Should have done this up top The Rogue Valley Roses Bulletin, August 26, 2007 Come and Enjoy Late Summer at Rogue Valley Roses Enjoy discounts on our newest roses and all our roses, including free band and free 5 gallon offers and take advantage of our old prices on most of our roses through September. Choose immediate shipping by USPS Priority Mail or delay shipping until a date you select through June Â08. Late Summer Specials Select a free band rose for every 8 roses that you buy or select a free 5 gallon rose for every 10 gallons or 12 bands that you buy. You may also select a free five gallon rose for every 4 five gallon roses that you buy. Our well grown fives will help you achieve impact for a special event or immediately bring a special effect to your garden. If you are a member of the American Rose Society, the Heritage Rose Foundation, or a Heritage Rose Group, you may choose to receive a 10% membership discount on roses that you order in any quantity when you provide us with your membership number and expiration date. This discount does not go with any other specials that we offer. The Paul Barden and Uncommon Roses Collections Rogue Valley Roses is extremely fortunate to have been chosen as the new venue for the complete work of the outstanding Northwest hybridizer, Paul Barden. Many of Paul's roses are available currently in band sized pots for $15. Some of the varieties that are more difficult to propagate are priced at $18. Our next newsletter will feature several of Paul's new introductions for 2008 as well as several of his other superb roses such as "Golden Buddha" and "Song of the Stars". Learn more about Paul Barden and his roses on his website at: "www.rdrop.com/~Paul/" and remember that we have limited supplies of these wonderful roses. The Paul Barden roses that are ready to ship are: Allegra Crested Damask DollyÂs Forever Rose DragonÂs Blood Ellen Tofflemire Fara Shimbo Jeri Jennings Marianne Mel Hulse October Moon Oshun Unconditional Love The Uncommon Rose Collection We would also like to announce the addition of a wonderful group of new roses to our selection made available by our purchase of Uncommon Rose stock following that nurseryÂs closure. The following roses are available in very limited quantities this fall and are priced at $12.50 and $15: Aimable Rouge Belle Doria Bon Silene Botzaris Capitaine John Ingram "ConnieÂs Favorite Gallica" Cramoisi Picotee Crested Sweetheart Duc de Guiche Duchesse de Buccleugh Duchesse de Montebello "FaÂs Marbled Moss" Jenny Duval La Ville de Bruxelles Little Darling Mrs. B. R. Cant Mrs. William Paul Pelison Precious Dream Rene d Anjou Rush Gallica September Morn Smoky Wichmoss

Your Comice de Tarn-et -garonne is gorgeous, Micheal! Thank you for posting these pictures. I like seeing what Comice can do. I received a mature Comice from someone this past January, and we had to cut it WAY back to dig it up and transport it home. It’s finally starting to recover from the move. My Comice is sending up new growth and a random bloom here and there. I can’t wait for my Comice to bloom as much as yours! Isn’t the fragrance wonderful? Here’s a picture of one of Comice’s blooms, 4 days ago. I hope to see as many blooms as you have! Lisa

I should show photos that depict its lack of vigor too. Great for dry heat, no crisping... but maybe not good for other areas. No new little canes yet. I really should be pinching off buds as instructed, I just got too busy. One got some black spot and defoliated, which isn't a problem ever here so if you're in a black spot area it's probably not so good. The others all have a little black spot too. This one gets the most sun and heat... it's the happiest. All my broccoli and celery, lettuce and radishes bolted in that bed too. It's hot.

Thank you for the welcome rockyrose. I've enjoy reading the forum. And, Sheila, I've noticed that you try to bring in perspective on RVR. I have worked for small businesses before, and I understand that it's not personal or malicious/rude. I don't take it personally. However, on the consumer side, the desire for the correct item for the money spent is also a concern of mine. From what I can tell, it's not always a miss...people have gotten correct roses from RVR as well, and incorrect roses occur with every nursery. (The small business I worked for was for an older gentleman as his "retirement" job with collectible stamps -- another area that is rife with potential missing/incorrect stamp identification). What matters is how the company handles such situations -- and only time will tell for my personal experience :) *edit: So I want to apologize for the off-topic posts on this thread to @rockyrose And to also say that I ordered from RVR despite knowing some issues with sending incorrect roses because I wanted to give them/take a chance on them because I know that personal experience varies, people tend to post negative experiences more than positive, and that @Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR has mentioned that there are new workers (i.e. hot Scott, haha :) there recently which hopefully means a different experience. I'll post on a new thread if I have a positive experience with them, but since I requested an October ship date (due to the heat wave/summer heat in general) it may be some time (2022) before I can really tell. And on an aside, I think it's @Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR's full bush shots of Dakota Redwing I've seen on Houzz that has convinced me to want this rose bad enough to take a chance :)