I have bought many roses from Linda @ Long Ago Roses( over the last couple of years) on ebay and also her website. She is a pleasure to work with and I am always pleased with the roses I receive. I just spent my birthday money at Longago. The roses came yesterday and are nice plants as usual. My Clementina also came from her last year and is doing great. Here is a link that might be useful: Long Ago Roses

I bought 8 bands from LongAgoRoses in May and June of 2021. The best and strongest scents were from Felicia and Leander. Felicia was wafting musk and old rose. Inhaling Leander was like in heaven, the scent gets stronger in cool fall. I was impressed how Leander blooms lasted 6 days in the vase. Wenlock had better scent than Tradescant, and Wenlock is low thorn. Low-thorn roses like Felicia, Leander, Wenlock, and Nahema don't like my dense clay. These are slow to grow in my sticky & dense black clay, or in potting soil made dense with mix-in alfalfa and lime. These prefer light and fluffy soil. If I had to do it all over again, I would fix both potting soil and dense clay with gypsum to make soil lighter and more fluffy for these low-thorn roses. Nahema's blooms are exquisite, but best for loamy and fluffy soil. Below is Nahema's bloom as 1st-year own-root, the petals are thick like butter frosting on a cake, and the smell is a blend of exquisite rose and fruits, simply WOW. I never see blackspots on Nahema (upper branches are thornless). Nahema gets my vote as the most exquisite blooms with the most addictive and enchanting scent (way better than Evelyn's peachy scent). One bloom of Nahema gives me more enjoyment than any of my 140+ fragrant roses. Below Nahema is stingy but it's worth it. I'm tempted to get it again after it died in my zone 5 winter years ago. A friend nearby has Nahema as own-root for over a decade, so perhaps I need to dig deeper for drainage. I don't see blackspots on below Leander either, but my dense clay isn't best for it. Below blooms of Leander knocked me over with its strong scent, it's musk and old rose, pure heaven. The bush is very low thorn: Below yellow Well-being beats Jude the Obscure in the deliciousness of its scent, like a juicy tropical desert. I got so tired of pinching Well Being's buds off for my zone 5 winter-survival .. I gave up, it ended up with 15+ blooms in its 3rd flush as 1st-year own-root:

Linda is a great source of some uncommon roses. I've ordered from her for several years, both from her website and from eBay. WONDERFUL lady to deal with. Now she's custom rooting some of Kim Rupert's roses I begged (pestered, cajoled...) Kim to send her. I can't wait until next Spring...welllllll, I guess I DO have to wait, lol. It never surprises me when I hear someone is happy with Long Ago Roses. John

Thank you all for comments! I'm super excited about Old Blush and curious about Crepsucule (I'm up for the challenge and think it will be glorious, but trying to manage my expectations). There will be some unknowns with this group, as they are going in containers, but if I keep the numbers down I think I can give them the attention they require.