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Hortico again

Since we're on the topic, this is what I've ordered from Hortico this year:

Rosa longicuspis
Rosa roxburghii (yes, a current hot topic; I've been wanting one for some
time)
Rosa primula
Lady Penzance (Eglanteria)
Bourbon Queen
Boule de Neige
Zephirine Drouhin
Gros Chous d'Hollande
Honorine de Brabant 
Agnes
Rose a Parfum de l'Hay
Snow Dwarf
Felicite Parmentier
Maiden's Blush
Queen of Denmark
Paul Neyron
Baronne Prevost
Frau Karl Druski
Celsiana (gotta' have this one;  I'm getting 3)
Mme. Hardy
Omar Khayam
Tuscany Superba
Fruhlingsmorgen
Golden Wings
Admired Miranda
Belle Story
Bredon
Cressida
Glamis Castle
Mary Webb
The Pilgrim
Roselina
Eden Rose '88
Dortmund
Variegata di Bologna
Mozart
Sympathy
Cameo
Salet
Jens Munk

Okay, if you've made it this far and still don't hate me, let me explain
something. For starters, I'm not rich; I just have a big mouth and a talent
for convincing people that I know what I'm talking about, when, in fact, I
don't have a clue.  A few  years ago I became good friends with a small
nursery down the road from me.  They hadn't really stocked roses before
because they didn't know that much about the "new" and "Olde" varieties;
just Hybrid Teas.  I talked my way into their confidence and they let me do
the ordering.  I found Hortico via a web search and I orderd my little
heart out.  I'm repaid for my efforts with Roses.  I also contribute
perennials to their nursery, so it's a "working" relationship.  Anyway, the
order I did last year sold extremely well, so much so, that I'm doing it
again this year.

The point is that I did a similar order last year as the one above with
Hortico and the bushes were wonderful.  I couldn't be happier.  So I feel I
can safely endorse them.

Also, Hortico does carry some own root Roses, but most are on root stock. 
I root cuttings of desired varieties for my own garden, wait 'til they're
established, then turn the parent stock over the nursery to do landscaping
with.  

Of course, we would *never* attempt to root a cutting of a patented plant
because that would be _wrong_, wouldn't it, boys and girls?

keith romanczyk, zone 5, WNY
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