Oh wow, Sue, I hadn't seen those LP pics til now. Beautiful!! I assume you'll get one? Gee, I wish I lived closer to Sebastopol & Petaluma. I've been to the old Vintage Gardens place a couple of times back in the 90's, and we even went to Garden Valley Ranch when it was still Ray Redell's. Got to see the test garden there, but the main garden was not in bloom. I think the first spring flush had just finished and they had deadheaded everything. What fun to be able to go there and shop anytime you want! Sorry your friend has gopher problems! That's worse than my mole problems. At least the moles don't eat the plants. They just loosen up the soil. Yes, I used to have ALL my roses in pots. But that was back when we lived in the mobile home park. Imagine having 600 roses all over the tiny little space around a double-wide mobile! I had to pot them because there were three fruitless mulberry trees on our space, and the roots are extremely invasive. Plus I knew one day we'd move outta there, and I wasn't about to leave ANY of my roses behind! When we moved, we moved everything ourselves, and my husband and his sister took about 20 or more trips loading and unloading the pots in his big truck while I worked inside the house. He joked about how it took more time and effort to move the roses than the entire house full of stuff. It's taken me these 7 yrs to get most of the roses planted in the ground. There are a few sections of the yard than have to remain potted due to trees or other factors that make it not worth planting in the ground. One being the hypericum that simply will not die in one spot, even tho it's been sprayed and covered with plastic and gravel. That stuff is horrible! And as to your question about my opening up my garden for visitors.... anybody that wants to come is welcome. Just let me know ahead of time. I had one Forum member fly up from SoCal to get cuttings from me a couple yrs ago. The roses weren't as big and full as they are now tho, so he missed out on seeing better plants and blooms. I've had a couple others ask to come and visit, but they never made it. I'm probably a good 2½-3 hours from you. If you ever want to come, just send me a private message and I'll tell you where I am!

From what I know, all the roses that come from Reagan's are budded onto Dr. Huey root stock unless stated "own root". Distant Drums NEEDS to be budded onto a good under stock.Another great HT that is completely free of black spot is Remember Me. Plus it smells great and is very winter hardy.

Sylvia , I’ve been super pleased with their service . Costco feels like a cattle herding service . So impersonal, no one ever ever helps or offers unless you stop them in their tracks . When I go to sams I am offered help to my car if my load seems big and if they don’t offer I ask and they are so happy to do so. Those bags of soil get so heavy after a while ! When I found the white pots , a girl had just cranked the pallet out from the back . I gasped and said oh my gosh how much are those ? She happily unwrapped them , scanned it , and went and got me a flat bed , loaded it for me and took it to the front since I had my baby in a cart ! That’s service !!! I love sams club !! Summers , they are popular in the south, or where when they were made !! I do follow someone in Ny who has the matching settee!! What a find . I’d be so thrilled if I found one . Here’s a snap of hers . There is some amazing garden inspiration on Instagram!

I stopped ordering from Regan's about two years ago for the reasons you cite. It was not an easy decision since I had ordered roses from them for well over a decade, probably closer to 15 years, without any major issues other than an incorrect rose here or there. I lost patience for receiving roses that did not break dormancy... and determined it was not me... but something with them that did not work for my growing culture or whatever... I found at times, they were easier to reach via e-mail