I just placed a Rosemania order for Crescendo, Tropical Lightning, and Violet's Pride.
I have had such rotten luck with Crescendo. I was going to order it from J&P years ago, but the company chose that time to go belly-up and cancel all of that season's orders. After that it wasn't available by mail from any company. It was being sold only as a container rose, and none of my local nurseries had it. Last year I wanted to get it from Palatine, but it was sold out within the first few minutes. I found one locally in spring, but it was one of the worst plants I've ever bought, and it died almost immediately. I then ordered it from K&M a few months ago. When the shipment from K&M arrived about two weeks ago, Crescendo wasn't in the box. I think they prefer to ship four roses in each order, and I had ordered five. They sent me Desperado, Lynette, Rosie O'Donnell, and Nicole Carol Miller and left Crescendo out of the shipment. I can only hope that Rosemania will send me a nice one. Also, after all of this, I hope I like it as much as I've always expected to.
