She sends an updated availability list via email, and responds quickly. No print catalog.

She's WONDERFUL to deal with.

I second Jeri's opinion, and have been very happy with the plants I've received.

Just send her an email and she'll send you her availability list with instructions for ordering.

Wonderful woman and great plants.

I only wish there were a dozen more like Burling, lol.

She was so helpful to me when some of the polys suggested here weren't available. and responded to all my queries and changes of heart quickly and with patience! Everything thing is doing well and while I requested trimming to fit into a smaller box, they've mostly caught up to gal containers I got elsewhere.Only Margo Koster is just hanging out with not much happening, but I know her root system was full when transplanted. In retrospect, I should have nipped the two blooms in the bud as I think it took too much energy, (but I was thrilled to see them).

I highly recommend Burling, especially for the rarer sorts.

I also order from her every year, a wonderful person indeed! :-)

Does she carry anything I'd be interested in? (anything cane hardy in zone 5) I received many good roses from Sequoia, particularly an absolutely enormous Baltimore Belle, but have only heard Burling mentioned with respect to tender roses.

There's no telling what Burling might have. She has often surprised me by having things that I had NO clue she had.

Wow! Thank you , everyone for the responses. I shall email directly.

I had an ongoing list for a few years with Variegatta di Bologna, Abe Darby, Hippolyte, Reine des Violettes, Duchesse de Rohan, to name a few colder zone that may or not be in stock.

Oh yeah, she had Souvenir de Brod & Souvenir de la Malmaison

Many on my list were hardy to 4b. It just depends. You have to look them up in HMF, but I was told many of the 6b listings were "default:, so be sure to read the ratings and comments section for further info. Mine were polyanthas, but some grow to be large plants.

Went back through her plants list, now i am severely tempted to try a last minute order. Aunt Sally looks interesting.

I placed an order with Burling -- some for me, some for the cemetery. mad_gallica, you may be interested in some from her I got for the cemetery:

La Noblesse
Celsiana
Hippolyte
Old Red Moss

I didn't know that her HMF listing wasn't up to date, but that's how I did my shopping, sorting her roses by class. I suppose I should email her for an updated list.

:-)

~Christopher

Oh, and if anyone is looking for a fragrant white Polyantha from Burling, I got my Denise Cassegrain from her. It arrived in full bloom -- for a band, anyway -- and perfumed the box. She seems to be the only US source for it. Yeah, there are lots of little white Polyanthas out there, but it's nice to get one that smells so nice -- pretty much as fragrant as my 'Marie Pavie'.

:-)

~Christopher

I got 3 roses from Burlington ROse Nursery last year. I potted up the bands and they are doing great this year. I would definitely recommend the nursery. The roses I got were Annie Laurie McDowell, Clotilde Soupert, Marchese Boccella.

KarenPA, have you planted yours in the ground yet? I don't know how big I should let mine become before doing so.

vaporvac, I have MB in the ground since last year because it was a big band. The other were planted in pots. They are still in pots as I am trying to find and prepare proper planting spots for them. They are doing great and healthy. ALM is a slow grower but it is leafing out and looking very good in spite of aphids.

It sounds like she carries enough hardy once bloomers that it isn't a total waste of her time to send me a list. However, it does sound like the weird hardy stuff Sequoia used to carry isn't a part of this. Too bad since their Mary, Queen of Scots is a great rose.

I love Burling. Ditto to all the good comments made about her already.

Christopher, thanks for the Denise Cassegrain recommendation. I'm going to have to try that one. What is the fragrance like? Similar to Marie Pavie?

Yep, pretty much the same type of scent as found on 'Marie Pavie'. To me, that basic sweet powdery Multiflora scent is found in 'Marie Pavie', 'Clotilde Soupert', 'Pink Soupert', and 'Bubble Bath'.

:-)

~Christopher

I will have to agree that the response was rather fast from Burlington I will be sending in my order soon... Im rather new to online ordering of bands... how long do they need to remain potted before transplanting into the ground?

It depends on your conditions, how big they are upon arrival, and how quickly they grow. Where I am, the "tough time" is Winter, so I baby and push them to grow as much as possible during Summer, planting out in August or September so they have time to get into the native soil before hard frosts. If you have mild Winters -- mild enough that pots can be left out unprotected -- then you can grow them larger, and plant out in Spring. I'm guessing if your Winters are mild then your Summers may be the "tough time", so getting them in early enough before then will be your goal.

I pot mine in what I call my "magic mix" -- 3 gallons peat moss, 1 gallon Bovung dehydrated manure, 1 gallon perlite, 1 gallon vermiculite, and 3 cups Espoma Organic Garden Tone fertilizer. If you can find only the Black Kow composted manure, add an extra gallon of that and use one gallon less peat moss. Mix that together, pot them up, let them soak in a bucket of water for fifteen minutes or so to get the peat moss good and wet, and set them out to grow.

Other people have success planting them directly. I haven't lost any doing this, but in my conditions, those roses all lagged behind by a year compared to those I potted up first. The native soil here is hard red clay, and that seems to be too much for barely-rooted bands to get through right away. Giving them a head start in a pot gives them the "oomph" to push through the clay.

The really tiny ones go into 1gal containers. Those that look "ready" go in 2gal containers. And by planting time, the roots have filled the pot and hold the soil in a ball. Some continue potting them up into larger pots, but I prefer not digging such large holes. And for me, 2gal seems to give the most bang for the buck.

:-)

~Christopher

Thanks Christopher... Im in SoCal inland ..so yah the winters are mild.. and the summers are "tough time" I was thinking of getting 1 gal's from Burlington (La France, Mrs. B.R. Cant, Reine des Violettes, and Souv de La Malmaison)

I've had good luck growing them on as potted plants and planting in fall in So. CA

You're right summer is hard on roses in So. CA lately and they grow roots much faster as we get into the cooler months.

You got THAT right!

I just wanted to give a huge shout out to Burling of Burlington Roses and to also say thank you to everyone on these forums for recommending her! I got my roses today. 8 bands to maximize shipping. :) Each one was carefully wrapped in newspaper. They're in great shape and blooming!!! The pragmatic part of me knows I should pinch off the buds so they can focus on acclimating and growing roots.... but I'm having such a hard time doing it! They're so cute!

Like everyone said, Burling was a delight. Super fast responding to emails or phone calls. And a real pleasure to talk to on the phone. :)

2 mini eden(s)

2 little artist(s)

4 green ice(s)

Green ice must have bloomed in shipment. And check out the bud about to open on little artist!

One of the green ice roses she sent me has 4 buds. I know I should pinch them.... but.... but.... but....

Yeah!!!! They're all really cute. I have to look up Little Artist now and think about Green Ice again. I almost ordered that this Spring. I know those buds are sweet and tempting, but...... my experience as a newbie: pinch them before you think twice!I let my llittle Margo Koster's two buds blooms seduce me and I paid for it almost the whole Summer. She just sat there tow sticks in a pot doing nothing and then lost her leaves! She finally put out a little growth which I accidentally knocked off. When she FINALLY started growing, she grew fast and started budding up again. This time I dis-budded furiously as she would put them on while I blinked. But it worked and she grew thick and bushy enough to plant her out before winter. Of course, once in the ground she's exploded with growth and practically bloomed overnight. In Ca you won't have long to wait.

You've got me thinking of ordering some now and trying to grow them over winter in my unheated, but sunny glass room. It doesn't ever freeze.

Btw, where are these sweeties going in your grand scheme?

Fall is the best time to plant here in California because it's so mild.... but I would never tell you not to buy more roses too! :) It's all the photos in gardenweb that made me want green ice. Supposed to be a bloom-bloom-bloomer! I think it will look great near little grey pearl in the potager. I want cafe ole in there too! I'm on a waiting list at Burlington for that one. I have enough room ... so I think I can fit 3 roses in each of the potager beds and still have room for some little veggies. As long as I tend to them.

I'm not familiar with the growth habit of mini eden so I'm going to pot it up and watch it. Supposed to be a mini climber, but I'm not sure if it cascades too. I'm also not sure how much of a climber it is. HMF doesn't say... and European sites say 2 meters. But who knows what that means in CA. The blooms are adorable looking, but I haven't had good luck finding info on its growth habit in California so I'm going to experiment a little before I decide where it goes.

Little Artist is just a lovely pop of red and white. I have so many places it could go! I'm going to pot it for now and watch how it grows. Supposed to spread... I want to see how much. ;)

Fun fun fun!!!!! Order from Burling if you can! She's such a joy!!!!

I should mention, per an earlier comment I guess I missed, that "Aunt Sally" is one of the many study names for the rose we know best as "Grandmother's Hat" or "Barbara Worl."

• "Glendora"
• Joasine Hanet
• Johasine Hanet (hybrid perpetual, Vibert, 1847)
• "Kew Cemetery Portland" (Australia)"
• "Portland from Glendora"
• "The Portland from Glendora"
AND "Altadena Drive Pink HP"

I was a good girl and pinched the buds. Just in case you were wondering vaporvac. ;)

I would have never known to order from Burling without this forum so again, thank you thank you thank you everyone. :) :) :)

I too echo the sentiment about Burling and her nursery. I got my Wedding Cake (three of them own root), Eyes for You, Blue for You, Flamingo Dancer, Maroon 8 from her. All the plants arrived in great shape. She is an absolute gem.

Jerrijen, HMF has separate listings for "Grandmother's Hat", et al. and for "Portland from Glendora" and aliases, and the two roses don't look like the same varieties in pictures. I do grow "Portland from Glendora", and I don't think it is the rose pictured as "Grandmother's Hat".

Jeri, I agree with McNastarana. Grandmother's Hat is one rose, though I think it has other names as well; and Glendora/Joasine Hanet is another. I grow them both, and except for being tall, pink, and disease resistant, they are not much like each other at all

Aunt Sally is Portland from Glendora, aka Joasine Hanet. Portland found in Glendora, Aunt Sally found in Sierra Foothills. Fred wasn't sure it was the same rose until he grew it for a while and observed it. Climates are quite different. The Portland from Glendora in the cemetery came to us with the found name "Aunt Sally".

Thanks for the update. I wasn't sure which rose "Aunt Sally" belonged to. I have corrected my post to reduce confusion.

Oh, you are right, of course. I was thinking of "Grandmother's Hat"/"Barbara Worl"!