That sounds like a great selection; you must be so excited. SdlM is great in my climate and I hope it loves yours too. I love the color of Reine de Violettes. Your son is a cutie, love that pose.

I am soooo excited. My best friend and my husband both are very tolerant and nod obligingly when I babble or point out the buds on various plants so it's nice to have somewhere to post where I won't feel like I've lost my mind. Thanks, Jack is a ham and a half.

danuv, I feel the same way! I'd go nuts without an outlet. It's especially hard for my friends and DH because I expect them to understand all the intricacies of my choices and help me decide. :) Btw, YOUR choices are beautiful. Please update as the season progresses.

Nothing more exciting than a new box of roses on your doorstep!

Thanks! I can't wait to see what they do this year. I thought when we got this house that I'd be all about the veggies but for some reason I find growing beautiful things much more satisfying than growing tomatoes.

Yeah, we get tomatoes from Community Supported Agriculture, but the garden is my only source for glorious roses.

Looks like you picked some really good- and fragrant- roses. I just got a box from RPN today, also- very exciting!

Love the photo with your son- he looks like a fun kid!

Virginia

That box was like the adult version of a kid's toy that is attached to the box with five million plastic bands. Those roses were going nowhere fast. Quite secure.

Good choices. I have all of those. Mrs BR Cant is my favorite. Give it plenty of room!

She's going 6 feet from the back corner of my house with nothing anywhere near her in any other direction. I thought, "Where in my yard could I fit a car?" and then chose from there.

danuv, all those metal staples are my least favorite part about ordering roses from RPN, especially, since the invoice with the directions about how to free the roses from the package was only visible after I'd already extricated the roses. Imagine my excitement when I got my package today and found that the staples missed two of the four roses, and I could just pick them right out of the box with no staple removing needed! The other two were properly stapled, and all were secure and undamaged.

I like your reasoning about finding room for 'MBRC'. I just hope she doesn't decide she wants to be a double-decker bus...

Virginia

The stapling seemed excessive to me but I haven't bought from many mail order nurseries so I wasn't sure. I was definitely impatient to pet my new plants.

She's welcome to be a double decker just in directions other than the house. I plan on extending the mower guy safety mulch bed out as she grows. Those thorns did look mean.

I also received a box from RPN today -- most for me, a few for my cemetery project. I also got my RVR orders -- a few for me, most for my cemetery project. Both companies really do secure their roses to their boxes. I've come to learn that dealing with this is a matter of perspective -- rather than thinking of removing the roses from the box, think of removing the box from the roses. You'd be surprised how that affects your procedure -- and makes dealing with "secure packaging" all the more easy.

:-)

~Christopher