I have never heard of/ordered from fresh garden living....I am off to investigate it. I got a gift certificate from High Country for Christmas but it must have been lost amongst all the craziness. I am so sad, that significantly cuts into my rose budget :(

oursteelers, i'm sure there are ways to track down the certificate. Either through a credit card statement or through HCR sales logs.

Unless you've already tried those avenues.....

What's the midnight blue shrub rose at Edmunds? I've never heard anyone mention it but it has 98 favorites on HMF.

jc, I’ve tried calling but I think they might be taking time off for the holidays, it just goes to the answering machine.

it shows I purchased it on my acct but doesn’t give a certificate number. That would be wonderful if they could track that it hasn’t been used. I spent 75 on a 100 certificate so that buys a lot of roses at their prices. For sure I want Chuckles, I think it would look good by my DaintyBess.

oursteelers, I had a similar issue. I received a confirmation email from HCR for my gift certificate but never received the second email with the redemption code. I emailed a few times, and several days later Matt sent an apology stating ATT was blocking their outgoing emails and gave me the redemption code. Their IT person was looking into the problem.

I chose Golden Wings and Isabella Skinner/Victorian Memory and received them the same week I placed my order. I haven't found much information on how either of these roses perform in my area (mild winters, hot and humid summers), so it's possible they might be duds for me, but I never mind trying new roses.

Isabella skinner is another one I need to get for my rose tunnel.

i looked at fresh garden living but they didn’t have any i need for my plans :)

Edmunds is only free ship if you spend $100+ just thought I would mention that.

I always hate leaving a negative comment on a rose but my midnight blue fried so easily. I did find it at Lowe’s in dickson last year so you may find it locally . I gave it away.

This is one I want. I’m hoping since my sun isn‘t as strong and it will get some shade here(that’s the name of the game in my yard) that it won’t fry. I’m ALWAYS on the lookout for a fragrant deep purple rose

It’s also one High Country carries so I really hope they can save me with my lost gift certificate dilemma

Prompted by yesterday's opening post, I now visited the Fresh Garden Living website to look around. I saw no mention of a sale, 15% or otherwise. I did not view her (their) offerings on other websites.

I don't think it's called a "sale" per se. I just says 15% less than usual. It still counts! : D

Hi Vaporvac:

Are we talking about the same thing?

https://freshgardenliving.com/collections/rose-plants

Shoot! It's not showing it now. It must have just been for a few days. : (( They were $16.99. I really wanted my friend to get a couple, but I don't think he'll spring for the extra. I would have been a hard sell anyway.

OK. This is strange. Your link doesn't show the sale, but when I search her through Etsy this is what I get. https://www.etsy.com/shop/FreshGardenLiving?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=719515352&ga_search_query=rose%20bushes

15% off.

Agree - strange. Her company’s own platform may be antiquated and cumbersome ( for her) compared to that provided by Etsy. One would think she would prefer her orders to flow thru her own site.

I clicked on the first 4 roses listed at her site. Each was ” unavailable”; no way to place an order. I checked 2 of the same at her Etsy store; both available for spring shipping , and “pre-order” option provided.

Of course I know nothing about website development. So it’s easy for me to say “it’s not brain surgery”.

Or maybe the difference is purposeful; dictated by a clever business strategy. Any business types here care to comment?

I have an etsy shop and my own website, and while i would prefer website orders sometimes you get more through outside platforms and you have to pay more attention to those. I think she started as an etsy seller too. There are a lot of mail order nurseries with horrible websites and pictures, and then they complain about”kids these days” not being interested. I don’t know how you are supposed to know what something is enough to want to buy it if all you have is a list of inscrutable names that was last updated in 1998.

That makes sense.

Though (thank you, potus) her website is fresh, bright and clean. With a personal touch. Nice photos. Check out the “about our plants” page.

Nothing wrong with the look of the website.

I wonder if the "sale" shows up when ordering plants through the link you provided, rifis. Hmmm.

Items I checked were all “unavailable”; no “order” option was provided. I checked some irises, too - same problem.

I am hereby publicly disavowing ownership of the link to which you refer.

Thanks Jen and Cynthia! I'm interested in trying it out but I should probably hold off and focus on babying the ones I already have right now.