I've been buying roses from Vintage for years, even choosing my own when they had their retail outlet near my home, but I can honestly say I have never seen bands as nice as the ten I received in the mail today. I suppose it helps that they're mailed locally and only have to spend one night in a shipping box, but every one of these is incredibly healthy and most already have buds or blooms. The Kordes' Brillant band rose, for example, is at least a foot and a half tall and has one bloom and six buds. I'm utterly amazed and incredibly pleased.