I've been checking
RVR's gallon list almost every week for weeks on end to see if I could catch it soon after they had potted up the old extras and it changed. I thought that if I did I might be able to get a few roses on my wish list in gallons instead of bands. I noticed today that the list has been updated. Sadly, though, some of the items that were added to the list are already out of stock: Duet and Mme Jules Graveraux were already out of stock when I ordered.
I was able to snag Champagne Cocktail, a rather unusual multicolored rose that's a little hard to describe. I got Orfeo, a red hybrid tea climber with lovely reflexed petals and a retro look. David Austin's love of the fragrant yellow shrub rose Chinatown has kept me trying to grow one of my own, so I got one of those, too. I got Violinista Costa whose rose/coral petals have very thin white edging. Mme Gregoire Staechelin was on the list. It died of cold in NJ, not so sure I can keep it alive here. Finally, there is Siren's Keep, a deep purple rose from Paul Barden that is reputed to be generous in flower and very fragrant.
I hope if you go there you find something you like.
