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Re: advice sought

Isabelle Hayes wrote:
> 
> Greetings:  I recently ordered a number of old roses from Wayside Gardens,
> including the following:
> 
> Souvenir de Malmaison
> Cecile Brunner climbing
> Charles de Mills
> Reine des Violettes
> 
> I did this because I read in a book about old roses and climbing vines, that
> these were among the longest cultivated, hardiest, disease resistant,
> prolific, prettiest, etc.  Can anyone confirm my expectations with their own
> experience?
> 
> Or, and hopefully not, anything to the contrary?
> 
> I suppose it would have been better to ask this advice before ordering, but
> I was carried away by the catalogue.
> 
> Isabelle Hayes
Dear Isabelle -
You're right to question a catalog, but this time you did all right.
There's an old saying, "No one lies as glibly and easily as the writer
of a catalog."
Anyhow, you chose terrific roses. I personally have been disappointed
with the stock coming from that particular vendor, but if you get
halfway-good roses to begin with, you will know a long and happy
relationship with your new friends.
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