Well, my DH and drove all over Ocala/Silver Springs to all the Walmart’s & Lowe’s we could find, as well as Starke & MacClenny on the way home—-and nothing! Just KOs, Kordes Flamingo Colorscape, and red & white Drifts. :-(

Thank goodness for online ordering! (I think my DH understands now why I’m ok with paying the shipping cost, too.) :-)

That was very sweet of your husband! I'm sorry you didn't find anything. All our Lowe's had were those same white and red drifts. They could at least have had Popcorn and Sweet Drift!

Yes, my Lowe's didn't have any 2018, but had a zillion 2017. Interestingly, they also had them listed on their website that year, but NOT 2018. They were listed as Mulit-colored roses. Perhaps looking to see what on their websites could help save a trip or just call. Most of the workers knew the multi-roses in the black containers. Lowe's and Menard's have separate listings for each individual store. However, as noted, not all of these roses are Austins.

Hey Vaporvac - does the Menards by you have body bags yet?

I did try calling my local Walmart’s—-that was quite an experience. “We probably have roses out there...oh, you want to know what kind?...hold please for another 15 minutes....yes, we have 22 roses, how many did you need?...no, they don’t come in varieties...only vegetables like tomatoes do...yes, you probably should come look at them yerself...and to be honest, ma’m, you’d probably like gardenias much better...they smell a whole bunch better than our roses do.”

I kid you not. :-)

I'm laughing PNP, but I'm really sorry for you! Dingo oh, they do not yet have the body bags. I called and they said they are on order but have not arrived yet.

I had a similar experience except they kept trying to get me to buy some of their new shipment of Drift roses they just got in, not the " mostly dead now" roses I asking about. They weren't dead at all, the blooms were just spent.

We need to embrace that, suncoastflowers! That's how I get my best buys. :0 They think they're done for the year so they mark them down. The only time they didn't was when the manager was an actual rose grower..... I had to wait all summer to get my black pot multis, but by then they were $2.50! She was fairly experienced, but not enouht to recognize them as Austins. She also told me not to buy them as one couldn't grow roses here due to BS. I sometimes think I should have listened!

I will have to wait for the next bud to open. The original flower started falling apart on the way home. The plant was very dry being on the Kill Rack lol. Its weird, the buds are a much lighter pink than the open flower. So I'm wondering if the outer petals will have a lighter pink reverse. The pink is a warmer pink similar to Princess Alexandria of Kent. The flower looked different though but its hard to tell, on a very stressed plant. It may not even be an Austin but it was kinda pretty anyways, worth $6.00

I gave up on talking to most sales people long ago.

perma I can't believe you drove through Starke (aptly named) and MacClenny looking for roses!

We still don't have any potted roses in my neck of the woods yet.

Perma, where in FL do you live? Im up in the NW Jax/Callahan area thats mostly little farms.

I don‘t think I could have convinced DH to go on a road trip JUST for roses, lol—he’s pretty supportive, but not as rose-crazy as me. We went over there to see some friends, but I was able to persuade him to make the stops on our way home. He got bored with it pretty quick, though.

Sultry we‘re in N Jax, so we’re not too far from each other! :-)

The Walmart by the airport, River City Marketplace had some plain pots..marked pink, orange, white etc on the Markdown rack near the wall. They didnt have any flowers on them so I couldnt tell what they were. They also had some marked Fragrant Cloud there in orange pots but some had pink flowers/buds and were not FC. One did look like it was orangish red like fragrant Cloud, others no flowers. They were just under $6 in 3 gal pots

Unfortunately mine weren't marked down and I didn't dare wait and I'm too reserved to ask them. My Summer Romances from a different Walmart we're marked down to 2 dollars though. I was pretty pleased with that deal.

Jin - I took pictures of mine after I put them in the car. I didn't trust them on the ride home. They were just too fried.

They both have new canes and buds since coming home. Only the pink/red one has buds from when it was at the store.

I know this might be what the rose looks like when it's settled in but it looks a lot like Kordes Bordeaux Citiscape to me.

https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.69121.0&tab=1

What a gorgeous hue, suncoastflowers! I love it! :-)

I have Bordeaux on order and will be thrilled if it looks anything like that!

Wow...Sooflatoothfairy, that third rose looks a LOT like DA's 'Lady Emma Hamilton'! What is the fragrance (if any) like?

Thank you so much for the tip Sultry—I got a “pink” rose & a “Fragrant Cloud” with a dried up reddish-pink bud...so I’ll give them some time to recover, and see what they end up being. No DA tags, but they were marked down again to $3 so I thought why not? :-)

Wow that's a good deal for $3 regardless. The Jubilee Celebration, I found out at a Lowes last year was around Atlantic or near Beach Blvd somewhere (forget which one exactly). It didnt have a DA tag just a mismarked rose tag (see above). I'm pretty sure it was in a colored pot as well. There was only one left and it wasnt on clearance. I still prob would have bought more lol.

I would prefer it werent Bordeaux only because I already have one. I think the scents seem a little different so far. The Bordeaux is a little fruity/sweeter than the new mystery rose. It has more of an old tea scent. I don't really know how much growing conditions affect that though.

It reminds me of Darcey Bussel which I find fragrant, but only mildly.

So, this making me wonder how reliable those Dewar Nursery tags really are? I’ve bought a few from Lowe’s and am hoping that’s what I really got. How many folks have had these tags be wrong?

Hey Sean, I did see one of the flowers labeled Lady Emma Hamilton. I'll have to check to see if it was that one. I'll try and describe the scent if it still has a bloom.

Now I hope I find a Lady Emma Hamilton

Ohhh me too! I had one a few years ago, I got as a tiny band and it croaked over the winter. I think the timing was just bad lol. I need to get a larger one next time.

Sean, it is labeled Lady Emma Hamilton but it lost its blooms earlier in the week. I love the color of the flowers...the leaves are also a deeper green. Yes it does have a lovely scent. I just hope it can handle our heat when summer comes.

A better picture of the next bloom of red/pink rose. I think this one is a better representation of what it's going to be. Definitely different from Bordeaux, a little pinker, more petals and not nearly as loose.

Could also be Tess.

I agree it could Tess or either of the two labels soflatoothfairy mentioned. All three are beautiful and I would happy to have them.

You must be so happy! It's like finding buried treasure!

I am! I have to say THANK YOU again to Soflatoothfairy for finding them and sharing the tip! I am up in N. FL this weekend and scored one of the light pink ones. The ones in orange pots actually looked like a modern HT. I still almost caved and bought it because it smelled heavenly!

Suncoastflowers, I share the passion for the old rose form but I definitely caved in as there are some other forms out there that are REALLY worth the investment. I have 'Chartreuse de Parme' from French producer Delbard and the form does look more HBT but the blooms are a showstopper- this vivid cerise-pink and the super-fruity fragrance is the stuff of fantasy! ( https://www.trevorwhiteroses.co.uk/shop/delbard-roses/chartreuse-de-parme/ ) I also hear great things about Renaissance rose 'Natalie' ( https://www.trevorwhiteroses.co.uk/shop/renaissance-roses/natalie/ )

Today is my lucky ducky day!! I found Abe Darby at a local nursery..even on Fortuniana. Its marked as Abe too ;) The plants have some black spot and one had spider mites. I bought two. I stripped most the leaves. They have flowers and buds! Only 18.99..I will add pics when I get home. They are from Nelson's Roses but at a local nursery not Nelson's so hopefully they might start carrying the Fort grafted Austins.

I'm going to strip off the rest of the worst spotty leaves later but here's some photos. These are in 3 gallons, I think.

Abe smells so good!

front tag

back of same tag

The two I got..both Abe Darbys

One has a Fortuniana root stock sucker coming up in the pot lol..note the different shapes leaves on the fort...they are pointy

Those look great! I found quite a few Nelson’s roses at Trads, on San Jose? I think the only DA they had was Abe, so I got one.

They also had PJP, Violets Pride, Don Juan, St. Patrick and a few more I can’t remember, all on Fort. :-)

soflatoothfairy, do you have any thoughts about what your white pot may be? I found one at another Walmart, with a Dewar tag on it labeled ‘Frau Karl Druschki’ hybrid tea lol. But the leaves are small, like on your white pot rose?

Sultry - Nice find! Nelsons sells really nice roses. I have seen them in a nursery in N FL.

Sean - those are both gorgeou! I think I would cave in their presence too!

The pink one looks like Boscabel, but it's so new that would surprise me. Maybe it's something that just looks like it. I thought it looked a lot like John Clair but I think these have more petals and I only saw green stems below the blooms , no red/purple ones. The buds are very ball shaped.

Hi Suncoastflowers, the pink in your picture is beautiful but I would say definitely not Boscobel (that is more salmon pink with hints of pale yellow-orange).

The first thing that sprang to mind when I saw the blooms was the Bourbon rose Zephirine Drouhin...

Does it look like a climber?

Maybe royal jubilee?

I'm so awful at rose ID. LOL!

Lilyfinch - I think you might have it. I passed over it before because the pictures I saw were so much lighter and I've never seen it in person. HMF has some darker blooms too. It's also pretty much thornless.

Sean - I don't think it's a climber. it looks a lot like some of those pictures but it has more petals and is more globular.

Suncoast, did you find the tags when you took them out of their pots? Thanks! :-)

Lily is a good guesser! She identified my Jubilee Celebration correctly when I first found it :)

Perma not really. There was a yellow tag around the apricot/yellow plant but it was blank. I haven't planted/ropotted the RJ yet but there isn't anything showing.