Eggscaping
Enjoying Life!
So here we are, new yard, planting like mad. I have put in 4 rose bushes so far and have 2 more delivered today PLUS several Oregon native roses.
To me, a rose is a failure if it has no smell. I weep over the supermarket ones that look so lovely and last so long but have all the smell of a potato! So one if my criteria is it must smell good. Others are pretty (of course) and good disease resistant.
We've done business with the company linked below for years.
https://www.heirloomroses.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiZ-Jh9Gl6QIV1RitBh2vVA8iEAAYASAAEgJ3GfD_BwE
Their customer service is first class, and their shipping is well done. But the most important thing is that ALL their roses are "own root" roses, which means they aren't grafted onto another rose (for vigor). Grafted roses, if they freeze or die down to the roots, can and will come up from the graft and you end up with a rose that looks and performs nothing like what you bought...usually it's not very pretty...so we stick with own-root roses.
But anyway...the one in the photo here is called "Lady of the Mist" and it's been teasing me with this bud for several days now. I will show you how it looks when it finally opens. But you out there who love roses...show me what ya got!
To me, a rose is a failure if it has no smell. I weep over the supermarket ones that look so lovely and last so long but have all the smell of a potato! So one if my criteria is it must smell good. Others are pretty (of course) and good disease resistant.
We've done business with the company linked below for years.
https://www.heirloomroses.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiZ-Jh9Gl6QIV1RitBh2vVA8iEAAYASAAEgJ3GfD_BwE
Their customer service is first class, and their shipping is well done. But the most important thing is that ALL their roses are "own root" roses, which means they aren't grafted onto another rose (for vigor). Grafted roses, if they freeze or die down to the roots, can and will come up from the graft and you end up with a rose that looks and performs nothing like what you bought...usually it's not very pretty...so we stick with own-root roses.
But anyway...the one in the photo here is called "Lady of the Mist" and it's been teasing me with this bud for several days now. I will show you how it looks when it finally opens. But you out there who love roses...show me what ya got!
