Lilyfynch .. where you pruning hard ... I don’t play games with my Kordes I keep them together as they love to shoot up octupus cams believe or not after pruning jardin all kolorscape for 4 years it finally has calm its self down but majority is because the way I prune . Lol

Welcome back BenT. haha

Cori Ann's repeating hedge of SR, MA, and something else I can't recall off the top of my head was pretty stunning. If only I had more room to play without using pots, I'd give SR and Dark Desire a try, but as is, I'll just have to enjoy the pictures.

Maria from Regan's called yesterday, my order is ready! It was the first time in a long time I actually answered the phone vs letting it go to vm, these days I just assume any incoming call is a spoofed spam call and don't answer.

No Kenneth I wasn’t . It was a new initro here and I didn’t know much about kordes then . Give it a try then !!

I am . It reminds me of kiss me kate in a way

I pprune that one hard and I'm going to do it more this year after its first flush. I recall Cori Ann did so as well. I think the other rose in her hedge was 1st Crush.

Lilyfinch, i was actually inspired to get earth angel from earlier photos you had posted and how you raved about her. I have been reading alot on this forum before actually joining so thank you for that.

Im glad people think my choices are good ones, i really just got into rose two years ago, and its true all budgets and logic go out the window 🤑

Just heard from Northland Rosarium and Boscobel is switched out for Cinco de Mayo.

Also I got a message from High country and Bliss is on its way

It's getting real out there.

How really Kristine im not into cinco de mayo whatsoever im shocked . Boscobel is a beauty uff .i could never

I will enjoy seeing your Boscobel but was afraid that it might be too pink for what I wanted

I think that the rusty color with yellow and purple would look cool

Maybe you will be surprised by how it looks

I never in a million years thought that I would plant Distant Drums or Cinco de Mayo . I guess you never know how your tastes will change

I got CdM in a Rainbow of Roses a couple of years ago along with Violet's Pride. I planted them together in my front area and get so many complements on them. It's a great rose for a public space as it's always in bloom and well-behaved. I ordered an own-root from HCR last year and this set the colour tone for that entire bed. It's so changeable, blending with Cornelia and Felicia and hopefully with Reine des Violettes and Quicksilver. Some folks just don't care for singles and semi-doubles, but I think they're the perfect foil to the lush beauties we see pictured so often, much like a Trou Normand cleanses the palate in the middle of a heavy meal! : ))

I guess cinco de Mayo is cute maybe when I have more room

Kenneth, I can see that you are easily swayed. Wait until you see my pictures lol You may want one too

That's hilarious!!! It's all about having the right rose in the right place! Kenneth, do you have more swimming pools to remove to give you more space? LOL! I think you could deepen your front beds.

I think I am color obssesed . Growing up for 10 years I was in such a dark place all that color makes me happy I wish y’all can see me in the mornings when I wake up to see blooms how I scream . My neighbor came over once like your okay . Im like girl yes these blooms give me lifeeeeeee .

I love your enthusiasm!

Wait until y’all see y’all my YouTube videos lol

Any up yet?

Now imma start with unboxing of roses lol I love those too

I picked up my Regan’s order today, has anyone noticed a difference between roses that have had their roots significantly trimmed, and ones that aren’t? I didn’t take my phone out with me to put them in water, but I’ll snap/post a picture of St. Tropez tomorrow, it hardly has any left.

@bent posted about this saying they looked like they were getting ready to be put on pea pots

St. Tropez went in asking for split ends to be removed and walked out looking like G.I. Jane. I hope it’s not as bad as I remember in the morning when I go back out. The others were snipped, but not nearly as bad.

Like this ??? 🤣🤣

Like the little thick one, but I didn’t pay $10 for it. **That’s what I’m remembering, but I was trying to get them quickly into water so I could get back into the house to make dinner.

My st tropez had bigger roots then this . Oh my

I noticed that about mine too but canes were big. Mine are recently planted and are just starting to leaf out. I would think that if they are well grown and they start making feeder roots......they will be ok. Julie Andrews came in after my initial order - it was a rather small rose but hoping with good care it will do well.

Just when I thought it was safe to go into a nursery and not come out with a rose.........I took a road trip with a gardening friend today to get our early spring plant fix. First little nursery we came to [small but one of our favorites] I spot roses! I was shocked to see Camille Pissaro - $14. Of course it came home with me! Along with a tulip tree and some cinnamon basil. We hit a few more small nurseries.......saw a dolphin birdbath that I will probably go back and get when I find a good spot for it [a good spot would be in the back of my truck!!] Got a few pretty annuals - alyssum, cuphea, perennial verbena, 'Starry Night' trailing petunias. This will have to stay in the greenhouse as we are due 29 degrees this week. It was nearly 70 today......Texas weather. But spring is on the way!

Alameda I literally laughed at loud “ a good spot would be in the back of my truck !! I don’t blame you I don’t double think stuff I snatch and keep it going

Judith grab that birdbath! I used to drive my hubby nits with my birdbath obsession . No one is not enough and 6 isn’t either ( varying sizes of course!) . I really scaled it back here . I only have 2 large and two small ones up. A dolphin birdbath would be such a great find! My favorite is my swan birdbath and it came home with me from Chattanooga to Nashville. Hubby complained about the drop in gas mileage the whole way 😂

kenneth I have a cart at high country roses calling my name . I know I don’t need them . But I want them ! Gloire Dijon , plum perfect , Ghislane and another bliss . Gosh they have so many roses !!

Lily, if I'd had room for the birdbath I would have gotten it.......I had that big tulip tree and other stuff - but this is cause for another road trip which will take place on Friday! I pick my grandson up Friday in Tyler to have him for the weekend and my friend is going with me - we are leaving early as I dont pick him up til 6pm . All these things are on the way. We are going to Canton flea market where they have chickens and hopefully the rose guy will have some this time [$10 a pop], and back to this nursery to get the birdbath, Hand Nursery in Tyler if its open, AND - ta da!! - going to see the new Chamblees! I am so excited to see it and I plan to get Princess Charlene of Monaco, another Easy Does It and Koko Loco and whatever else strikes my fancy. I will leave enough room to fit in my grandson Aaron in the back seat...........

You will LOVE Plum Perfect!!! It is the most gorgeous color, I have several, and it is amazingly healthy and bushy. Color similar to Angel Face but healthy. I would have a whole bed of these if I didnt have so many others to plant. High Country has so many nice roses! I would love to try Ghislaine....oh and you are wrong - you DO need them!!! Fine line between want and need......the line blurs......want becomes need!

I wish Regan had not snipped the roots so severely , as if they were going to stick it into a peat pot aNd sell it to a Californian for $60. I remember in previous years the roots were intact.

Im so excited yesterday morning I got my Witherspoon shipped confirmation let the kids begin pouring in

I don’t understand why they hacked so much off, were they aiming to put it in a 1gal pot? If it wasn’t a 2hr round trip, I’d go back for a replacement, on the upside, I won’t need a shovel to plant it. 🙄

You know how you feel so good when you discover a place for a new rose?

So excited to plant Bliss in the space with Munstead, Olivia and Desdamona.

I was going to plant Marc Chigall in that spot but I think that Bliss will look better. I think that Marc will be pot boy for now, along with his pal Maurice Utillo.

I have called and emailed regans and no answer to tell them to cancel my st tropez uggh

Why are you canceling?

I have two I found as body bag !

So I got my Witherspoon and idk munstead wood looks so puny and weak with barely any roots all yanked off and then colette has two canes and one is good and the other one is developing die back so I will have to prune back . Thoughts ?

Whether I kept those or refunded them, I’d be disappointed in them. Colette with 2 canes is definitely not #1 grade, as Witherspoon advertises. MW might be barely #1 but both canes and roots are not impressive. I might keep them anyway, after all even small bands have grown to great roses, but write them anyway and see what they say.

Dont know what you paid but David Austin to me gives the best value for its roses. You could have gotten a MW for them and it would have been much bigger. As for Collette.......I just potted my 11 roses from Edmunds today - my 2 climbers Tropical Lightening and Lady in Red make your Collette look like a mini rose. I would not be pleased. But send them a photo and ask - squeaky wheel get greased and the rose companies I have dealt with want happy customers.

Poor munstead wood ... looking like a band from heirloom

I haven't played around with planting any bare roots yet, only bands that i grow in pots for a while before planting. Bare roots make me nervous for some reason as do grafted roses but im sure i would get gratifying results much sooner.

My austins were purchased in containers from local nurseries.

On the flipside i can squeeze more of the small ones in for now....i better buy a house soon.🤯

Some of my kids have arrived and there in the spa.

I’ve been away from the forum for a few weeks, just popped in to see what’s up, and lo and behold, Kenneth’s thread is still at the top and going strong! This is such a great, fun thread.

I got an email from Regan that my order is delayed (indeed, they were originally supposed to ship mid-February). Other people getting that too?

Omg suzanne me too ... this dreadful email . She’s delaying my progress ...

NO! Kenneth she's just giving you some time to plant all those other beauties 😁

Lol 🤣🤣 oh I’ll get these in by mid day Sunday and be bored . I got my hole already lol

I have a dozen on order. Nine from Palatine as the multiflora rootstock loves my acidic clay soil. I just dug up a Tiffany on multiflora and rootstock was three inches in diameter! I moved it to the front yard about five feet from the sidewalk so everyone can smell it as they walk by my house. Three David Austins via the local rose society at just $20 each!

Just a heads up if yiu guys got Frandis Meilland from Edmunds check your rose thorougly mine has symptons of Rose Gal .. it has abnormal growth in the roots like warts . And Nick had the same issue with the same rose now i have to replace from another source because i refuse to keep playing games

JHC... Clearly they have an issue with their supplier if mine wasn't an isolated issue.

Lowe's has 2 gallon Lady X, loaded with buds for 15$