Susan,

I’m so glad this worked out for you! We need a pic, I’ve never actually seen a #1 grade grafted Martha, only puny own roots.

Susan -- that looks awesome! Five huge healthy-looking canes. Can't wait to see what she does for you.

What a nice looking rose. Hope it exceeds your expectations!

Moses.

Wonderful, Susan. They did it right. I can't wait to see her bloom. She's supposed to have big luscious blooms, too. I hope the human Martha is pleased with her namesake. Diane

One might say it’s a Better Bare Root nay a Best Bare Root…no membership fee required either.

@knightsgambit Just a nice honest family-owned rose nursery :-D

Yep @susan9santabarbara. By my own admission, I might have been a frustrating customer to deal with in that I added to my existing order two times but they handled it with class. Received my roses today, mind you in a very manageable medium size box. Roses were twice sealed in plastic, moist, and not a broken root or cane. Can't ask for any better service than that.

Absolutely amazing!!!!! I ordered an own root last year unintentionally - it was the smallest I've ever seen. It was immense dissappointment. It gave me a couple of absolutely gorgeous blooms however . My friend locally also bought an own root and it was also tiny and it died. What a mess

I'm generally a big fan of Meilland roses, so I was intrigued when Martha was announced. I saw that it was (supposedly) an Edmunds exclusive, and decided to wait a year to see what the input was. As the year went on, I was kind of stunned that Edmunds was sending wimpy own-roots. Then more people posted about it being available from various other sources, but they all seemed to be very small. @Echo_Texas_zone9a, your reports were one of the ones I followed. So I'm glad I waited... originally it was to see what people thought about the rose, but it ended up being a good choice in terms of what was being sent. When ordering in November, Edmunds still had it listed as own-root, but Witherspoon had it listed as grafted, so I ordered it from them. I've always had great bare roots from Witherspoon, plus I'm geting kind of old to get many more own-roots :-D

You're kind of old? I shouldn't be even getting grafted roses. I should be giving my roses away. I think I'm the oldest person currently posting regularly on this forum. I'm pretty sure I can get Martha from Edwards this spring (Ben will hate that). If it's like most I get from them, it will be starting to bloom in it's 5 gallon pot when I pick it up in early May. At my age, that's the only way to do it. Otherwise I expect some gorgeous photos of Martha posted by you before too long. Diane

These are some of my Martha Stewart blooms. talk about absolutely smitten. what a beautiful rose

Susan, congratulations! That’s a great-looking rose. I’ve confirmed that Martha will be available potted at my favorite nursery. Hope to get one!

I ordered from Witherspoon this year for the first time and I’m thoroughly impressed:

well-hydrated

HUGE roots!! The two on the right are own-root Kiss Me Kate and Honeymoon. Outstanding.