OT:Wally World-final chapter

From: StorYlade@aol.com

Iris talkers,

I thought I would update ya'll on the Discount scene.  The rose bushes I 
bought at Walmart under the label of Better Homes & Gardens?  Well, they came 
from a place called Stars in Texas.  I bought four and the only one that may 
be true to its name is a white called John F. Kennedy.  I say may because it 
is white and slow.  I've been told this does match JFK.  

One tea rose, supposed to be Peace turned out to be a red florabunda and 
quickly filled up it's allotted space.  A truly beautiful rose, but not what 
I expected.  Tropicana, which I have grown before and love, turned out to be 
slow and red.  Joseph's Coat, a red/yellow climber, died promptly on 
planting.  

Now, I can agree with the idea that we, the public, get what we ask 
for--after all, you might say that I hoped to get by with buying beautiful 
but "cheap" roses and I deserved to get took! (??)  Perhaps that is true.  We 
get what we pay for?

On the other hand, I held out for a specific rose I wanted for my garden, RIO 
SAMBA. The most fantastic, color changing rose I've ever seen!  I fell in 
love with this red/yellow/orange/ beauty while touring Goldsmith Botanical 
Gardens in Memphis.  (At an iris meeting!) I couldn't find this rose locally 
so I ordered it from Jackson & Perkins and paid a (ouch) premium for it.  It 
arrived loose in a box, a mere stick, but with instructions to plant and 
water heavily.  Boy did it take off!  Now I have several buds, a few days 
from opening.  And that rose, from which hangs a medallion with it's name 
embossed, has lovely yellow-gold buds!  The RS I've seen bloom before come 
from red buds!  If it's a yellow rose I will keep it because I want a yellow, 
BUT. . . 

Betty, swearing off discount plants forever, in Bowling Green KY 

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