Crazy Love, Tangerine Skies, and Pretty Lady Rose. SIGH I have no self control. AT ALL.

If it makes you feel better Witchy, I just put in an order to Northland this morning.

Midnight Blue

Violet's Pride

Sunny Sky

Yellow Brick Road

I love yellows, what can I say. And these are bands! They'll have to live in pots for a few months at least, so I don't have to dig those holes right away. I'm going to put in one more order to Chamblee's before I finalize my order with Roses Unlimited - I still haven't picked the last rose to maximize my roses-to-shipping cost ratio.

SO MANY holes to dig in my future! We'll hate ourselves come this July, but our gardens will be lovely in 3 years - have to start the perennials/shrubs/roses sometime!

It actually does. I'm just not saying anything about these. "I don't know where those came from" lol

I must be crazy but I just ordered another Abe Darby and 2 Distant Drums. I wanted Koko Loko but couldn't find it available grafted.

Regan sells Koko Loco grafted. It will be on Dr. Huey, which could be an incorrect rootstock for Florida?

Regan is done until 2019 though lol. They say it will open ordering in July for next spring.

Its okay I can be happy with Distant Drums for now :)

I did however, buy some Body bags from HD...Angel Face (another one), Oklahoma, and Passionate Kisses.

I'm kicking myself for not getting my Regan's order in sooner. But I have to admit I'll find another four that I just -need- this year. I'm going to grab Dakota Song and Dakota Sun from Kedem's, and there's the five coming from RU... yeah, probably for the best I leave Regan's for next year.

Oh what is kedums ? Gotta look that up. I just ordered pearly gates and la petit prince from edmunds. Treat yo self as they say .. lol

Sam Kedem's, but I don't know if they do mail order. Pearly Gates is beautiful!

Lilyfinch, you tickle me haha x

Sam Kedem does mail order :). He has nice stuff, check out his website. I visited him a couple of years ago when I was in the Twin Cities for work, nice guy and knows his stuff! As far as I know he’s the only source for the Dakota roses. Looks like he’s having a sale too lol

Sam Kedem’s nursery

Lily, I have been eyeing Pearly Gates myself. It really looks sweet. I hope it is a winner for you

Me too Kristine . I had it once but killed it somehow . This time I promise to be good to it .

Well that is even prettier than I thought. I don't know if I should thank you or not. But your picture is enabling me to add just one more. What a fibber, l one more, who am I kidding?

Wow lots of activity in the Rose forum this weekend - I guess spring always comes early to the rose enthusiasts :).

I am getting only 4 more coming this March: Duchesse de Brabant and Star of the Republic (from ARE), Munstead Wood (3rd try) and Princess Charlene of Monaco from Northland. This adds to 4 bareroots from Palatine last November (Earth Angel, Chartreuse de Parme, Ascot, and Nahema.

If I get to make another order this year, I would wait for the 20% site-wide discount from Heirloom to get their Sour Emmanuelle (new addition this year) because this rose was sold out at Palatine when I ordered. Much anticipation for spring :).

Frizzycat , I see you are also zone 7. Any chance you are in the Nashville area ? We have a lot of the same roses coming ! Hope heirloom has that sale for you .

kristine , it's really beautiful, if you do get it you won't regret it !

Oh, I think I must. ha ha

I am also in Love with Bliss. It will never end

Frizzycat - I got Soeur Emmanuelle from Palantine last year. The fragrance is unreal!!! Swoon! I think I'm going to love this rose.

Carol

Lilyfinch z7 mid tn: I am in Northern VA, would love to take a trip to Nashville and explore TN some day soon. And of course we have similar roses because I've been swooning over your photos, taking notes, and following your advice religiously (I think you suggested Chartreuse de Parme to me last fall) :).

rosecanadian(Zone 3 - overwinter in pots in garage): I'm so glad to hear that you love your Soeur Emmanuelle (I just realized I made a typo above - I should start learning French). I read great things about her from a rose nursery in my country too (Vietnam), and I figured if the rose could make it that far to a hot and humid tropical place, it must be extra special.

Also I just saw Heirloom offering deep discounts on a few roses, some very interesting such as Sydonie ($45 --> $26), and the sale goes to March 14th as well.

frizzycat I hope to see some pics of Star of the Republic from you! Almost ordered that one.

frizzycat - actually I just found out that it died. I was looking at it in the garage...and 4 of my bareroot roses are dead. I've never had that happen before. I think they were in too much shade and the roots didn't dry out in the summer??? I would definitely replace it...but Palantine is sold out. darn. Oh well, next year. :)

Carol

So sorry Carol. I never trust grafted roses after my Huey disaster. I have a personal grudge against them.

Witchygirl - what happened?

Carol

Carol the first time I ever decided to grow roses, I bought a bunch of body bags. They looked weird to me, so I googled and read "oh they look like dead sticks, but that's totally normal" So I got my husband digging massive holes in the concrete that passes for South Carolina red dirt. I spent all summer babying, giving banana peels, coffee grounds, you name it, wondering why I wasn't seeing blooms. I eventually figured out those roses were dead before I ever planted them, and I had a yard full of the doctor. I only got maybe 2 blooms of Blue Girl. I gave up for a while feeling like I'd been scammed, and it should have been listed somewhere that this plants roots are not actually the plants. I started googling roses that have matching roots, and eventually found Chamblees. lol

witchygirl - Oh my goodness!!! What a mess with a ton of work!! Totally frustrating and then you feel like an idiot. Sheesh! Chamblees sounds wonderful. I even love the name. :)

Carol

I went in home depot before I came home. 5 more.

Bare root - Perfume Delight, Cloud 10, Heirloom, and Blue Girl

Potted - Olympiad

I got some pots and potting soil, because I guess I'm going to pot them up because it seems too early to put them in ground up here. They have really big canes, but starting to sprout.

Edit. The Blue Girl was from Walmart.

So if anyone was wondering if bare roots are out in zone 7 South Carolina, I can verify they are, and that was toward the northern part of the state. Some of them had canes 1 inch thick.

"I'm ac91z6, and I have a rose addiction." I was poking around Rouge Valley's website, trying to make up my mind to order Dakota Redwing this year or not, when I decided to torment myself by looking up some of Paul Barden's other roses. 'Etienne' had come up on the bottom of the home page, so I clicked and it said the magic words - IN STOCK. I couldn't believe it, as the Paul Barden Roses main page said out of stock. So I emailed for confirmation and -the same day!- they said yes, it was in stock.

Well, I couldn't just order one - the shipping is ridiculous for that. So now I have

Etienne

Dakota Redwing

Excellenz von Schubert (the mauve/lavender Lambert HM - apparently there are two roses under this name in commerce, a polyantha and a hybrid musk, and I wanted the HM).

Ilse Krohn Superior

and since I could use a nice short rose, I got 'Bill Warriner' as my free rose.

5 more to the total. How many does that make you ask? Oh, um, uh... not Nippstress levels! That's all I'll say for now. I'll post a final count once I've ordered from Kedem and RU.

ac91Z6, ARE carries the Poly EvS which is apparently Garden Direktor Otto Linne. When I spoke to them they agreed and will be changing the name to reflect that.

Vaporvac, I think I read that (from you!) in another thread and that kept me from purchasing it from ARE. I'm sure 'Otto' is a good rose in his own right, but not what I wanted.

I am blessed to live right by Rogue Valley Roses so I can save a ton on shipping . I better check out some of Paul Barden's offerings. I got Unconditional Love last year

A very pretty red mini

Kristine - oh you are lucky!!! That's great!

Carol

Totally jealous Kristine!!

I can't wait until Spring and our local Walmart stocks their rose body bags. You can find a few gems here and there if you look around.

Uh oh i just ordered 2 more PCdM's ♡ Oops.

Oh and I still have Little Grey Pearl and a White Eden coming. At least those two are small lol. So they will be easy to take care of when they get here..I kinda like getting potted roses better than bare roots now. Less work :/

It looks like almost all of Paul's are sold out.

I got the bag roses potted. I put the potting soil up on the canes some, I just covered them with buckets for the night, and they are on the driveway, against the house. I hope that's what I was supposed to do with them.

Bump cause I'm planting. Yes in the dark. Need list

I forgot to add Cori Ann's Peachy yum yum (I was coerced I tell ya!) and Sugar Moon from Edmunds. I wanted Sugar Moon from Chamblee, but it was never available. So I think my total ended up being 34, not counting body bags in pots. (They are all doing well though) All are planted except for 6 or 7. Almost done.

Just when I thought I was done, silly me, I placed an order for 2 Blue For You and am All American Magic

I wonder if I am done now

HalloBondie I don't think anyone had a normal winter. We had a crazy yo-yo here. I think we got our spring in the middle of winter, and will now go straight from winter to summer.

Those of you who have to deal with such extreme temperatures, my hats off to you that you persevere and continue to grow beautiful roses in such difficult conditions.

Blondie, I am so sorry for the loss of your roses . While it is fun to buy some new ones it is also sad to lose some old friends.

HalloBlondie - I think, you have a great idea on getting Austins as your number one go-to rose. I'm sorry you lost roses this winter. I lost some too in my garage, because I used a new fast draining soil on some roses...and I think I should have watered them more in the winter. My normal procedures didn't work for them.

Carol

I'm sorry about everyone's roses. Halloblondie, which Kordes' didn't make it for you?

Carol, sorry to hear you lost so many roses. thanks for sharing your experience with the fast draining potting mix in your garage. This is going to be my first summer with the fast draining mix so I will have to keep that in mind.

I also ordered another Peach Swirl aka Miss Peachy Yum Yum lol! Should be here Monday! I love this rose♡ I need to buy potting soil.

I hope the frogs will find mine too. I love frogs.

Totoro - yes...I wish I could have thought about that. But you win some, you lose some. :)

HalloBlondie - I probably would never lose any if I had stuck to my tried and true method. But I'm experimenting with different 'soil.' Oops. :)

Sultry - Lovely Peach Swirl blooms!!! Sigh :) And your frog is, as always, so sweet! How wonderful that you can provide such a comforting home for the frogs. :)

Carol