Most companies stop shipping in May. Pickerings is ok but most of their roses are grafted and shipped bareroot, if that makes any difference to you. I used to order from Old Rose Nurseries in BC but their nursery is for sale and they seem to be just selling off old stock.

A lot of people like Holes but I would NEVER pay $30 for a rose. I'm not sure if they mail order anymore either. Sorry, not much help.

Have you tried Hortico in Ontario?

Thanks for the feedback. I've never heard of Hortico. I'll definitely look them up.

....Heather

Check the Roses Forum for reports on Hortico. There are a lot of US gardeners who order from them because they sell stuff that nobody else does. A lot of people hate them and get tons of mislabels but a lot of people still order from them anyway. I don't know what they're like in the past 3 or so years though as I haven't been following the Roses forum for a while.

I can only speak from personal experience, but I've been very satisfied with them so far (3 orders in the past 2 years). In fact this Spring I was blown away by the size and vigour of the daylily collection & Korean Reed ornamental grass I ordered from them - one daylily even came with a bud on it which has bloomed non-stop since.

Last year I ordered a Parfum de l'Hay rose which has been growing very well, it came back with no winter kill.

So I would not hesitate to order from them again.

I've always been pleased with Cornhill Nursery, they sell own root roses.

Sharon

Here is a link that might be useful: Cornhill Nursery