Almost every single rose I ever bought from J&P showed RMV and I must have bought 300-400 over the years and I have none remaining except those that left the graft and survived on their own. Dr. Huey is a weak fellow for me, obviously because he is virused. I was already onto J&P by 2004-2005, so I have not bought any in about 8 years, and never will again.

I ordered 5 kordes from this round of J&P sale. 2 in 2Q container, 3 in gallon pots. They are all looking great, except that Lavender Veranda has quite some yellow leaves, but still in good health overall. Can’t wait to see some blooms. Claire

I do not understand why a possible ethical problem at another nursery should result in not buying roses from Jackson and Perkins. I have a very positive view of Jackson and Perkins. They tried to clean up their virused stock; and when they determined that they could not, they admitted it. ""I have an acquaintance here in Southern California. She is of the mentality, "absence of light black and Resurrection White", no gray areas in anything. She was, for many years, a rabid exhibitor, to the point of having multiple florist freezers in her home to hold her blooms for shows. She had dozens of portable gazebos to move around her garden to protect the buds as they formed. She was determined to grow uninfected varieties only as symptoms would disqualify her entries. J&P had begun their VI program and reserved the VI plants for specific states as the laws in those states had changed, making it illegal to supply virused stock across their state lines. She badgered J&P for their VI stock, then had it tested. Surprise! The results were that the VI stock was infected with the specific viruses tested for. She loosed her wrath on J&P and the PhD who ran the VI program. They replaced the plants, which, in turn, tested positive. When she contacted J&P again, she was told the program had been dismantled and the woman PhD in charge, reassigned as they found, even when grown in "sealed greenhouses with no possibility of spread, the viruses spontaneously regenerated". ------------------." https://sites.google.com/site/heattreatedroses/

It's a good deal and as summers mentioned the return policy if great. I'm still waiting for a Rainbow of Roses sale, but I think we may be getting to late for that. I've gotten excellent plants from ARE, ordering when they have free shipping on CyberMonday. They have large roots, but no rose can make up for a poor siting unless it's more suited to shade as a variety. In general, I find my old roses wonderful when planted where they'll do well. When I've put them in poor areas, they've grown backwards, but then so have my modern roses in a similar situation. Congrats on your MD present! Please post pics when you get them.