Thanks for the heads up; I ordered 4 roses, and- as suggested- added some alternates in the comments field. Apparently, the software does not always "know" when something's out of stock. They have a nice selection, and I've seen some impressive photos of orders received by forum members- the plants looked large and healthy... Here's a link to info- in rather small print in my browser- about the sale: http://www.areverenceforroses.com/Articles.asp?ID=253 Virginia

Thanks, Cori Ann. I'm always looking for a small nursery to patronize. Having never heard of A REVERENCE FOR ROSES before your heads-up, it will be a real pleasure to add them to my resource list. Please remember to keep your Roses Forum fans posted with photos of your exceptional garden with the abundant varieties of great roses you are growing. You may not know it, but your enthusiasm, knowledge, and energy are both inspiring and contagious to me, and I am sure to many others of us here on the Roses Forum.

Those look great GAgal! Sheila, I love your scenic pic of Crep!. We're still on roller coaster weather...was 80 last weekend, but supposed to have lows in the mid 30's this weekend. No hard freeze yet, but lots of stuff in the garden looking tired and ragged these days (including me...lol). Here are a couple of pics of the Mrs R M Finch I received from ARFR earlier this year. I wasn't familiar with the rose, and their website pic didn't really entice me, but my dad's initials were RMF. He's been gone for several years now, and mom still misses him terribly. So thought I would get the rose to grow for mom to enjoy as Mrs RMF (I left off the "inch" in Finch when telling her its name and take her little bouquets of blooms from it often). It has rarely taken a break from blooming since I got it. Here it is in August...2 months after receiving it (summer blooms turn from pink to white quickly): And here is a partial shot I took Monday morning before work (blooms hold their pink for a good while in cool weather):

I bought plants from them last year and was very pleased. There are one or two threads (if you can find them!) about those orders, with pictures from several of us on the forum who ordered then as well. BIG very healthy plants, meticulously packaged. Lovely service. I bought Dupuy Jamain and would highly recommend it. Gorgeous fragrant blooms. I'll attempt to post a photo (which I haven't tried to do since the current Houzz disaster). Well whaddya know? That worked!