Yes, Sue I would say that was worth an hour drive. Or two, or three..
Ok, here's the email I received from Pickering this morning:
Dear Cindi,
We are now going to be shipping to the U.S. this fall and anticipating they will leave here the 2nd or 3rd week of November. Hopefully, the current problems U.S. will not affect us being able to ship. All of our Roses are grafted onto multiflora and only those roses on our website now are available, there will not be any new roses added.
Regards,
Susan
Pickering Nurseries
My next task is to whittle the list down to 6 or 7 roses. They are shipping the same time as Palatine, which means I'll be planting quite a few roses at once. November here can be super pleasant or cold and miserable. I think, after I'm finished planting the 18 mums I bought this morning, I'll start digging a few holes for roses! My Maryott daylily order will arrive this week, and one last order from Santa Rosa, so I think I'll check my supply of Alleve before I do too much damage!