Steve, I compared apples to apples---Chamblee ships 1 gallon potted plants, just like RU. I received 17 potted roses from Chamblee and the shipping fee was $24.
Shipping for 4 roses from RU was $36.
Both came UPS. Chamblee plants were larger, too. They were packaged in a similar way. They are all growing just fine now. I do realize RU has some roses that nobody else has, so that's why I paid an amount I thought was outrageous.
Best plants this year came from Palatine, but one from that order never broke dormancy, but I have not yet asked what they will do about that. 1 out of 9, that's not terrible. On the Edmunds order, 1/5 didn't break dormancy. From last fall's Brushwood order, 3/8 did not make it. They were just too little. Everything else looks pretty good.
Hopefully Zuzu will give us a heads-up again this year when Palatine starts taking fall orders. I was so happy to "score" a Red Intuition by buying on the first day last year. It is blooming now, and it does not disappoint!
