Dang you Tractor Supply

[seedcorn]

@flowerweaver I do the same, luckily one of the best is a family owned, more money but you get what you pay for.

Agree. Pay more if you get quality as that's best value

 

[flowerweaver]

I was very happy when the local one started, it saves me a 75 mile drive to the minor metro. The lady has a green thumb, doesn't speak many words of English but all four of her kids have graduated valedictorian, a proud momma. Keeps an array of healthy looking things and lots of fun garden pots and art. Lots of sales. Many of the things I haven't seen anywhere else so I think she does a lot of her own propagation. About the only thing they don't have are soils & amendments or seeds, but that's not really a problem. Can't wait to see what's new this year.

 

[baymule]

I don't see the problem Jared, at least they aren't baby chicks!

 

[lesa]

Yup, I thought for sure it was baby chick time! Enjoy your roses!

 

[ninnymary]

I don't see a problem either. You got a good deal. Hope you get the third one.

Mary

 

[swampducks]

Yep they got me. Bought 2 roses, a Texas yellow (DW is a big fan of yellow roses so was a no brainer) and Blue Girl. Couldn't pass them up at $7 a piece. Yes thanks a lot you got me. So mow they are in the basement waiting for a good thaw and I'm looking at possible locations.

Are those tea roses? As pretty as they are I won't buy them because they just won't survive zone 4. So I"ve got a few rugosa types and a hardy Canadian or two. Last time I went and bought a regular rose, it was one of those Knock outs, it didn't even make it to winter. I suppose it was just faulty or something.

 

[Nyboy]

@swampducks I agree Rugosa are the best with least care. Only bad thing is they bloom for so short a time

 

[Jared77]

@swampducks Texas yellow is not a hybrid tea, It's a shrub rose with floribunda type blooms. The other varieties yes are hybrid teas.

 

[ducks4you]

I you like yellow roses, you should get yourself a knockout yellow. I have one, it is NO WORK, except Spring pruning, it was 3 1/2 ft. tall/wide last summer, and every time you walk close to it, it is wafting sweetness.

 

[thistlebloom]

You can get nearly any rose variety in an own root version. Then if it freezes back to the ground the new growth is the one you bought, not a root stock.
Theoretically you can also make your own own rooted roses by taking a cutting. I say theoretical because I haven't tried it, just read about it online. Where everything is true.