I got tired of waiting for Pickering to shape up, and I was itching to order something, so I spent a little time on the Chamblee site and ordered six rose bushes, to be sent to me on September 20th.
I was all ready to give up on Buck roses and swore I'd never buy any more after they exhibited more black spot than anything else in my garden this year, but they do have other charms that make up for their lack of resistance to black spot, and Chamblee had five I don't have, so I have to give them a try.
Cinderella's Song
Cinnamon Spice
Incredible
Mary Susan
Mavourneen
I also ordered:
Elizabeth of Goshen
I ordered it because it's one of Ray Ponton's roses and I dearly love Meredith Bohls and San Gabriel, two of his other roses.