Visiting my mom today, definitely checking the Lowe's near her. It's a newer one (the one here is old and small). Crossing my fingers! Showed your pic of Summer Sun to the hubby- he said Wow!

Made yet another trip to Lowes this morning and.......

SCORE!

Sunbeam is now miiiiine........

No fragrance, but the yellow blooms, which remind me of renunculus, is what sold me.

They also had a Kordes called Zaide. It was lovely but because there was no fragrance, I passed.

(Zaide) - 6:58pm editing as this rose was kinda mismarked. The tag on the bush said Lavender veranda but the white sticker on the pot said Zaide. After listening Okinawa at the NewFlora website, it is indeed a Lavender Veranda Rose. Sorry! I'm learning my roses ;)

I also saw this one lonely beautiful rose. There was no tag on the pot or plant to identify it. Anyone know what it could be?

I visited our Lowes today. There were two new varieties Honeymoon and Bajazzo. Huge plants. I wish they have Wedding bells or Madame Anisset.

Volna if you have room for a gorgeous climber go get a Honeymoon. It's a beautiful creamy white.

Lucky you! It's still too cold here for purchase roses, but I hope our local Walmart will have some of these beauties - actually, all of them would be nice!

VoLha where are you located?

I am so jealous of those of you that have Kordes at your Lowes! I just went to my Lowes and they didn't have any Kordes roses. All my Lowes had were tons of KO's and a few HT's that I can't remember the names. I think it's a shame that the people in my area are being deprived of Kordes roses lol. I'm lucky I will be going to Chamblees next weekend and will be able to get some Kordes there but it would be nice to have a good selection locally too.

I keep checking my lowes every weekend, even though I know it's way too early. Last year I found the Kordes roses in June at my Lowes so I'm guessing it will be May or June before I see them again. I wish they would show up sooner.

Chris, I am in Austin, Texas

I went to the Lowes in Chico today, and all they have are the usual suspects... QUEEN ELIZABETH, CHICAGO PEACE, MR LINCOLN, DOUBLE DELIGHT, CL JOSEPH'S COAT and CL WHITE LADY BANKSIAE, among others... But they had a crap-load (I'm guessing 50-60) of their bagged bareroots leftover and only marked down 25% off. They didn't look too good... Those probably will all end up in the dumpster. What a shame. No I didn't buy any of them. I already have 'em all... LOL Hopefully they'll get some new stuff in later when it gets warmer..

Same here Bethnorcal. I keep checking too, but so far it's exactly what you said. I keep telling myself maybe my area will get lucky this year lol.

At one of the local Lowe's, along with the usual HTs and lots of Kordes, I saw two table full of David Austin roses! They all looked very healthy and well cared for. I am not much into Austins but did got two Desmond Tutu and one more Fiji!

Checked Lowe's yesterday afternoon, but still no Kordes' roses. Displays of various Knockouts & some Angel Face standards were the only roses besides body bags that have been sitting there a month. Picked up 12-packs of tall snapdragons & 6-packs of dusty miller to console myself, lol. Will stop by again tomorrow...Sue

Rose mom !! Where were there Austins ?? I will surely be checking mine again and if they have Austins my husband is gonna bury me in my roses lol .

I checked last Saturday. Just the usual knockouts but the nursery area is still half empty

I saw Lavender Veranda today at the local Lowe's - no other Kordes, just Knockouts.

I hate to say it, but I'm so sick of KO's. I realize they are great for some, but c'mon there's other things out there people would buy.

Oh Sarah. I am so with you. I wish they would stop with the dang KOs if only for one season.

Anyways I stopped at my local Lowes for a peak and grabbed a lovely and very large Fiji in a 3 gallon pot for $18.99.

I think it's interesting how all the lowes seem to have different ones ! I would love to find lavender or cream veranda. My closest lowes had summer sun and Beverly and Fiji but the two I visited in the bigger lowes stores only had a red one that I forget it's name but it was a orange russet red and not my style so I quickly forgot the name.

Reporting in from Northern Virginia, where I have so far only seen KOs and some minis. Anyone in NoVa or Maryland see any Kordes yet?

We had some last year so fingers crossed. I would flip out to find Wedding Bells.

Also keep an eye on Walmart folks, I am seeing a few Kordes there too.

I saw some Kordes at Walmart today. First Crush and a small red one.

Well I went this evening just to get out of the house and found fire opal kolorscape! Snatched that baby right off the new cart. And it was only 15$.. I want summer sun but I don't like that it's 26$ and comes in a pot I don't need . They also had kardinal , Desmond tutu and Fiji which looked really pretty !

Hi everyone, I went to Lowe's this morning after I read this post , thanks everyone, and I got First crush for 10$ The sale just start today, I was so excited and grab 2 of them.

That's awesome red roses ! I'm gonna drag my husband there today to look for patio chairs and I'll see what they have. I hope for lavender veranda so much ! Fingers crossed

No, Lavender Veranda isnt on Sale yet, Lilyfinch, maybe it will be after couple more days, the manager said they have to wait after they finish blooming :)

Lilyfinch, I just got Lavender Veranda at home depot :)

Hi SofL Rose,

is it me or is the lavender Veranda blooms is smaller in home depot compare to the nursery?

I think the LV blooms are smaller - I love LV and Plum Perfect planted together - LV definitely has smaller blooms - lovely shade of lilac.

Has anyone in Zone 5 seen any Kordes roses at Lowe's or Home Depot? I haven't.

We have Summer Romance and Dark Desire at the Baltimore area store

Roses still on skids, same ole stuff- double delight, Intrigue, Joseph coat, blah. The only decent one was Julia Child which I was tempted to get as I love her scent. Still hoping better roses are coming as it's still early.

I went back to my local Lowes tonight, and I found a lot of beautiful bare root roses, I took these babies home: 3 Kordes Perfecta, 6 Comte De Chambord, 2 Polka Cl, 1 Garden Sun Cl, 1 Perfume Delight! The price tag is $7.49 each after 25% off!! :-)

Summersrhythm, Polka is a a beauty. What a deal. That's one's not easy to find. I could only find it at Heirloom.

Seriously, the Seattle-Tacoma purchaser needs to get with the times. Sure, some of the oldies are good but I can't help thinking it's also one of the reasons people in general don't want roses anymore. Might as well consider it an expensive annual. After first flush they dwindle into fungal and pest ridden sticks. Unless you have a regular spray program the 1970s-90s roses don't do well here. I don't understand why they don't have someone knowledge about roses do the ordering?! Sorry, just frustrated.

I will run back to Lowes with my top speed. :-) This is pretty bad to be a rose nut, it's sooo hard to walk away from good priced super roses......:-)

Sarah, If you complain to your Lowes garden center managers they might change the rose ordering next year......hope you found some good roses there soon.

Summers, I cannot believe you found those at Lowes - that's awesome! I just ran back to Lowes and nothing :( I would love to find a Comte de Chambord locally. My local nursery even stopped carrying Austins this year.

Ashley - that First Crush looks great! Look at those buds!!!

Dave, I couldn't believe it myself, still in shock. :-) I went back to Lowes today, picked up 6 more Polka, 5 Red Eden, and 1 mislabeled "New Dawn", I know it's not a New Dawn just by looking at the thorns, so I will find it out later when it's in bloom. You might still find Comte de Chambord, not all Lowes got the bare root this week. Keep checking, I hope you find some too. :-)

Early last week, Lowe's got in Summer Romance & Dark Desire, as well as Austin roses. Very light traffic in the garden center the two afternoons I visited, likely due to cool & dreary days & a frost overnight Thursday. Back again today, found a large display of Zaide out front. Charming & well grown rose in bud & bloom, but lacking fragrance (or so I thought). My roses are just beginning to bud since the weather turned warm & sunny this week. Yearning for roses in bloom, brought one home. Pot was heavy but dry, so gave it a good watering & left it to soak in a deep plant saucer. Just went out to check on it & found Zaide drank every drop from that saucer. And now it's deliciously fragrant to boot! Going back in the morning for another. Sue

I went back there, I was short 3 Polka for a hedge (need 11 to look right), I picked up 3 Smokn Hot (HT), 1 Garden Sun (last one) and 3 Polka. Not going back there anymore. :-)

I will check on other Lowes for Kordes.

Man I thought I was bad, but all you guys crack me up!! Sounds like you're getting some great finds at your Lowes tho. Ours in Chico had crap a few weeks ago. Bagged bareroots are long gone by now. Maybe I'll hafta go down and see if they've gotten anything decent in the potted roses yet. That last time they only had a few boring roses. Haven't checked HD. They usually have less than Lowes, in bareroot and potted. OMG... why am I even thinking about this...

Knockouts just arrived at my Lowes (SLC area). I asked the manager when they will get their next shipment of non-knockout roses and was told possibly next week. I am trying to be patient.

Huge rack of Madame Annisette showed up at our Lowes and we already had Fiji, Summer Romance, First Crush and Dark Desire along with 5 or 6 English varieties.

Ok... now you're just bragging!!! ;-P

Hm I swear I posted earlier today but mine finally got in lavender veranda ( wahoo!! ) and lady of shallot came home with me too . Oh do I love the color of lavender veranda it's just gorgeous. No fragrance but who cares ! I decided I'm going to exchange my summer sun ( so orange !) for another.

I am telling you this is way worse than shoe sales, I kept going back for more roses. I went to Walmart twice today to buy their $5.44 roses. I bought 14 Lavender Crush, 2 Miss American Beauty, 1 Mirandy.

Carolina, the rose you were asking is Kordes Perfecta. I just bought 3 @ Lowes.

Well, I checked our Lowes and HD tonight. Both had tons of 2gal potted roses, but pretty much the same varieties at both places. TROPICANA, CHICAGO PEACE, MON CHERI, OLYMPIAD, ICEBERG, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, LOVE, MIRANDY, GRANADA, etc. HD did have SUNNY DELIGHT, which I already got last yr. They also had those weird boxed bareroots from Vigoro. Only thing unusual was FRAGRANT MEMORY aka JADIS. I almost bought one, but decided not to. Lowes did have some carpet roses, which I wasn't interested in. It was dark out when we got to both stores, otherwise I might've dug deeper to see if there was anything else that wasn't easily visible. The pallets were just too close together. There was a lavender rose at HD that had no tag. But being so dark, I didn't want to try it. Couldn't see what it really looked like cuz the outdoor lighting was horrible. Waste of time going by both places. Altho, I did pick up some cool new varieties of petunias and calibrachoas at Lowes. Oh well, maybe later toward Mother's day they might get new roses in.