Congrats on your DA roses!! I am like you, just received my 1st DA order. I had to leave them in the box they came in for a few days....I just made sure they were wet (I sprinkled water on them) and just made sure the bag was sealed up. I probably left them in there for 2-3 days and they were perfectly fine. They were in my garage, and I probably could have left them in there a few more days as long as they are kept moist and the bag closed up...They are in the ground now and all of them have little "sprouts" (I don't know what you call it) popping out of them. Sounds like you got a great bunch. Mine were: Teasing Georgia, Gertrude Jekyll, Queen of Sweden, Evelyn, Charlotte, Benjamin Britten, Golden Celebration and Alnwick Castle. Good luck with yours....you got some goodies. Michelle

Thank you to all the kind respondents to this thread! After quite the ordeal, and several changes of heart and mind, I have finalized my rose list and placed my orders. I ended up ordering more than I originally planned, since I had to remove ALL my roses in front of my house due to rose rosette disease. I will be starting fresh, replacing the soil completely. The finalists, for those who care or may be interested, are ... From Rogue Valley Roses:- Zephirine Drouhin (replacing my beloved) Kathleen Harrop (how could I resist Zephy's sport?) Duchesse de Rohan (Tolkien fan here) Snowbird Yesterday (my free rose) From Heirloom Roses: Braveheart (thanks for the suggestion, Kate!) From Burlington Roses: Marshmallow Fluff From Roses of Yesterday and Today: Felicite Parmentier From High Country Roses: Boule De Neige Alfred Colomb From David Austin: Darcey Bussell Princess Alexandra of Kent Olivia Rose Austin Queen of Sweden Redoute The Alnwick Rose The DA roses are grafted bare roots, all others are own-root. So excited!!

I don't know enough to say which is better, but 4 of the 5 DA I had died last winter, i live in Houston and did not protect them. They were all grafted, but they were not doing well to begin with which I think was more to do with location. They got way more shade than I anticipated. Wanted to try an own root in a different bed that gets a lot of sun...

Ann your garden is lovely in every way. I love love your iceberg roses and the lavender. I can’t grow lavender here because of our dense clay but I really love it. Iceberg is one of my favorite white roses also, I grow a couple ven tho they require spraying here because they are so lovely and bright white. Your princess Anne seems to be very happy and I also hope it becomes a star in your garden. Would you be willing to share more pictures of your Bolero? That is a rose I have been meaning to try and have never gotten the opportunity. The thrips really damage my light colored roses here, but they are still my favorite. The magenta rose in the background of Princess Anne is Super Excelsa rambling rose, I got it from Heirloom roses. I grow it with Super Dorothy over a small fence to hide a car trailer my hubby has there. They are both supposed to rebloom, but after 3 years they only give some sporadic blossoms here and there after the main flush. I would consider them once bloomers unless they change with maturity. On this bottom picture you can see the super Dorothy is lighter. This year they both bloomed darker for some reason if you have space for a climber in this color range I would recommend my Raspberry cream twirl. I feel pushing it lol but it really has been great here. You probably have seen my big ones on the arbor, but this one is a band from this year and already blooming. It makes long thornless stems that work great for arrangements. Picture from my mature plant that shows the color out of the sun. Some blooms have a lot of white like these while others are almost all magenta/red and they age with a lavender cast like princess Anne.