My healthiest, fastest growing bare roots are from Regan also, I paid more but it was well worth it. St Swithun is branching out with a first bud getting plump. So anxious to see it bloom.
The healthy little band newcomers from Hummingbird nursery are doing valiantly, they have been a real joy to watch develop.
I am curious to know if some roses themselves are resistant to canker, or if it is time and chance that in the same bed in close proximity, some have terrible aggressive canker and some don't. The battle rages on with a few of my favorite Austins now down to one cane. It's distressing to cut off canes with buds forming, having never seen what the new roses look like.
Emma Hamilton and Evelyn are doing fantastic with a large batch of buds ready to burst, but William Shakespeare 2000 and Charles Rennie Mackintosh are suffering along, I may lose them.
Once again I am mad at myself for not getting a good rich dirt prepared before the roses came.
The good outweighs the bad, Madame hardy had the biggest fluffy blooms she has had in 6 years .
