Got my Mary Rose for 3.00 at the end of the season, one of my favorites.

I bought a $6.88 body bag of Double Delight at HD a couple weeks ago. It was my first ever bare root rose and seems to be doing great so far.

I got 3 mini roses for free at Walmart once. They were in the trash bin so I asked the guy watering if I could have them and he said sure. Otherwise I did get a couple of body bags at Ollie's for $1.98 but they were in really bad shape and didn't make It. I don't buy those any more. They're not even worth the $2 bucks.

I bought 2 blush knockouts for $5 on clearance about 15 years ago. Still doing great now. They flank my driveway and consistently and reliably bloomers in very poor soil for all this time.

I got my apricot drifts for $5 a piece and they were such a great idea for the front of my house! Also I spent $3.50 on Roxanne veranda rose and that was such a bargain. I’m not crazy about red roses but it sure looks so pretty all summer !

Here's a few pics of the $4 roses from their 1st year.

Absolutely gorgeous!

Halloblondie and Lilyfinch, you sure got ,more than your money's worth with the above deals. I think my local garden centers are too smart to know DA roses' worth to mark them down that low. Never seen them under $10. I think they are already snatched up when they are marked down to the teens.

I got my four First Crush (3 gallon pot, were fried in hot sun) for $10 each on clearance rack last year and seven Lavender Crush (Bareroot, 1.5 grade) for $6.88 each last month. Nourished First Crush to blooms and planted Lavender Crush just a little while ago. Keeping fingers crossed and hope none of them “Crush” hahaha!

I got one of my first crush on clearance last year also! I have two of them and they both look terrible lol. I’m really consider the shovel for one of them.

I bought first crush and summer romance for 5 also but they didn’t do well for me here! Maybe I’ll get lucky again . I hope yours stays beautiful zzzone !! It seems to be slightly temperamental. For me it always bunched up and looked terrible. Further south of me a friend had it and raves about it .

Hallo yours look wonderful! $4 is a steal!’

Karen , one time I scored Austin’s for $10 each . It was fantastic! I didn’t know what I was doing and one by one they died . I think I only have teasing Georgia left . Such a shame !

Wow! She’s beautiful!

Some people are predisposed to finding deals and some are not. I am one of the 'nots'. I have never found a rose for under around $20, except for years ago when they were $18. I've never even found a desirable rose in a body bag at any price. And, believe me, I camp out at the stores you all say have them. On my way now to try my luck one last time at Lowes. Did HD and Walmart yesterday. Nothing.

I got 3 First Crush off the kill racks from Lowes 5.oo each.

3 Fire Opals, Lavender Veranda, and Miracle On the Hudson for 3.50 ea from the Walmart kill racks.

I've had a little success rooting some roses now, so I guess they were pretty much free.

Once upon a time Park Seed had "Park Seed Day" the last weekend in June. Hot as the hinges of hades.

We had been one year and they had a few roses marked down, but I didn't have a bed ready.

Twenty some years ago, we had a late spring and lots of people didn't buy plants. The Park Wayside roses didn't sell and had been kept in cool rooms for eight months. They were priced $1 each. Some I had already but the others...I bought two of each. 128 roses. I only had three beds ready.

We brought them home, and I put them in to soak. In shade. Husband went off on a two day canoe trip. I made lists of roses, where (which bucket) they were in, what kind of rose they were, how tall they'd get, e,tc. and started planting.

Within a week I had all but two planted (we created a couple of beds in the back yard that weren't great. I watered them heavily....for a month plus. All broke dormancy and all but the light yellow Austins bloomed that first year.

I learned a lot from the assortment. I still have the two McCartney roses others succumbed to black spot (in spite of my spray program our farm is so humid our metal outdoor furniture has lichens growing on it) to vole/mole damage, and to RRD. Some I tossed for fail to thrive and others showed debilitating assorted Rose Mosaid Viruses and grew backwards in their preteen years.

flowersaremusic... I too don't seem to find the bargin bins.....

I bought a $3 Frau Karl Druschki at Ollie's 2 years ago and it is one of my best roses!

Lilyfinch, I’m sorry the two Kordes did not perform for you. I was very close to move the four Summer Romance I bought last spring to sub-prime locations as they did not stay as medium shrub size as advertised but I decided to hard prune and give them another chance. So far so good - they are rounded 2.5’ bushes now but only time can tell and I’ll have a better idea of their growth habits in a few months.

My First Crush were not super vigorous with foliage growth but with blooms. They did put out at least three flushes of blooms from June to October last year given they were rescues from clearance rack. They are about 1.5’ tall now with lots of beautiful leaves. I’m staying hopeful for their performance this year!

Yeah, Sharon. Where ARE these kill racks? We're obviously looking in the wrong places.

I just got back from my Lowes run, and they did have a ton of body bags but all older hybrid teas. Most were $9, not the kind of give-away prices some of you find. I bought Blue Girl - I know, she will be an annual for me, and Blue Moon, a Tantau rose!! HMF says z7b, so probably another 1 season rose. It has the oddest looking 2 monster canes I've ever seen, but since it's a Tantau, I couldn't leave the poor misshapen thing sitting there. It was pouring rain, windy and super cold, so I had to make the trip worth my while. Also got Angel Face. It's been years since I've grown that one in z9/10.

I bought a few last roses of the season from a farmers market near me, they were $3 each. Found 3 WIiiliam Baffin one year, and 3 sub zero roses later......and $5 roses from Walmart, HD.....

Did you miss the rainbow rose sale every year? One year it was 5 roses for $14.99! I ended up with 7 sets! Other years were like $19.99 for 5 roses. The sale will pop up again next month. :-)

my first three roses were clearance body bags at Kmart in the 70s for 50 cents each, Mr Lincoln, Snowfire, and Tropicana, which became my favorite and is the only rose that I had multiple of. I know a lot of people like Mr Lincoln, but mine only had one cane which would grow to the gutters, then bloom at the top. I tried pegging it and no luck. So he went to another life (after at least 10 years). Snowfire was great but after many years began to dwindle and it also went to another life. The best cheap rose was a 3 gallon La Marne at Home Depot for $1. Love it, first to bloom, always covered with blooms until winter.

I bought 5 Summer Romance for $2 each on clearance at Walmart..

At HD I got Zepherine Drouhin, Hope For Humanity and Prairie Princess for about 9.00 each. Not the cheapest, but I have always wanted to try a Buck rose and a rose from The Parkland Series. I got Zephy just because.

Last year at Lowe's clearance, $3.00 for Miss All American Beauty. One of my first bloomers this spring!
Carla in Sac

Carla,

MissAAB is still one of the great HTs in my book, and I love the combination of rose and pansies.

I just bought 2 more Miss AAB from Walmart this spring. I love its color and fragrance.

I just bought a pink flower carpet for $1 off the lowes kill rack a couple days ago. Flowers, maybe you're not seeing the rack cause they like a rolling rack they use to put out the pots with a sign written in marker, at the back of the nursery area. Usually there is just trash there, dead annuals etc, but sometimes there are some very ill looking potted shrubs and roses. I never see it at home depot just lowes.

Does free count? I’ve worked at two nurseries. The first one, my boss sent me home with a small car load because they all looked ratty from the previous season. The roses went home with me otherwise they would have ended up in the dumpster. I only kept Bewitched and 2 coffee bean roses From that bunch. I gave the others away to the pizza guy and the neighbors. The second and current nursery allowed me to pick out a number or roses at the end of the season some Austin’s, Soul sister, dark desire, honey perfum, and a few others. I’m not sure how they do in my garden because this will be their first spring in my yard I can’t waiT to see some blooms. I think the cheapest I’ve ever paid for a bareroot rose is probably about Three bucks, but sharing cuttings of old roses and digging up unwanted ones have been the best deals for me.. Though I’m about out of room. Mmmm doesn't help I also have seedlings , less and less space not to mention my husbands rose project. It’s a bit horderish at my house.... there are lots of roses in pots....

I have never found such Bargain roses in my area! Anybody from Seattle area?? Where do u find ur bargains?? :)

The spring rose sale for point defiance is one. Mclendon‘s , Lowes, Home Depot sales racks.

Well, I think free takes the cake, Seeingreen! I've gotten a few for postage, but I'm not sure that counts. Lowe's has been my go-to for cheap roses on their sale racks, although last year was a dud so I'm glad I took advantage 2016 and 2017. $2.50 to$6 has been about the going price in the end. I've asked for less and they havegiven it to me. That's how I ended up with most of my Austins. Last year I only managed to snag a Double-Pink Knockout for $2.50 from Walmart, but I really like it. Oh year, I did get bagged roses at Menard's last year and they all survived leading me to think they choose those that will survive in their zone of purchase unlike most stores. I also took advantage of the Springhill 5/$19.99 last spring. Anyone know when any of the big mail orders are doing that again? It seems like Springhill didn't bother this year. Probably not a great loss as many experience die-back in our winter, but it's still fun to see the "latest and greatest" offerings! ; ))

You people! I think your stores need to teach our stores how to have sales. Lol. They just don’t get marked down here the same. I’ll get $1 perennials sometimes, but have never seen a potted rose for less than $7. DA’s we are lucky if they go half price, which would be $15

the cheapest roses I’ve ever bought were Belinda’s Dream and the Fairy bare root from Menards for $4 apiece. They looked pretty rough, but I was glad to find them and they both thrived! Still happy with that purchase. I also picked up four little mini roses in one pot for $4.50 because I couldn’t help myself. :) We’ll see how they do.

one year on here someone shared a sale for "rainbow of roses" and i got 5 bareroot roses for like $13 total shipped, it was a crazy good deal. all but one survived :)

Should I update with a new record? Last Friday I came across a sale at Walmart and picked up a body bag rose called “Waiheke“ for $1.50 plus tax. Anybody is familiar with this rose? I researched it but few photos nor much info I could find. Here is an internet photo.

Score!

I bought a one gal ‘miracle on the hudson‘ for $1.50 two years ago. It’s been disease free, pest free and always covered in blooms. My dog Danny loves to lay under it too.