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Body Bags In at Walmart

last year

They looked pretty good, nice and green. Very light to nonexistent wax coating. I bought Peace, and two Marc Chagalls. I spent a good bit of money on a Marc Chagall plant that has not done well. Hoping for better results from a Walmart body bag!! Well, some of my biggest plants were body bag roses. They also had Moonlight in Paris and Maurice Utrillo. I have a Maurice in the ground which has bloomed very well and grown well. Seems healthy. Moonlight in Paris also has good health. vigor and repeat. They had some old standards such as Heirloom, Cl. America, Broadway , Europeana. Oh, also Lavender Crush. I saw some bareroots at a big hardware store that looked thickly crusted with wax and they looked very grey.. actually they looked dead already.

I've got my body bag plants soaking right now and will plant tomorrow. Roots on one Marc Chagall were especially good. The other two a bit iffy but I think they could do ok. I save the wrappers and receipts in case they're misidentified.

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catspa_zone9sunset14
last year
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I always take a look! Haven't hit the Walmart yet, but did cruise by Home Depot last week. They had a 'Frances Meilland' that didn't look bad, and a lot of 'Therese Bugnet' (loved that rose in Massachusetts -- nothing fazed it). The body-bag, grade 1 1/2 'Just Joey' I bought for something like $3.00 from the old Orchard Supply Hardware (sadly killed off after being acquired by Lowes) was spectacular for at least a dozen years until it suddenly died:
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ingrid_vc zone 10 San Diego County
last year
catspa, that is so pretty! Big store body bags can often be quite good as long as they look as though they haven't had to sit around too long. It's amazing how badly roses want to live given even half a chance.
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Wow! I had a feeling I should have gotten a couple more of those - now I know it! One thing I like about these is that they dont have wax on the canes. I looked at them a bit ago and am already seeing little leaves start to come out. I saw some potted type body bags at Sam's yesterday - they had that wax on the canes, so thinking these at Walmart are going to be pretty good roses. Thanks for the comment on Royal America - will definitely go get more!
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erasmus_gw
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11 months ago
It turned out that all three of my body bag plants were correctly named! Two are really growing beautifully and the other one is doing fairly well. I forgot to save the bags but I'm thinking they were from Certified Roses. The varieties offered, the lack of wax on the canes, the correct ID's, and the health of them all say good things about their bagged roses.
Reb Z6-KS
11 months ago
I got a Sally Holmes body bag at Menards for 7 bucks that is doing just as well as the $30 one I had preordered.

I also got 2 roses that were from my surprise cancelled order from DA, Roserie de L'Hay and Zepherine Drouhin, from Home Depot, $14 each, that grew so fast when I got them in the ground it seems unreal. I like their new version of body bags, the tall plastic pot with a lid. They were waxed, but it doesn't seem to have hindered them in any way.
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
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I got a cheap body bag of Sally Holmes that is grafted and has already taken off and bloomed. Before that I got an tiny own root SH from Country Gardens. Which has done nothing. If you can find good body bags that look healthy. Go for it! I also got body bags of Blue Girl and Don Juan this spring that are doing well. I'm mad I couldnt find Lavender Crush at our crappy Walmarts lol. I would prob grab 4 if I did.
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