I second The Alnwyck rose. I have two planted in an East facing bed. It blooms at least 4_5 times between May and late October. They are a beautiful pink with just a hint of salmon. The fragrance is out ofvthis world as well. Almost raspberry. Mine have been in the ground for three years now and are 4 ft tall by 3 feet wide. That's a neat height because Austins can be giants in North Texas. I also have Sharifa Asma. I love her fragrance. But I've had her for two years in morning sun and evening shade. She only puts out about three flushes per season. Perhaps she needs to be in the ground one more year before she " leaps". May you pick the best rose for your garden and your life.

By all means, do plant them in your garden now. Make sure you water them in well. Since it is so warm there, I'd provide them with some afternoon shade for about a week. Place a lawn chair over them or buy some shade cloth and rig up some stakes to attach it to. Since it is so warm, keep an eye on the roses so they don't dry out during the next week or two--but don't drown them either. That can kill them as easily as too little water can. You have some beauties there. Good luck! Kate

It's on Peter Schneider's Custom Propagation list. I'd go that route if you can't find it elsewhere and if it looks like something other than Belle Story. I'd look at HelpMeFind to compare--if it's not, you can always buy one.

Austin Please message me your address so I can check with UPS website as to how fast it takes to ship. I hope to send Evelyn rooting tomorrow Thursday Nov. 16, so it will reach you this Sat. Nov. 19. The planting hole enables success more than the size of the plant. In acidic rain climate, I use chunky pelletized lime to break up dense clay at bottom for fast drainage. For less rain climate, folks use acidic gypsum to speed up drainage AT BOTTOM of planting hole. The best potting soil for water-hog English roses is Pro-Mix Moisture (red bag sold at Walmart). MG-moisture control potting soil changes to mostly saw dust, and it breaks down faster than Pro-Mix (mostly peatmoss that can hold water 10 times its weight). For the root level, I use 1 cup of dolomitic lime (Espoma Garden Lime) per 3 gallons of potting soil plus 1 cup of Espoma Tomato Tone NPK 3-4-6. Mix them well while using a face mask to prevent breathing. I once had pneumonia & coughing up blood from breathing in peatmoss. It's recommended to use SOLUBLE fertilizer for the 1st year, but that has zero calcium. That's the logic of mixing in dolomitic lime (Garden lime) into potting soil in high rain months. For less rain months, I mix in 1 cup of acidic gypsum (calcium sulfate) into 3 gallon of potting soil. This is best for no-rain climate with alkaline tap water. NOT good to put a wad of granular fertilizer right smack on the crown, but safe to mix 1 cup of Espoma Tomato Tone with 3 gallons of potting soil (it's diluted by mixing well into soil). Flowering is much better when the soil has POWDER organic fertilizer mixed in advance. The chunky granular fertilizer is NOT safe, but Espoma products (Rose Tone NPK 4:3:2, Tomato Tone NPK 3:4:6) is fine like powder and it's well diluted by mixing in and won't burn roots. I prefer Tomato Tone since it's higher in phosphorus and potassium. NO to mixing in alfalfa meal (too acidic and killed my roses before). Yes to alfalfa tea (2 TBS. soaked overnight with 1 gallon of tap-water, plus 1/2 TBS of sulfate of potash) done 3 times per week. Nitrogen is NOT recommended for winter months, but potassium is still needed for root growth. Root doesn't stop growing unless the temp. is below 50 F. Calcium and potassium help with fast root growth. Phosphorus and trace elements are from mixing in Tomato Tone (that really helps with flowering later on). A box cutter is handy to buy from Walmart. A box cutter can cut off the bottom of big plastic pot to invert that over a rooting to protect it from being eaten by animals. Chipmunks climb up to my pot this April and ate thornless Red Yves seedling to the crown. It took me 10 years before I could root that rose, and the chipmunks destroyed that in a few minutes. Stinky spices (garlic, basil or curry powder) can be mixed with petroleum jelly & smeared on below plastic pot to keep animals from eating small rootings: