That's such a pretty rose in tight bud. Such a warm shade of pink. And I certainly agree with you about supporting rose vendors. If you can't buy a rose you want from your local rose nursery you should certainly try reputable mail order sources.

did you see that they now allow you to put your roses on layaway and make payments on them! What a great idea!
:)

Sunni

Wow Jeri, that's beautiful!! I'll have to go see what else they have. I just ordered 16 roses from Vintage, and some I wanted were sold out. So, I know people are stepping up to help them too.

I'm off to go look....

Jeri

You are so right that we should work to keep all the great nurseries that have the rare and uncomman roses.

And to echo Sunni's statement that Ashdown Roses not only has a great lay-a-way program. They also do not charge extra to propagate a rose they do not currently have in stock.

Liz

Believe me, you do NOT want to find yourself back in the situation that
existed back when we started to look for Old Roses.
It was beyond frustrating!

This year, even if you weren't planning to, ORDER AT LEAST ONE ROSE!
Order it from Ashdown, or Vintage, or any of the other great vendors.
Call it a Christmas Gift.
Just order!

Jeri

What a beauty Jeri, I too am Irish. Lay-a-way, an old fashioned concept that is perfect for our current times. Too many of us get in trouble with credit cards. This time of year we can start a payment plan for spring delivered roses. I love it. Now finding room for more roses......
Nancy

NOW I read this after just posting about other nurseries! Thanks for the heads up. I would love to order a rose from Ashdown as their Delbards keep calling out to me. Layaway - now there is a concept out of the past.

Jeri:

I love to have some new roses to replace the non performing roses in my yard. But I do not know much about the OGR and their charectrestics. Maybe if you recommend few great ones like Grandma's Hat, it would be eaiser for people to order.

FJ

FJ -- Tell me what sort of thing you want them to do in your garden -- plant sizes, colors, etc., and I'll give you a list of things that will fill those needs.

For one thing, you will hear over and over that "Old Roses only bloom once, in the spring."
That's not true.

For those of us in mild climates, the very best Old Roses are Tea Roses, China Roses, and Noisette Roses. Polyanthas come in there a close second.
These are not only the best OLD roses for our gardens, they are also the best roses period, for our gardens.

With just those three classes of roses, I can fill a garden with plants of almost every size and color, which will bloom for you pretty much year 'round, and won't need spraying.

Feel free to contact me privately, if you want to.

Jeri

Glad you all like the Layaway Program idea. Full kudos to my wife for suggesting it. I loved it when she mentioned it to me.

Paul

I have always bought from Ashdown, but it seems they are getting away from the modern roses. Only 5 HT's available, and 11 FL's. I sure like that Floral Fairy Tale though, so I'll probably order that.

The last rose I ordered, My Wild Irish Rose (McCann)is an absolute blooming machine! Hey Trish, you promised me Spitfire Paddy! I want that rose!!!!!

The last rose I ordered, My Wild Irish Rose (McCann)is an absolute blooming machine!

*** Try for Kilkea Castle, Mike.
I think you would like that, too.

Jeri

where can we find out what other roses ashdown has that we may be interested in them propagating?

mgleason. Hang on more moderns will be coming this spring and summer including brand spanking new ones from new breeders from abroad (and that's all I'm saying!)

Please feel free to browse our rose library to see what we have Mother Plants of and then pop us an email.

www.ashdownlibrary.com

Paul

Sunni

The Ashdown Rose Library is the best, I use it all the time to look up roses (a to see if they have the mother plant). I know Paul gave the web site but here is the link for everyone like me that just want to click and go.

Liz

Here is a link that might be useful: Ashdown Roses Rose Library

While you are over on the Ashdown site...take a moment to look at St. Ethelburga. It is a Peter Beales rose that I first heard about from some folks over in Europe. From what they said this beauty it is a healthy, happy, very, very fragrant bloom machine. My kind of rose.

When I realized that it was now available in the US at Ashdown I did a HHRD and then drove to the nursery and got one. It's early yet but this is a rose that will be getting prime real estate in my yard, hopefully near the driveway so I can smell it when I get home from work.

Carole

Here is a link that might be useful: St. Ethelburga

You are right Carole. That's one lovely rose.

Good to hear Paul! Hopefully Spitfire Paddy will be available. I just ordered three, and forgot Kilkea Castle, so I guess I am going to go back and order that also. Here are the three I just bought;

France Info
Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale
Floral Fairy Tale

You will LOVE France Info! I have it and the blooms are huge and very fragrant. Good choice.

Carole

Hi Jeri,

I'd like to contact you, regarding your offering your rose photos to worthy nurseries, could you please send me your e-mail address? to
locadalocada@yahoo.com

Luxrosa

Message sent, Lux. If you don't hear from me, please email directly to me from here.

Jeri

Jeri, this nursery talk is shameless. Here I am supposed to be "cutting down" and I want more and more!
Kilkea Castle looks beautiful.

Carole, you cannot say that I have a mean streak. You're killing me!

Carla

Jeri, this nursery talk is shameless. Here I am supposed to be "cutting down" and I want more and more!
Kilkea Castle looks beautiful.

*** I know! I know!
But you know -- sometimes ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do.
Think how awful it would be, if the nurseries went away, and we had not got the roses we need!

Jeri

:::Carole, you cannot say that I have a mean streak. You're killing me! :::

Carla...you got me laughing on that one. What are friends for?

Carole

Jeri your suggestion to order roses from the littler Mom and Pop nurseries is right on. I am afraid I am a little guilty of not ordering from them sometimes as I am more into the modern HT's and FL's and Ashdown currently don't carry very many.
However, I do order frequently from Steve Singer at Wisconsin Roses as I love his selection of modern HT's budded maidens on Multiflora rootstock. I have about 80 roses from him, so on that account I am trying to do my part.
If we rosarians don't support the Mom & Pop nurseries they will continue to decline until they no longer will exist. Bridges roses is a good example. I was so sad to see Dennis "turn off his "puter" so to speak.
John

well you did it Jeri ..I added kilkea castle and St Ethelburga to my list last week ..lol

Keep it up y'all.
Christmas, after all, ain't a bad time to order roses.
Just tell your friends and family they're getting roses as gifts.
Sunni -- you'll love Kilkea Castle, and St. Ethelburga looks pretty good, too.

Jeri

Jeri, you're SUCH a bad influence! :)

Actually, I just received some birthday money from my in-laws, so I need to sit down and get some roses ordered. Here goes the pot ghetto again. I keep telling my husband we need to buy some land.

Sandy

Jeri now I want three more! Just not fair, your Kilkea Castle is beautiful and I also want Floral Fairy Tale and France Info. Does anyone know if I France Info can be grown no spray?
Diana

And Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

This year, I am giving thanks for our rose vendors, and for the way rose folks are coming to their aid.

Jeri

(And, Sandy -- I MEAN to be a bad influence! It's what I do!)