Any nursery in Japanese beetle country, which I think is most states east of the Mississippi river, must treat the roots of plants shipped with soil or potting soil with insecticide. If they are complying with the law, that would apply to rose nurseries large and small and any other plant nursery. If a Home Depot in Montana ordered plants from someplace in the east presumably the roots would have been treated. This is not something anybody is talking about much. I think plants grown in the deep south and TX where there are fire ants also have to dunk roots. I don't know if the western nurseries have to treat the roots but the phytosanitary certificate some send must have something to do with not spreading any unwanted pests and diseases. All this kind of indicates that buying locally can be a good idea. Long Ago Roses informs people when their plant roots have been treated so that customers will take precautions to protect their hands and pets. Also I don't know much about this but imidicloprid is absorbed by the plant, not just the roots, and is toxic to bees. Not sure how long it takes for it to dissipate out of the plant, but early buds and blooms might not be so healthy for a bee to land on. All this is good information to have in dealing with a treated plant. Treating roots is not fun, and not ideal, but Japanese beetles can be devastating to agriculture...our food. Japanese beetles are not as bad where I live as some places but two of them are too many. Thank you for the kind words! Linda

view1ny, I am sorry, but I did not take any pictures. I was just too busy getting the new garden together to even think of that. However, have you tried Google Images? It is a very nicely shaped bush so far and is over 3' in height. My new location obviously favours the growing of roses! Am currently working on another order with Palatine. Most of them will be floribundas and shrubs, as the 20+ of those that I planted (also DA's) are all doing extremely well too. I have no disease issues and I want a wider variety of colour, such as yellows and oranges and blends. The historics just don't offer that.

I have bought many roses from Linda @ Long Ago Roses( over the last couple of years) on ebay and also her website. She is a pleasure to work with and I am always pleased with the roses I receive. I just spent my birthday money at Longago. The roses came yesterday and are nice plants as usual. My Clementina also came from her last year and is doing great. Here is a link that might be useful: Long Ago Roses

I bought 8 bands from LongAgoRoses in May and June of 2021. The best and strongest scents were from Felicia and Leander. Felicia was wafting musk and old rose. Inhaling Leander was like in heaven, the scent gets stronger in cool fall. I was impressed how Leander blooms lasted 6 days in the vase. Wenlock had better scent than Tradescant, and Wenlock is low thorn. Low-thorn roses like Felicia, Leander, Wenlock, and Nahema don't like my dense clay. These are slow to grow in my sticky & dense black clay, or in potting soil made dense with mix-in alfalfa and lime. These prefer light and fluffy soil. If I had to do it all over again, I would fix both potting soil and dense clay with gypsum to make soil lighter and more fluffy for these low-thorn roses. Nahema's blooms are exquisite, but best for loamy and fluffy soil. Below is Nahema's bloom as 1st-year own-root, the petals are thick like butter frosting on a cake, and the smell is a blend of exquisite rose and fruits, simply WOW. I never see blackspots on Nahema (upper branches are thornless). Nahema gets my vote as the most exquisite blooms with the most addictive and enchanting scent (way better than Evelyn's peachy scent). One bloom of Nahema gives me more enjoyment than any of my 140+ fragrant roses. Below Nahema is stingy but it's worth it. I'm tempted to get it again after it died in my zone 5 winter years ago. A friend nearby has Nahema as own-root for over a decade, so perhaps I need to dig deeper for drainage. I don't see blackspots on below Leander either, but my dense clay isn't best for it. Below blooms of Leander knocked me over with its strong scent, it's musk and old rose, pure heaven. The bush is very low thorn: Below yellow Well-being beats Jude the Obscure in the deliciousness of its scent, like a juicy tropical desert. I got so tired of pinching Well Being's buds off for my zone 5 winter-survival .. I gave up, it ended up with 15+ blooms in its 3rd flush as 1st-year own-root: