Luanne as always your pictures make me smile and your captions make me laugh. You haven't dulled at all during the summer months that I haven't been able to get here. If nothing else you have improved with age. I love your rose pictures. I especially love Clemantina against the wall, delightful color contrasts. Jean is gorgeous too but as always my heart flips for the pinks. Valerie

I'm not sure if RVR does that, but I think HCR does. RVR offers a waiting list rather than a wishlist -- with a fee charged when the rose becomes available and you purchase one they hold for you. Basically, it's a step above a wishlist, putting you ahead of anyone else trying to order when the rose you want becomes available. After all those on the waiting list are satisfied, any extras are then posted as "available" on the RVR site. :-) ~Christopher

Just to close out the story here -- So I had originally ordered the Eden as a gift for my friend. As you know, my AL turned out to be Eden. So we moved Eden to her new home on Saturday. And the Augusta Luise replacements (less than grade #1) arrived on Friday, so those got planted on Saturday. One in my yard, and one in my friend's yard. I have another AL coming in fall from FReedom Gardens. But I trimmed all the Eden blooms & buds off the rose before digging it up, and here is the glorious picture. If it was scented, if I had room for another climber...I might have kept her! But that spot was created (literally -- had to build a rock retaining wall to fit in another rose there!) for Augusta Luise. p.s. Diane, Colette already has many buds. I'm so excited to see what she's like!

Below is the most recent update from Palatine Facebook page, looks like they might have some Austins roses as well: "For you rose enthusiast you can also know that our website is up to date. All the roses that are available are now listed. We did not produce any Austin roses. However! We are considering adding the following: Boscobel Crown Princess Margareta James Galway Lichfield Angel Munstead Wood These roses are produced by J.C. Bakker & Sons in St. Catharines, ON. They produce their roses on multiflora and are strictly a wholesaler. Once we have received their Austin plants and graded them we will add them to our regular website. We anticipate that they will be added in the new year."