Carla! You're back! We missed you!

Hi Carla - nice to hear from you. My orders are:
Camille Pisarro
Henri Matisse
Candy Land Climber
Musicale Buck rose
Spanish Rhapsody Buck rose
2-Heirloom
2-Lilliam Austins
2-Oshun
2-Dragon's Blood
2-Jerri Jennings
2-Excellenz von Schubert
2-Lady Emma Hamilton
The Imposter
Day Breaker
Rainbow Sorbet
Christopher Marlow Austin
Bonanza
2-Moore's Striped Rugosa
Bucred Buck rose
Gentle Persuasion Buck

Whew! I've got a lot of digging ahead of me. I can't wait to play in the dirt again. It's been such a long winter.
-terry

Carla:

While you were gone I ordered several mini's from Sequoia and this weekend I ordered Gruss an Aachen, Marie Pavie and Reomer's Hip Happy. I'm very excited about those.

I will be looking forward to seeing how Jeri Jennings does for you. I love the color.

Kate

Kate, I remember well you are getting some great roses from Sequoia, I'm going to miss that nursery.
Terryjean, what a fabulous list you have. I hope my Lady Emma will do well this year. I have Camille Pisarro but have only seen one bloom and it took my breath away.

Carla

Orders? Geez... most of mine have already come and are potted up. However, there are a few stragglers, and the new ones I've placed. OMG! I wish winter would go away. I am so bored being cooped up in the house with rain, snow and winds off and on outside. I want to see roses. So in my boredom, I order more. I have no more room. What is wrong with me? I'm insane!

Ok, here's what's still not here:

Rosemania:
ROCK & ROLL
SHOCKWAVE
JACOBS ROBE CL

Edmunds:
ADOLPH HORSTMANN (replacement)
ALL AMERICAN MAGIC
REMEMBER ME (replacement)
COFFEE BEAN mini

Mission Hills Nursery:
BLACK MAGIC
ETERNAL FLAME
LOUISE HAY

J&P:
ENCHANTED EVENING (backorder)

Hortico:
ALOHA (Kordes florist rose)
AMBIENTE (backorder-might not come)
BONANZA
FORTUNA
HELLO DOLLY (backorder-might not come)
HANS ERNI (ditto)
HOME OF TIME
SCENTED WHISPER
S.E.A. OF LOVE
SHANTY
SULTANE
SUN CITY (ditto)
TABRIZ

I might place a couple of mini rose orders later this season, but for now this is it!! Oh wait... I do have a pending order at Vintage Gardens, however nothing is confirmed til March, so I won't count that one yet!

My name is Beth, and I am a Roseaholic!

Beth, one of the main reasons I'm not ordering more is the RRD I found last year. I found some on Champney's Pink Cluster in fall and had to cut Mons. Tillier to the ground. I'm being cautious for now.
Housework, forget it. I would rather do anything than housework. I don't mind cleaning, it's the picking up I detest.
Beth, do you grow Basye's Purple? If so, how has it done for you?

Carla

Carla - what a bummer about Camille only blooming once. How long have you had her? I hope she's not that stingy. I know it will take a couple of years to see anything of any size.

Beth - remember I live in the land of the frozen north. I'm so longing for spring. I've cleaned and recleaned cabinets and closets so many times that I've lost count. I even went through an old cedar chest last week. There's nothing left to do inside. The cats are even hiding because they think they might be next and a bath might be in their future. You're lucky you can pot stuff up...I won't see any roses until April. I hope I survive two more months.
-terry

Terry:

I had to laugh at your post. This weekend I made my poor husband help me re arrange all the furniture in the house and do some spring cleaning. He protested that it is NOT spring yet but still the cabin fever made me want to do something. So I can certainly relate.

Beth it sounds like you have some great roses there. I would love to try Black Magic. Once again your list of roses makes the rest of us look incredibly controlled:) I told my husband this morning that all this weather makes winter seem so much longer because you really cannot get outside. However the precipitation is welcomed so that keeps me from whining too much about it.

Kate

Remember: I have NOMOREROOM! OK? Got that?

So here's the list:
Lady Bren
Nostalgia
Yantai
Canadian White Star (yeah I did it anyway)
Hollywood Star
Strawberry Romance
Pope John Paul II
Snow Ruby
Tattooed Lady
X Rated
Red Intuition
Rainforest
and mgleason has a Fire 'n' Ice he very generously and kindly rooted and baby sat over the winter for me too.

Of course there's going to be an annual (and last now unfortunately) trip to Great Lakes and you know I won't come home empty handed!

They're coming to take me away (ha ha, hee hee) any day now.

Beth, you can't have ordered that much. I thought you already had nearly every rose there was! So what did you already pot up? Enquiring minds want to know what lovelies will get to see this season.

Carla, that must be a bummer getting RRD. I'm so glad we don't get that here. No I don't have BAYSE'S PURPLE.

Terry, I spend most of my spare time on the computer so I don't have to clean house. OMG.... It's horrible. I feel like I've done a lot if I just get dinner and do dishes. LOL

Kate, I am out of control. I swear next yr I can't order ANY roses whatsoever.... (yeah right)

Seil, you think that list above is bad.... the ones I've already potted up number around 50. Yikes! And I would list 'em, but I don't wanna highjack Carla's thread. I think I've done enough damage already!! LOL

Guess I might as well join the fray and make a confession....I have ordered way more than I should. If it wasnt winter, I would be out digging in the dirt instead of online ordering roses.......Here are a few I have coming......
Norwich Castle
Crimson Bouquet
Bouquet Parfait
Fragrant Lavender Simplicity
Cressida
Mme. Creux
Anne Watkins
Anne Harkness
Royal Lavender
Secret Garden Noisette
Souvenir d'un Ami
Fragrant Apricot
Royal Wedding
Papi Delbard
Cafe
Camisole
Nicole Mioulane
Will Henry
Apricot Queen
Apricot Candy
Apricot Nectar
Peter Mayle
California Dreamin'
Polka
Good Golly
Shocking Blue
Big Purple
Others......also Gravin Michel d'Ursel, Grandmom Schmidt, Leys Perpetual, Rivers George IV, Chartreuse de Parme, Mme. Bovary, Sorority Tea, Floral Fairy Tale, Perennial Blue, Daybreak, Chromatella, Queen Mab, Noella Nabonnard, Mme. Charles, Apricot Vigorosa. Then theres the David Austin, Rogue Valley and Sequoia order.......My addiction is out of control.....luckily, I have a place to plant them!
Judith

Judith, I hope you like your Peter Mayle as much as I love mine. I'm growing Chatreuse de Parme, slow going. I've always admired Cressida. You have a great list.

Carla

Well..... I'm glad to see I'm not the ONLY one out of control!! LOL Can't wait to see everybody's new blooms come spring!

I have most of my roses ordered, though as Seil said, I also have no more room!

Palatine
Osiria
Paradise
Yorkshire Bank
South Africa

WI Roses
Silverado
Royal Ascot
European Touch
Deidre Hall
Spirit of Peace

Roses Unlimited
Commanche
Lanvin
Mint Julep
Tipu's Flame

CA Rare Rose Society
Tan Cho
Pink Lemonade

Sequoia
Eldorado
Anvil Sparks
Zulu Queen
Vesuvius
Rome Glory

Regan's
Gypsy Carnival
Purple Tiger
Crystalline

I need to buy more land, not roses!

MIKE!! How do you order from CA Rare Rose Society?? I've been trying to find PINK LEMONADE for many many yrs! Lucky you!

mgleason, They told me they're out of Zulu Queen last month! Lucky Guy!

Here's my incoming:

DA:
Wm. Shakespeare 2000
Queen of Sweden
Carding Mill
Grace
Alnwick Castle

Vintage:
Mme. Legras de St. Germain
Minuette
Rose Edouard
Variegata di Bologna
Mrs. Herbert Stevens
Windsor Tea
Gilbert Nabonnand
Souvenir de Therese Levet

Nor'East:
Always a Lady
Amy Grant
Constellation
Dancing Flame
Irresistible
Leading Lady
Love Ya Dad
Old Fashioned Girl
Overnight Scentsation
Pacesetter
Pacific Serenade
Quiet Time
Sequoia Gold
Solar Flair
Sorcerer
Sweet Sue
Ultimate Pleasure
Vista
Whoopi
Snowfall
Sleeping Beauty

Oh my goodness, I don't feel as bad now. I'm small time compared with you guys. You all have amazing orders coming! Can't wait to see your pics this year. :o) I had a big Sequoia order and ordered only two from Rogue Valley Roses. I got a lot of minis to try this year. The thing is....we have a spectacular Rose Nursery less than a mile from my house. A lot of my roses have come from there. Check out what I can buy this close to home. No shipping! With an incredible sale the month of Feb. If you buy four or more they are even more on sale. I have to show some amazing willpower a week from now....

I've gotten a lot of different-odd roses and OGR's lately, so I'm ready for some classics and newer great ones. The first few I would like to get from Raft Island are Chicago Peace, Pink Peace, Honey Dijon, Pope John Paul II, Paul's Himalayan Musk, and a couple of crimson Austins not sure which ones yet. My daughter wants Jude the Obscure for Valentine's Day. Isn't that sweet. She just loves the pics of it. I love all types of roses. Beth, they also have your Kaleidoscope. You have enabled me yet again!

Here is a link that might be useful: Raft Island Roses

You people that have NOMOREROOM sure are practicing restraint, LOL.
Adrienne, don't you love the folks at Rogue Valley? One of my orders is coming from there.

Carla

I'm another one glad to have our Carla back! And another one with NO MORE ROOM!
Still...

From Vintage:
Break o'Day
Andrewsii

From Great Lakes Roses:
Belle des Jardins
Alika
Russelliana
William Booth
Outta the Blue
Prairie Flower
Mavoreen
Silver Shadows
Sweet Fragrance
Lavender Jewel
Graham Thomas (my second one - the other came direct from D.Austin Roses)

And I really and truly will NOT be expanding. Really. I'm promising myself. These will have to go where a rose has died over winter, or where I have decided to remove one of my less-liked roses, or in a pot until a suitable spot opens up.

And I'm having a very hard time staying away from the rose nurseries bookmarked in My Favorites. I would love to order more; good thing the budget is tight this year - that helps me put the brakes on (!?!) I still need to remember I have to budget for things like mulch, fertilizer and such, too. Sigh* Anyone else's ears perk up at the news of that check Bush is talking about - after all, he DOES want us to SPEND it, LOL. (Just kidding...sort of.)

Anne

These are roses I ordered
Earthsong
Cameo
Perfume
Honeysweet
Rosa Mundi
Magic Carousel
Wistful
Enchanted
Autumn
Scentimenatal
and reordered "Distant Drums" which I lost
I love roses,I just hope I have energy and strength to dig all those holes.

I have to seriously walk away from this thread. It's very dangerous!!

The short list:

2 Mystic Beauty
2 Borderer

Of course when I go to pick these up from Roses Unlimited....well, lets say the Unlimited always takes on new meaning when I stop in RU.

Didn't "order" anything as I have 100+ roses in pots getting ready to move. I've lost a few, thankfully not that many out of about 150. I'll have to go over the tags to see what I want to replace & what I don't.

I got an email from Roses Unlimited saying shipping for my roses would be April... I was stunned that Pat remembered! Last year I was looking for a rose to buy in my dad's memory (ended up with Daddy's girls) and saw Pure Poetry offered. I wanted 3 or 4 of them as I lost mine the last time we were selling the house. I can't speak highly enough about Pat. One of these years I'm going to go down there to meet her.

I know I've lost another rose (Sunfire) that makes me very sick as it is not around any more. I've sent Pat cuttings a few years ago, they didn't take. When we dug the bush out, I was going to send her cuttings but had so much going on that it didn't happen.

LOL, I had the pleasure of seeing Ronda "fill" her car last year. Who ya kidding Ronda? Sue, Pat is such a lady and I love to visit her garden.

Carla

I just ordered from Vintage Gardens:

Qty. Item Name Item Class Code Description Price
1 Mme. Creux (Kaiserin Freidrich) T Band $15.50
1 "Viscountess of Kern" HT Band $12.50
1 Comtesse de Cassagne HT Band $12.50
1 Entente Cordiale HT Gallon $18.50
1 Golden Julia HT Band $12.50
1 Mme. Butterfly VID HT Alternate Band $0.00
1 Marie van Houtte T Alternate Band $0.00

My little order seems so modest compared with yours, but like so many of you, I am OUT OF ROOM!

Oh man, nwroselady... I thought about ordering ENTENTE CORDIALE. You think it's gonna look as good as their pic?

I thought I had no more room but it's all relative.

Recently bought or on order:

Lavender Simplicity,
Glamis Castle
Bishop's Castle
Sister Elizabeth
Harlow Carr
Carding Mill
Autumn Damask
Secret Garden Noisette
Miss Atwood
Natchitoches Noisette
Lavender Dream
Mrs. Wood's Lavender Pink Noisette
Wild Blue Yonder

That's all I can remember now... there are more..

Ingrid

Ingrid, you have some on order I would like to have: Glamis Castle, Mrs. Wood's, Carding Mill. That is a super list.

Carla

Ok ok....I practiced some restraint....but I am going back to RU for the open house....I'm sure you will see me fill it again Carla!! lol

This trip:

2 Mystic Beauty
2 Borderer (Tommy promptly claimed one of these)

Amadeus climber (pick up at open house)
Rhonda climber (custom root for spring 2009)

Faith Whittelsey--white tea similar to Duchess de Brabant
Clementina Carboneri
France Info

I am also in the NOMOREROOM category....hehe!

Ronda

From Vintage Gardens:

Madame Pierre Euler, sport parent of September Morn

Susan Hampshire, ht

Purple Beauty, extremely fragrant nearly purple ht

Comtesse de Barbantane, bourbon

Madame Francois Pittet, white bourbon

Madame Pierre Oger, bourbon

Aennchen von Tharau, alba

Rosa Moschata-Temple Musk

Vicks Caprice, hybrid perpetual

There could be some more in a second order.

Lance

I have had Borderer for two seasons and I really like it.

I ordered from Vintage:

Sunshine (polyantha)
Etoile de Mai (polyantha)
Mme. Cornelissen (Bourbon)
Souv. de Mme. Auguste Charles (Bourbon)

and I have a larger order from Ashdown, all of which I can't remember right now, but includes

Floral Fairy Tale
Himmelsauge
Alain Blanchard
Antonia d'Ormois (not sure if spelled right)
Hippolyte
Ombree Parfait
Marie d'Orleans
Anna Scharsach
Malvern Hills
Benjamin Britten
Burnet Irish Marbled

Ashdown had just an unbelievable deal on their website around Christmas and I could not resist.

At my old house I had several Gallicas grafted from Pickering and I felt so pleased that they did not sucker, but it seems I have fallen from wisdom and my house will be overrun by out of control own root Gallicas.

I am so easy, just e-mailed about ordering Borderer!
Patrick, I'm still waiting on Comtesse Cecile de Chabrillant to bloom and grow! This should be the year.

Carla

Carla, I know the feeling. It's remarkable how long it takes some roses to decide whether to grow or die.

Patrick, you will like Sunshine. Mine that I got from Vintage in December has a bloom - tiny, light apricot with a little red on outer petals opens to light apricot. Charming!!
Judith

Oh, I didn't see Sunshine on his order. I have Sunshine too but alas, it was a band when I got it. I'll be an old woman when my bands mature!
Judith, do you have pictures of Sunshine?

Carla

Hi, Carla! Are you coming to Ashdown's Mothers Day Festival this year? I go every year since I am only 25 minutes away, yippee!

I have tried to resist buying roses in the past few years unless they are on my Wish List...or unless Ashdown is having a really great sale. My DH gave me a gift certificate for Christmas and I have ordered:

Bright Ideas (love stripes)
Brothers Grimm aka Gebruder Grimm
Benjamin Britten
Anna de Diesbach
Ards Rover
Heinrich Schultheis

None of these were on my wish list! LOL! Funny how that happens!

Pot ghetto Still not planted from last year:

Gypsy Dancer
Nicole
Pope John Paul II
smoky
Tuscan Sun
Always a Lady mini
Bees Knees mini
carefree wonder
Dee Bennett mini
Eglantyne
ernie mini
Excellenz von Schubert
gizmo mini
Heart O'Gold
high cloud mini
Julia Child
Live Wire micro mini
Love Potion
magic carrousel mini
Mlle Cécile Brünner
Nostalgia mini
Pam Tillis mini
Pat Austin
Red Minimo micro mini
spice drop micro mini
Terrazza Voila
Think Pink mini
violet Mist mini
Winsome mini
Abraham Darby
baronne prévost
Mécène
rose gilardi mini

On the way for this year:

Country Dancer
Amber Gem mini
Baby Austin micro mini
Lavender Delight mini
Love and Peace mini
Out of the Night
Sungold micro mini
Coffee Bean mini
Dynamite climber
Knock Out own root
Soaring Spirits
Sunsprite Climber
Vavoom
What a Peach
Camaïeux
Moonstone
Souv de la MalmaisonÂ
Strike It Rich
Sunset Celebration

Stop the madness now...