Here's Dark Dragon, the rose Michigan Bulb is selling as something new and exclusive.

http://www.michiganbulb.com/pr...

They included the registration name, JACpurr, which just happens to belong to a 1991 floribunda, Purple Tiger.

Rose (Rosa 'Purple Tiger')

New? Sure, give or take 23 years.

I mentioned this a few weeks ago..

http://garden.org/thread/view_...

Just love how they try to trick people...

Oh, I missed that one, Toni.

Is Michigan Bulb actually reliable for any type of plant they sell?

PPal - Not in my opinion. They sent me the teeniest little plugs ever.. half of them didn't even survive the shipping, let alone my climate. But they did refund me after I squawked enough.. they wanted to give me store credit & I told them to shove it.

I don't know whether it was the luck of the draw or a matter of better business practices in the past, but I still have some roses, clematises, and weigelas I bought from Michigan Bulb about 20 years ago.

Zuzu - 20 years ago, they were awesome. My mom still has some roses, Shasta daisies, & red hot pokers that she ordered back in 1989 that are still going strong. But they were bought up & I found that they & Wayside Gardens went straight to hell afterwards. I know this from personal experience.

They are owned by Gardens Alive. I am not sure, but I think GA now owns Weeks Roses, too.

Here's a link that list several of the companies owned by GA. I don't think this list is complete, but it gives you an idea of some of the "brands" they now own.

http://www.steuver.net/wordpre...

From what I've heard, every company they have purchased has gone downhill within a few years of their taking over the company. Of course, that is just green-industry gossip, so it may or may not be true.

Smiles,
Lyn