I just called Pickering. The toll free number is not yet operational. The other number went to an answering machine that said, "if you are calling from the U.S., we are not able to ship there this fall. We hope to ship in the spring."
Don't know if the answering machine message is as outdated as the website or if that is the current status.
I sent them an email asking about shipping and also for a list of new roses that aren't on the website yet.
The only newer Austins I'm seeing anywhere are from Austin themselves. A nursery friend said Austin got even pickier about who they would license to grow, and they charge nurseries so much more than other patented roses, and many places are just saying NO.
The Austin catalog for 2014 has not arrived here yet, but someone on gardenweb said they already had theirs.
Seems to me, repeat customers should be the FIRST to get the new catalog.
