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Is anybody finding bareroots in central Texas in stores yet?

2 months ago

I am expecting they should come in in the next week or so, but haven't found any yet.

(Last year my local WalMart got a huge selection in from Certified, but they kept them inside behind barriers until some renovations to the store were completed. By the time they made them accessible in the outside gardening area, they all had ridicuoulsy leggy stems and were promptly hit by a freeze. If they try again, I hope they will have a more intelligent individual minding their stock, but I'm not optimistic.)

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BenT (9B Sunset 14)

2 months ago

last modified: 2 months ago

A friend in the DFW area told me HEB has a good selection of bare root body bags already! Hope you find some nice ones. Looks like they might be Certified Roses, the guy is holding Scentuous.

Someone else has mentioned Sam’s Club has them , too.

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Austin
2 months ago
Philipatx, since moving to Austin in Dec 2021, I have seen very few roses for sale beyond flower carpet or the dreaded Knock Outs—- I had 87 roses in an English city garden in Dallas—-The roses I did see at Lowes were not varieties any of us are partial to owning, and even these offers were sparse. I haunted all the known nurseries last year including the big box stores for plants.

Lowes did have the best selection and price for the Proven Winners annuals, perennials, etc. My go-to hybridizer. The Great Outdoors were next for PW’s but they buy from a sourse that buys from Proven then grows them for the spring season… I found this not as acceptable. This is all only my experiences in my first year of trying to grow a garden here, others may know better. You may know better🤗
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Austin
2 months ago
Gotta love HEB😎
librarian_gardner_8b_pnw
2 months ago
Wow, Scentuous in a body bag? If only our local bare roots were like that! We're a couple away, I think.
kidhorn2
2 months ago
Do Texans really plant roses in the middle of January? I'm glad I don't have that. I'm happy to have a several month break from gardening.
Sunny Mississippi 8a
2 months ago
In Mississippi here, have seen them at Walmart and Sam's Club but not at Lowe's yet. I've been checking almost daily.
philipatx
Original Author
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
Our local HEB has them in now! And yes, they had *one* Scentuous. (Not the best looking thing, but hey...) Also had Black Magic and Della Reese among all the usual suspects... Just the fix I needed. ;-) Love seeing the Tantau roses available now through Certified.

(It always bugged me that body bag roses usually come in the same fussy teas from c. the 1970's... There are tons of expired patents that should open up the potential for improved offerings.)
philipatx
Original Author
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
Walmart (Certified Roses) and Lowes (PanAmerican) both have them as well. (Walmart's were *huge*, at just under $10, and make me consider returning one of my pathetic HEB purchases.)

What can anybody tell me of the reputation of PanAmerican? (Are they actually shipping roses out of British Columbia to us in TX??)

Lowes' (PanAm produced) roses were a bit more costly -- probably largely the cost of the plastic boxes they use in lieu of the usual bags. They had so much wax on them I wasn't sure if they were intended for planting or using as Tiki torches.

Lowes did however have a somewhat broader offering than WalMart. (Certified is TX-based, so perhaps they don't feel the need to encase their bare roots in wax to the same extent. Can't help but think that would cause stems to stew in our hot TX sun.)

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