HU-870412555 I don't sell cuttings but I root roses to benefit charities. I rooted the below this past summer and donated $800 to charities (most of it is my money). They are out-of-patent roses: Dee-lish, Evelyn, W.S. 2000, Spirit of Freedom, Christopher Marlowe, The Dark Lady, The Squire, Augusta Luis, Golden Cel, James Galway, Mary Magdalene, Abraham Darby, Sonia Rykiel, Carding Mill, Radio Times, Pat Austin, Crown Princess Mag., Tchaikosky, Purple lodge. The charities benefit from my rootings: Mother Teresa nuns in Chicago who run a homeless shelter for women & children. Plus Carmelites friars in New York who wired the money to buy toothpaste & toothbrushes for orphans overseas. Very few rootings will succeed INDOOR through my zone 5a winter, so let me know in advance. This past summer I charged cheap prices, but I got so burnt out in pleasing buyers, and not much money going to charities. It ended up a huge expense in time & labor for me. Easier for me to give to charities directly, without going through the hassle of pleasing buyers who want to get rather than to give. For 2013 it will be a bidding system, whoever bid highest get the rose since I have very few rootings for each variety. It would be unfair for me & charities serving the poor to offer the cheapest deals like last year. I don't sell above rootings to nurseries, but I sell to INDIVIDUAL rose grower. It's about luck & experience. Jubilee Celebration failed to root this year 2022, but I try again in spring 2023. For the past decade, I rooted only 1 Mary Magdalene. But as of 12/6/22, I have several Mary Magdalene successful rootings INDOOR through zone 5a, in just one month. Below is 12th-year own root Christopher Marlowe in my zone 5a garden, drought-tolerant with a wonderful scent (carnation, musk, and lemon). Even rabbits don't eat its thick leaves. Never see blackspots on Chris' thick and glossy leaves (similar to Kordes' roses). Bush is small & compact as 12th-year own root in my zone 5a. It's worth buying for the posh scent, like an expensive perfume. I can close my eyes and identify Chris' amazing scent. It's in only 4 hours of sun:

Kad2, yes this happened to my Evelyn just this year, there was another bud on that cane but it yellowed and fell off :( The rest of the bush had 'normal' Evelyn blooms. I marked that cane, anyway, and hope to see more buds coming from it. I really liked that half and half look of the bloom. Please keep us posted when you get more blooms on that cane. I like rose mutations!

Well... just got back from Home Depot again...from my "appointment" to get prices on what I already knew I wanted. The gentleman from the kitchen design department was knowledgeable but wasn't there to sell me anything... just give me prices on the options I was looking at for pieces to go with my existing kitchen in order to retrofit some changes. He was helpful and I was able to bounce some ideas off him. All he kept saying was, "wow, you really have done your research". "You know so much, most people have no idea what they want". I find myself addicted to learning as much as I can to avoid costly mistakes. I wish I was handy with power tools and had the muscle to hoist and move. Then I do the whole darn demo/change myself. My DH is very handy but his time frame is soooo-oooo much slower then mine. It's like he lives in a parallel universe with it's own space-time continuim. Then again... I admit to being somewhat impetuious. Makes for an interesting dynamic.....

LOL Zeetera I use obscure terms and words no one else knows too. I know "top and tail" Graham Kerr the Galloping Gourmet said it while I was watching his show so long ago. I learned it then and it has stuck. The funny thing is I hadn't heard the term in years and only a few times some time back. Very recently I was watching another well know cooking show and the Chef used the term top and tail. The gals watching with me didn't know it. I have only heard Chefs say it. LIL