Until the shipment of roses I received from them this spring, I would have certainly said the much same thing, Zuzu. In that shipment there were two roses in about sixteen that were tiny rooted cuttings which died on contact with outdoor soil; but the rest of the roses were twelve to eighteen inches tall, and they were growing vigorously when they got here. They have continued to grow in the garden. Several of the floribundas are larger than the one or two I bought last year from VG and one or two that I bought the year before. In fact, the floribunda Permanent Wave in this spring's shipment has grown to twice the size of a John Davis climber that I purchased from VG three years ago! So it seems to me that something in their method of preparing roses might have changed at about the time of their incorporation of the Eurodesert catalogue.
It makes sense to me to try to buy OGRs from other sources first; but just about every old garden rose that they carry that is not also available from Pickering or Antique Rose Emporium is a rose I do not have in my garden yet. Of course, if the roses I get from them in two weeks fail impress me I might end up giving up on them, too.
