I got confirmation of almost my entire order today.. only $102 this time (only 4 roses, though). This is what I ordered:

Blue River http://www.helpmefind.com/rose...
Blueberry Hill http://www.helpmefind.com/gard... (had it before, it croaked)
Star of the Nile http://www.helpmefind.com/gard... (had it before, it croaked)
Brown Study http://www.helpmefind.com/gard...

That's what's being shipped to me in mid April. Hopefully in late May they'll have my other 2 ready:

Distant Thunder http://www.helpmefind.com/gard...
Coffee Country http://www.helpmefind.com/gard...

And now they take credit cards! I hate sending money through the mail...

Nice selection, Toni.

That's great aboiut the credit cards. I think many potential customers were discouraged by the need to send a check.

The website still says they don't take credit cards: "checks, cash or money orders only...."

This is the email I got:

ORDER # 79
SHIP DATE - 4/15/13 BY UPS - CUSTOMER'S REQUEST

Blue River @ $18
Blueberry Hill @ $17
Star of the Nile @ $17
Brown Study @ $17
Total for roses - $69
Shipping of 4 roses to CO @ $7 = $28
P&H - $5
Total amount due - $102

We should have Distant Thunder and Coffee Country available, hopefully by late May.

We are offering credit cards with a processing fee of $5. Otherwise, the check will be great.

Many thanks and Happy New Year.

Pat Henry

Good. I don't think it would be worth the $5 processing fee to me, but I can see how it could be a good option for some people.

Oooh! Great choices! I've been looking to get both Distant Thunder and Coffee Country myself! I love that RU has Jerabek roses. There's just something special about having roses from a breeder from my hometown! I only have two....Peggy M and Paul Jerabek. I can't wait to see your pictures of Brown Study.

I love Jerabek's roses. We have a dozen of them in the database. I tried to provide a link, but it doesn't work. If you search by characteristics in the Rose database and enter Jerabek in the hybridizer space, you'll find all 12.

http://garden.org/plants/group...[499

Roses Unlimited is the best source for them. I have 11 and 9 of them came from RU.

I lost my Paw Maw when I moved it from the west side of my house to the main back yard. It wasn't a very strong rose, but it was from RU. I'm hoping that I've learned from my mistakes and all will live & thrive for me. One of my thickest roses happens to be Orange Velvet.. a climber I got from RU and it does amazingly well considering how badly I've abused it.. no water, half shade... but those canes are almost an inch thick!

Ooh! I think I have to have Photogenic. I'm in love. I purchased both of mine from Peter Schneider when I visited his garden the past couple summers.

I just looked up Orange Velvet.....WOW! That is bright!! It's fantastic!

What made you think of Orange Velvet, Toni? It's not a Jerabek rose.

Zu - Thought of Orange Velvet as that was the first rose I got from RU when you got me addicted to them. It's the only one to have survived my incompetence. And since this is a Roses Unlimited thread... plus with my brain functioning on only 3.5 hours of sleep, my thoughts tend to wander like a fly in a dungheap.

where in hell did THAT come from?