Are you aware that you can choose between fall and spring arrival with Palantine? Some people prefer fall arrival because if properly maintained the rose would have already established some feeder roots by spring. But If you don’t properly care for a bare root fall through winter, it could rot or dessicate or otherwise suffer winter damage.

So personally I prefer spring arrival. If you do as instructed (cut back the canes, mound soil over the bud union), I think this is the safest route for new bare roots.

Yes, I did see that I can have them delivered in the Spring. That may be the way that I go if it’s recommended. I was thinking I’d like to have them in their pots as they “wake up” in the spring and begin to develop those roots. I‘m a newbie though, so I’m nervous about overwintering my roses! I suppose that’s what I’m really getting at...would it be better for them to begin waking up at the nursery, ship here and get potted up for a month or two, then transplanted into their permanent home? Or should they get potted up dormant in November and wake up in their pots in the spring (there’s the harsh winter risk), then moved to their permanent home a couple months later?

Get them shipped in the spring! You can pot them or put them straight into the ground. Palatine is wonderful.

Thank you for all the great advice! I think I’ll postpone delivery until Spring. It gives me a lot to look forward to! Does Palatine usually have a sale for fall purchases, do you know? Discounted shipping for larger quantities?

As Dingo said, get your bare roots in early spring, and put them straight into the ground. I concur that Palatine is excellent and dependable. Diane

No sales at Palatine. Their shipping chart is online, seems like I remember 6 in a box, but if you ordered 12 it didn't double the cost :)

Like everyone else I say wait for spring. You take a big chance if you get them now that they will not survive the winter. In the spring they will more than likely all survive and will have a full season to grow and root well to survive for next winter.

Well, I suppose that’s unanimous! Thanks again! So excited to try out Palatine’s roses. I’ve read so many good things about their quality.

Anyone has bought rose from Palatine? I am new to bareroot rose and online order. I just look at Palatine price. Why the price in CAD and USD so much different, it is almost USD 10 as of today currency CAD-USD conversion. For example, the same rose is priced CAD 20.45 vs USD 24.45? Thanks

You ask about the price in US dollars vs Canadian dollars.

Some things to consider:

First - home field advantage. “Our home and native land. True patriot love in all of us command”

And - talented farmers are not necessarily excellent mathematicians.

From the website on shipping information, “Please note that there is a price difference for US mail order roses, due to additional exportation costs such as: brokerage fees, phytosanitary certification, increased border protocols, and ever fluctuation of exchange rate. Therefore, all roses shipping to the U.S.A. must be paid in US dollars.”

What Lek said. It cost them more to prep them to get through US customs. So they charge more to cover that extra expense. And then there is the exchange rate. You never know what that will be! In all I think the prices are very reasonable.

Thanks Rifis, Lek and Seil for the explanation. That sounds sense.

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