Going to try my HEB tomorrow. St. Tropez? That's a new one, surprised HEB would have it! Don't normally shop there, but if there are roses.........thanks for the tip!

Judith

I was very surprised to see St Tropez & Maurice Utrillo

Nice find. I think one advantage of living in Texas is that we get some of the overrun from the Tyler growing fields at bargain prices.

Thanks for the tip. I will head there soon.

Certified for what?

Certified Roses is the name of a rose producing company in Tyler, TX

http://www.certifiedrose.com/mobile/

Ohhh. Never heard of that grower.

I found a very nice Belinda's Dream at my HEB.

I hope to stumble on le petit prince. I'd love to see it in person , it's a pretty color but something doesn't click for me to order it sight unseen . But for ten bucks I'm sure I would jump on It !

Did you buy any ?

Since Certified Roses is bringing in more Delbards... if you Texans get Delbard roses at the grocery store for $10 in a couple years I’m going to be so insanely jealous!!!!

I am 2 hours from Tyler and Certified is right down the road from Chamblees [which I frequent every time I am in Tyler!] I think I will drop by their office and get some information on what roses they are bringing in, where they will be sold. They have a once a year "trailer sale" with lots of gorgeous blooming potted roses for sale in the fall - for $10! Need to find out when that is......If I find out any information, I will post it here. Oh and by the way.....when I picked up my roses at David Austin this week......I asked them about their 2019 roses - I was thrilled to learn that we will be getting Dame Judi Dench!! Also Vanessa Bell and James L. Austin.

Judith

A trailer sale sounds awesome! Please do let us know when they will having it, I can't wait lol. And Ben your tour sounds amazing, count me in!

When in Tyler, you cant leave out Blue Moon Gardens - near the David Austin facility. Ben, if you haven't been there - you must go next time you make the trip. Let me know, I will give you directions - they have a website. Hand Nursery is also down the road - super nice place that has beautiful annuals, a gift shop, statuary, etc. I will have to ask Certified about the trailer sale - they pull a long flatbed in front with loads of beautiful healthy roses. It is in the fall, I think about the middle of October. I will find out and post. The roses are super healthy and in bloom! The display gardens at ARE are totally fabulous!! We love to take a picnic lunch and eat at one of the tables under the trees. I cant get enough of wandering around the grounds with all the blooming roses and other blooming plants and we try to get there during bluebonnet season. After the cold winter we have had, I am planning lots of road trips as a reward!

Chamblees sale area is marvelous! Last week I got Penelope, Crazy Love, mini Cupcake [my dog's name is Cupcake, had to have it!] and another Quietness. There were lots more, but I went in the fall and got a lot then........They had just pruned all the roses but I saw a blooming Twilight Zone which was gorgeous - I bought that one last fall. They are now carrying Violet's Pride, which I got.

Judith

Please be aware that Certified makes absolutely no effort to produce virus free inventory. Many have joked over the years that the only thing they “certify” is that the plants will be virused.

Sign me up for the Texas rose car trip !! I wish it was that easy to do :) sure would be a blast

I think that should be an annual trip!

I can attest that the ARE grounds are awesome. It is my "happy place" and everyone there is so nice.

I never realized that Texas was such a mecca for gardens, roses, and now ice cream! All my favorite things. I want to go and visit these wonderful places--we should use the magical pink party bus. Diane

I LOVE to visit Chamblee's sale area! When I lived in Dallas I visited twice a year and ended up with a trunk load. At $2.50 and $5 I couldn't resist and gifted many to friends and family.

Ben T- which 'Aloha' did you find at Chamblee's? Was it Boerner's 1949 or Kordes from 2003?

Hey Matt,

It was Boerner ‘49., they also had its sport Lady Ashe.

This was my last haul at Chamblee’s

Soul Sister, Delightful Phyllis and Kosmos:

Each rose variety will have its own block. This is Martha Gonzales:

The discount greenhouse probably has over a thousand plants:

In case anyone's interested, the Lake Colony HEB in Missouri City (Highway 6 S @ Austin Parkway) has CRs for $7.98. I left my iPhone at home, so am going by memory re: what's available (sorry this might not be very helpful): Mr. Lincoln, Double Delight and Midas Touch come to mind. There were 4-5 more varieties. I didn't pick up any as I don't know what might do well in this area, and I have a hard enough time not killing Knockouts! If I return later this week, I'll see if I can't post a more comprehensive and useful list.

I just went to HEB tonight.They did have CRs for $7.98 but it was the basic usual ones. They did have the coupon for buy 2 get a free bag of soil though. What is interesting is these are grade #2 and the CRs at Wal Mart for $6.44 were grade #1 1/2. All were CRs from Tyler,TX.

I'm gonna cruise around to all the HEBs I can this weekend and see what I can find.

Run away from Wal-mart. Last time I succumbed to the Mea nursery trash there, I had never seen such egregious RMV on plants. I have not seen evidence of the RMV on roses from Certified, but that certainly doesn't mean they are necessarily clean. In our climate, RMV isn't always that evident. They do all appear to be grafted, and I would regardless assume a pretty high possibility.

Cori Ann, not to make you too jealous, but it has happened. I picked up a bare root Camara for 9.98 a week or two ago. Nice looking plant.

(You guys have rudely plant-friendly weather, so don't be too jealous.)