Where were you able to get your James Galaway from?

Yes, I'm definitely excited to get these! As I said, I've been wanting a grafted, non Dr. Huey, Pretty Jessica for a while since my own-root never thrived. The others seem like great roses, but we shall see.

Has anyone else placed an order?

-Chris

Great choices. Ever since I saw Krista's 'James Galway', I am also tempted to order it hopefully from Palatine since sadly Hortico is not offering 'Sir Edward Elgar' any more. Don't understand why because those who grow this rose are very happy with it. The only hopes one can have for this wonderful rose named after such a great composer are solely now with Palatine.

Hortico gets their budded Austins from Austin in Texas. Should be true to type

“from Austin in Texas”. ^^^^

The OP seems not to know this.

Hortico told me Cressida and St. Cecilia I got from them this Spring were grafted on multiflora. DAs from DA in Texas are on Dr. Huey I think. The roses I got from Hortico looked very different than the DAs from Texas when they arrive.

Many of the roses they are offering have been "dropped" by DA so are not available from DA in Texas, or at least that's what I thought.

This is taken from Hortico's website:

"Many of our roses are budded on Rosa multiflora seedlings, some shrub roses on Rosa rubiginosa seedlings, and a few others on Rosa canina seedling rootstock. We use seedlings in order to combat the spread of viruses. Thus our fields are considered quite clean from viruses. In addition, fields are regularly examined by Agriculture Canada inspectors. "

Hortico - Rose Roots

-Chris

Sorry if I didn't make my comments about Hortico clearer. They get their mother planst from Austin in Texas but they graft from the mother on multiflora.

Vesfl, I've seen James Galway in zone 5B and it does great there. I'm going to get it eventually; you should too! :-)

Are the mother plants Hortico receives from Austin in Tx believed to be virus free?

Hortico got Cressida and St. Cecilia from Rick on this forum. DA no longer sells those.

We just had this very same discussion regarding the new vendor on the west coast grafting on multiflora (what was its name?). I appreciate the effort to graft onto virus free rootstock. When it comes to the scions it’s impossible to know unless testing is conducted. This would not just be a problem for the Austin roses but for the entire inventory, as well as own root growers, since you don’t know if their mother plants are virus free either.

Question: comparing to order from DA website, what is the advantage of ordering from Hortico? DA website has 5-year warranty. I am living in TX. Thanks.

Most DAs from TX will be grafted on Dr. Huey rootstalk. Some of their varities are own root but not all. Most roses coming out of Canada will be grafted on multiflora rootstalk. For me, personally, in my wicked zone 5, it gives me a much more vigorous plant to start with. If a plant dawdles for me the first year it is likely to be lost over winter.

Thanks, Ikayetwvz5

Chris209, did you ever find out the name of the new vendor on the west coast grafting on multiflora? I’d be very interested.

Was that Grace rose farm?

Pretty Jessica's fragrance is so lovely! The blooms are very pretty and the plant remains fairly compact. Hope you like it! Grace Rose Farm is the new nursery that is reported to have virus-free rootstock.

Thank you!!!

Brump. Benefits on OWN root vs. the multiflora in this thread for 7A. Munstead /Own Root and Boscobel/ Huey from DA direct VS. these 2 species from Hortico ?

Where are you located a1?

in my opinion, hortico is much smaller plants . They catch up almost ( depending on variety ) to my dr Huey David Austin’s by the end of summer. But when you get them, you’ll be amazed how they can fit ten roses in a small box , however I like hortico and order from them no complaints!

Yes, Grace Rose Farm was the one I was thinking of.

-Chris

I agree with Lilyfinch that Hortico roses are much smaller plants than what you expect for grafted plants. I placed an order for 3 roses from Hortico last spring. Although they were small, they were extremely vigorous! I have gotten more flowers from the Moonstone grafted on multiflora from Hortico in one growing season than the Moonstone grafted on Dr. Heuy from Edmunds in the last 3 years that I have had it. Savoy Hotel on multiflora also bloomed profusely! I was pleasantly surprised and very happy with my roses from Hortico.