Cindi - my alarm went off at 7am and I had my tablet next to my bed, but I decided that if I was destined to get the irises I wanted, they'd be available when I got up for work. So I tried this morning. There was only like 2 or 3 that weren't available (Blueberry Tart, Friendly Advice). Want to see if I can get Daring Deception in Round 2 (if I remember.. I'll put an alarm on my phone).

Gonna put in my order on Friday when I get paid so I can just pay them & get it over & done with. But then have to wait 7 months. Bleh.

Osiria was the first to be sold out on the Palatine site. Actually, it's the only one so far.

Osiria must have been in really short supply, or else they didn't process according to when the orders came in. I got in there right as they were opening each rose listing, and I'm pretty sure I put mine in the basket right after it opened. I just got an email saying it was sold out before my order was processed. So...did it sell out at 11:16 last night central time?
There's only a few roses that look like florist roses that are hardy here, and that was tops on my list.

I suspect it was never meant to be on the list this year. Such a shame! Maybe we'll get it next year. I did manage to order the other ones on my amended list.

Red Riding Hood
Julia's Rose
Crescendo
Florentina
Pirouette
Sweet Jane
Angel Veranda
Sherry Parks Sunrise

I just received an e-mail from Rachel:

"I regret to inform you that we sold out of Sherry Parks Sunrise, Crescendo and Julia's Rose prior to receiving your order."

They must be taking advance orders from someone. There's no way Osiria and those three sold out in the first few minutes that the website was open for sale.

I was putting off my order until Friday (when I get paid) so I could just pay it on the spot rather than send in a money order (don't have checks).. but I saw that a couple I wanted were sold out also! Yikes! Apparently they had just a very limited amount of roses this year. Was thinking about ordering another Perfume de Grasse.. that is one of my favs I think. But since I'm running out of space, I gotta make sure that I have differents rather than the sames all over the place. My original Razzle Dazzle didn't make it, so I got one of those & a Dark Desire.

I asked Rachel to send me Quo Vadis and Cream Veranda because it irked me to pay the shipping for 1-9 roses and only get five.

If I'd known that so many of my choices were going to be sold out, however, I probably wouldn't have placed an order this year. Osiria, Julia's Rose, and Crescendo were the main ones I wanted. I would have canceled the order, but Rachel's e-mail arrived a few hours after another e-mail saying that my deposit had been charged to my card, and I was afraid that they'd keep part of it if I canceled. I'm in no position to pay something for nothing.

GRR!!! Just got an email from Rachel that Razzle Dazzle is sold out! Bleh! Asked if they had any Parfume de Grasse or Salita left...

Here you go:

Zuzu, if it makes you feel any better, the nice young lady at Palatine (Rachel?) told me that next year they are going to offer fewer roses, but much greater quantities of those. She said they were caught by surprise when Pickering announced they couldn't ship to the U.S. this year. They had hundreds of orders in the first few minutes! She said the website crashed, which I saw when I was ordering 6 minutes after they opened.
Yesterday I called and added more to my order, and believe it or not, Red Intuition is still available. She said they had made lots of it because of prior demand. She said since they only sell 2 year old roses, there is a 2 year delay after they notice a rose with super high demand which makes perfect sense.
The catalog next year will reflect the new plan of fewer selections, greater quantities.
My problem is deciding if I am better off planting in the fall or taking delivery in the spring and planting then. She seemed to think fall is better, so I changed mine to late November. I ordered several for people in my Rose Society, and they normally say spring planting only, but we've had too many extremes in the spring the last few years. With the fall fluctuations, I think I can control the growth somewhat by covering the plants with evergreen branches. That was Rachel's suggestion instead of mounding with dirt.

Debra--Love My House--LOVE your new tagline!!!!!

I tried the fall planting.. failed miserably as I lost almost everyone. Did the spring planting this year, lost only 1, so not bad. but where I planted I really super neglected.. I had planted, and then we were gonna move & I just let the back yard go to hell.. now trying to get it back under control... ugh. Be planting more shrubs I think next year than roses.

Cindi, thank you.

This is the list you printed in the other thread, Cindy:

Jolie Veranda
Sweet Victoria
Dream Land
Antike 89 replacement
Leonardo de Vinci
Red Riding Hood Fairy Tale
Sherry Parks Sunrise
Sweet Jane
Super Dorothy
Philatelie
Susan Schneider
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Red Intuition replacement, have killed it 3 times now
Frau Karl Druschki

I had ordered Sherry Parks Sunrise, but it was sold out in the first few minutes after the website opened for orders, so I'm not getting it. The rest all look good to me.

Thanks, Zuzu. It's been a frantic week, and my brain is on overload.
We ended up with some surprise visitors yesterday, so I didn't get photos of the last lovely roses before the temps dipped to 26.
I left the order as is. The ground is still very warm and easy to work, so I think I can get 14 holes dug and ready for the roses by the end of November. Last year I got lazy and didn't dig the holes deep enough to let those long roots extend, and a few had their grafts above ground. The mulch blew away, and the roses suffered. It would sure be nice to have deep snow this winter.

Is this something they just added to the website? I don't remember seeing it when I was composing my order in September.

https://palatineroses.com/rose...

I don't know, but that looks like a rather memorable rose to me.

I would have ordered that one if I'd seen it.. I'm gonna have to get in touch w/Rachel & see if I can add that one to my order for May.

I definitely would have ordered it if I had noticed it. Jerabek has produced some of my favorite roses: Brown Study, Peggy M, Photogenic, etc. I have 11 of his roses.

Well I remember seeing it. I thought it was different but it didn't mention a scent/fragrance so I skipped by it. I have limited space so I have to make every square foot count. As a matter of fact, I was thinking of it not long ago. Wasn't it you Zuzu that said, you liked roses that were a combination of pink and yellow? Anyway, I think it's very pretty.

Yes, I did say I like the pink and yellow combination. I'm really surprised that I missed it. I hope they'll offer it again next year.