I know the price doesn't get me overly excited either, but some the roses that are on sale have been mentioned a lot on here, especially Neil Diamond recently and I thought if anyone was interested it might be a good time to order. Price wise Edmunds is always a good place to order from when they have free shipping, and overall what they charge is reasonable.

Edmunds and K&M are the only 2 rose nurseries I order from any more, I'm already over $100.00 and plan to add a couple more for my two away from home projects. I'm still trying to make up my mind about that new stripy climber. I'll probably go ahead and add it to my order. On own root and Dr Huey, I always order in pairs, planting them about 12" apart. This way I end up with a big bushy effect. Sara----Do yourself a favor and order 2 of your special rose (CM?) and plant them about 12" apart and see what happens.

From what I know, all the roses that come from Reagan's are budded onto Dr. Huey root stock unless stated "own root". Distant Drums NEEDS to be budded onto a good under stock.Another great HT that is completely free of black spot is Remember Me. Plus it smells great and is very winter hardy.

I am pretty sure they are on Doc Huey. So far so good on these. I just remembered, that I did have an issue with one of the Distant Drums. It had some cracking around the base. I notified Edmunds and they sent me a new one right away and told me to keep the old one. So the customer service was really good for me with that issue. I am in NE FL so the nematode issues arent as bad as in So FL. Our soil is different. I believe we have some nematodes in the sandier areas. There is a lot of forest land with thick oaks, pines, etc here so the soil in those areas is rich. Some areas are a combination of sand and richer soil. I have some areas on our property that have straight orange clay and poor drainage. I have been using manures and do vermicomposting etc and try to be as organic as possible (although not 100%). I think all that has helped alot. We have mostly wooded areas on our property but there are some sandy areas where it is more challeging to grow stuff. But after 6 yrs of compost, those areas are much better than they were.