How exciting for you! Glad to hear that they ship their roses as well as they do. I live in Texas and was fortunate enough to make a day trip to Chamblees several weeks ago. It was my second time over the last 2 years and everything I have purchase has been healthy and is thriving. I am already wanting more roses and was thinking of ordering so it's good to hear you had a good experience. Enjoy your new rose babies!

I've ordered many 1 gallon roses from Chamblees. They may be my favorite vendor. They start small but always survive.

I think they give good value for the money. All the Chamblee roses I've ordered are still in the garden, healthy and growing. I can't say that is true for some of the "band" sellers.

Just curious-can you tell me what you were charged for shipping? I wanted to order but am hesitant as the shipping charges aren't totaled until after the order is placed.

Linda

Because of the rave reviews about Chamblees, I just ordered 6.
Julia Childs
Winchester Cathedral
LD Braithwaite
Evelyn
The Dark Lady
Golden celebration
Portmeirion.

Uh Oh , I guess I just ordered 7. YIPPEE!

annececilia,

I look forward to reading your reports about them in the coming years. While I'm happy for you in your new zone 5, I must admit that I'll miss the zone 4 experience reports that you provided.

Congratulations on your order.

Imagining your wagon full of roses is a lovely image.

How would you describe Savannah's fragrance? (I notice that it sold out since you posted).

Thank you, Sandandsun, for that compliment. It is nice to know that people have enjoyed reading about my roses even if they weren't living in such a cold zone themselves. I must say that after all these years, just that smidgeon of decreased cold to garden in is exciting to me - although you'd never know any difference from the brutal winter just past!

So I had to go out onto the patio to refresh my olfactory senses regarding Kordes' Savannah, where the roses on the wagon were snugged up to the glass door over night (it's only 32 degrees out there right now.) The only wide open bloom has a damask scent to it - not very strong, but the bloom is old and it's very chilly. There are two more buds that will open if we get some sun and warmth and I'll be sure to note the type of fragrance for you when it's fresh. I did snap off the open bloom and bring it indoors but I'm afraid it is competing with the overpoweringly heavy scent of Easter's potted hyacinths which is filling my house right now! Still, sinking my nose right into the bloom, I think of the damask, old rose scent. Yum.

More for SandandSun: sniffing the same bloom tonight, now that it is warm, it is definitely spicy. My nose is not the best at identifying subtle tones in fragrance, but I can catch that.
And for a bloom that has been open a week, it is remarkably strong.

Classic old sweetness and spice too!

We're getting up, ahem, above 80 now here and nearing that other more familiar number that won't be mentioned now. However, I do hope that means that at least milder temperatures are visiting zones 4, 5 and you.

Thank you for the fragrance report.

Here is my Nacodoches from Chamblees from 3 yrs ago. It is a healthy, thriving rose. Strike it rich is behind it. So far all my roses from Chamblees are doing great. I got Evelyn and Golden Celebration this year. They are doing good but I hope they out grow their octopus arms in a few years.