Actually, they're just a wee bit smaller than the ones I got from Charlene w/the co-op and I'm a bad bad rose mom.. I am very Darwinian. If the rose is going to make it, then it's going to make it. If it's not, then it's not. And, with me & pots, the rose has a 100% better chance going into the ground than in a pot... dogs knock over pots, squirrels dig out pots, I forget to water pots, etc etc etc. If the baby is in the ground, then when I water, it'll get watered. I just wish I'd done that last year with all the little babies I got from Heirloom rather than potting them for the winter... it was a total waste of money. None of them made it. I just wish I'd known that John's Miniature Roses was part of Heirloom... I'm hoping to have better luck with them than with the Heirloom roses. Besides, almost 100% of these new babies are going in my front flower bed that I watch over 4-6 times a day (twice in the morning, right as I get home, after I let dogs out, after I eat, and sometimes I take a walk at night & stop. Like I can see anything when it's pitch dark outside, but habit). :)
And Zuzu - you must have acreage in order to have as many roses as you do! I can't comprehend how or where I'm shoving all my roses in the ground that I've got coming in, plus what I'll end up buying this year from local vendors (big boxes & nurseries). 1500 .. wow. I'm still in awe.
