Yes !! I am debating now . I don’t need 5 roses , I only needed 3 from them . Anyone getting anything?

My order if I decide to get it is

star of the republic

Clotilde Soupert

belindas dream

sweet frances

maybe abe Darby ?

I ordered:

Rose de Rescht

Jasmina

Bolero

Marchessa Boccella

Baronne Henriette de Snoy

Great choices Tina !! I just went for it . I know I’ll love the them but they are probably all gong to be pot pets .

I kinda wanted another bolero but didn’t get one . Maybe I should have lol

ps Tina , brushwood will have fall stock of clematis available too on Monday !! I saved room for two in my budget . Hope they have what I want ! For sure cloudburst.. one more undecided

I just went for it too Lilyfinch LOL. I went back and forth but finally decided to go for it. I am not getting them until April though so I'm pretending I didn't actually order more roses for now LOL.

Last year when I was asking for a good white Bolero got more votes than anyone. I had to wait for a sale but am so glad it is coming!

Was Abe Darby your fifth?

What did you get pippa ?! I hope mine come fast , my goal is to be all finished garden puttering before the baby comes , even if it is 100 degrees now . I don’t care just give me my roses! Haha

yes tina I went with abe!! Even though I swore I wouldn’t try it ever again . It’s a new climate so who knows lol . Always fussed with black spot in to but the blooms are so beautiful. And Lisa has one here and loves it so I’m going on faith this time ! I loved Sweet Frances before , I know she’ll get huge though. Oops

i do have a bolero rose tree !! I have heard the ARE bolero is superior , very cupped and fragrant !!

Still deciding! Their new website is so annoying, but free shipping makes it worth it.

Hmm, anyone remember my Twig Darby, still struggling to attain some size? Guess where that one came from? Diane

Noooooo Diane noooooooo!!! Lol

ugh

Lily, it could be a bummer plant that I have. It totally puzzles me, since most of my roses are huge. My Abe is healthy, blooms quite a bit (they don't last at all), and his canes have gotten a lot stronger, but he is so little--nothing like the photos that are shown on the forum. He is also own root, as I have mentioned before, and I'm convinced that has something to do with it. I'm a "grafted girl"--ha. But good luck with the Abe you have ordered. I'm sure it will grow normally for you. Diane

I usually prefer grafted too Diane , but moving here I thought it was t needed. I couldn’t really find any other plant I wanted from them , so I guess we will see. Now if it is a dud I will know I will never ever try it again , I think I’ve spent over 100$ on Abraham Darby in my life . Oh the shame! Haha

I got Abe too as my fifth plant so we'll see LOL!! It showed that I saved $40on what shipping would have been so basically it was a free rose? My other 4 were 2 Francis Dubreuil...I have one and looooooooooove it so much and its small so I can fit more in I'm sure. Then I got 2 Boleros...I have 1 in the ground that I love and it's also small and easy to fit in, and the 2nd I plan to put in this blue pot I have. It has white cosmos in it now and I like the white in the blue pot but I want a rose in it so I think Bolero will be great for it. But they aren't coming till next spring so technically I'm not a rose addict who just ordered 5 more roses that I didn't really need.

My shipping would have been 45.... I love sales!

Lily and Pippa, I'm going to be watching the progress of your Abe plants. I'm betting they'll be fine. When I read about the $ you saved on rose cost, plus shipping, I cringe. I paid full freight on my little Abe, and paid more for him than a 5 gallon Abe in an Austin pot would have cost at my favorite local nursery, Edwards, where they sell hundreds of roses. But to my dismay, when I went to Edwards early in the season, all the Abes had been sold--at least a dozen plants. Later in the season, I returned, and lo and behold, sitting there were a bunch of Abes. I found out that a woman had come into Edwards and bought all the Abes at one time. Then a little while later she returned most of them. Meanwhile I had ordered my Abe. If I could have given that customer a piece of my mind....grrrr. I'd probably have a seven foot Abe about now if I had an Edwards rose.

The trials and travails of a rose gardener....

Lily, if I could have all the money I've spent on roses that I later dug up and tossed, I could start all over again, and still be ahead moneywise. Don't worry about spending too much on Abe. We all spend too much on our passion. I'm at the point where I spend much more on compost, manure, and fertilizers than plants.

Pippa, I think Bolero will look terrific in your blue pot. That's another rose I want to grow but have no room for. Diane

I’m gonna be watching your Abes also! For as much of a Peachy rose kick I’ve been on, I’ve been leery of him. Read lots of bad press about disease resistance so will be interesting to watch

I don’t c a sale.. is it gone??

R - here is the sale , it’s just free shipping but that is a big savings from them as they hardly ever have sales .

Diane , I know I would throw up if I ever sat down and tallied up the true damage of being a gardener !! But at least we have something to show for it most of the time . My husbands golf habit was way more expensive and what do you get there? Nothing to come home with that’s for sure!

I do hope ABe does well.. I have always wanted him to and had high hopes . Same with Evelyn. I don’t have that yet again but I sure I will this winter order it .

I too would love to see bolero in the blue pot !! I use blues and aqua pots here . They are so complimentary !!

R, and I know free shipping doesn’t seem like much but they are so far from us that their shipping is pretty high. So even tho the roses are an excellent price I don’t order much...until I see free shipping, that is :)

Here, Diane, I have an own root Abe Darby from Heirloom doing well, but I have an own root Evelyn from Heirloom looking pathetic. Grafted Evelyn from DA looks much better. I'm not sure if I got a dud, or if Evelyn is just weak here own root. Most of my plants are own root and this one stands out as the most pathetic.

Me: I'm finally to where I can plant out my pot ghetto before ordering more roses! I'm starting to run out of room!

Also me: Look, more roses!

It's probably good HMF is down this morning, or I'd already have 5 picked out. They won't come until next spring, so it's not like I have to overwinter them.

I'd call us Roseaholics Anonymous, but all we do is enable each other lol!

I justify the amount I spend on my garden by telling my husband not to buy me flowers for occasions, just gift cards to nurseries and online sellers! Plants last, while cut flowers in an arrangement maybe give me a week of enjoyment, even though I also love them!

Yes, Kimberly! And with plants we can cut our own flowers! I was successful with that ploy for a couple of years, but last year he asked if I didn't have enough roses. : (( I guess he's right as he sees what trouble it is for me to plant them, but I just bought them on my own. I'm still debating on this sale as ARE still has a few I really want. It seems I've worked my way through their inventory. It's just a shame they don't have the one I NEED which is Quicksilver. It was easier when one only needed to buy 4, but of course, I normally bought at least 10! Yikes!

That's hilarious and so true, Lilyfinch! One pair could pay for all my roses for the year. Plus, selling your old house recouped everything you ever spent and then some, so now it's as if you never spent that money and are starting anew. I'm sure the garden also helped sell your house so quickly, so there's that justification, as well! : ))

Hear, hear, Vapor. You are so right about Lily's garden enhancing their sale of the house. We had our house reappraised recently, and as the appraiser walked up the sidewalk, his first comment was "beautiful", referring to the roses, particularly Julia Child who was maxing out at the time. Of course, the poor man could barely make it up the sidewalk as the two Julias tried to grab and devour him.

Sheila, it's my personal opinion (a hunch, probably) that Evelyn needs to be grafted. This is after growing six of E this past 15 years. Grafted, she is quite vigorous. I'm glad your Abe is doing well. I really can't figure out mine. My two monster Julias are grafted, and after 14 years are going strong. The own root Julia, in ideal conditions, is a good size, but number and quality of her blooms can't compare to the grafted Julias. Diane