least three, so you'd buy two get two free but pay shipping and handling on all four.
Because I live on the West Coast I figured I'd pass because of the shipping costs.
They do have really nice Roses but I only order form them if I can't find it elsewhere.
It costs a lot to ship dirt.
Jean Marion (z6a Idaho)
15 years ago
I would recommend:

Country Dancer
Rhapsody In Blue
Sun Flare
Trumpeter
Neptune
Belinda's Dream
carla17
15 years ago
Blasted, I didn't know they ahd Trumpeter, Deco.

Carla
Terry Crawford
15 years ago
Agree, Decobag; definitely Rhapsody in Blue. The color is gorgeous; it just glows and it has a white eye which really makes the bloom unique.
predfern
15 years ago
I ordered the following roses. Maybe I should do this every year and save 50%. Do you know if they ship regular priced roses now? That way I could order what I want that is on the 2 for 1 list and then supplement with regular priced roses.

Prairie Star
Prairie Breeze
Mme. Bovary
Mme. Figaro
aqrose
15 years ago
Yes, they're shipping regular priced roses, too. I got several. :)
predfern
15 years ago
The ad was a bit misleading. It said $16 roses but they charged $18 for Delbards like Mme. Figaro and Bovary.
patricianat
15 years ago
Delbard roses are always higher. In fact, I thought they were $20 but maybe $18.

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