"Kevin Eberwein" wrote in message
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Hi all. I'm looking for sources to mail order Hybrid-T's. Currently,
the only one I know of is www.jacksonperkins.com and I'd like to have
a few other sites to browes before the planting season begins.


I ordered 8 from J&P and 7 from http://www.edmundsroses.com last spring. The
difference was obvious. Although both had healthy root systems, and three or
more fat canes (with one exception from J&P) the main difference was that
the Edmunds' roses roots had not been cut as short. And that is a major
point, for me.

They went in the ground at roughly the same time, and I can tell you that I
only lost one Edmunds rose (an Olympiad that simply would not break
dormancy, which they refunded). I lost three of the J&P roses, out of four.

That said, I do like the potted J&P roses that Southern States sells. They
are well established and are obviously healthy. The year before last, I
bought numerous roses from a nursery with a half price sale BIG GRIN
in Delaware, from Weeks. Most have survived, and some, including the
Climbing New Dawn (or is it White Dawn??? I can never remember) are
enormous. I mean, twelve to fifteen feet enormous.

If the J&P roses' roots had been left as long as the Edmunds, I think they
would be almost as good. Almost, I'll qualify, because overall the Edmunds
roses had a slight edge as far as thickness and number of canes and overall
vigor.

By the end of the season, the Edmunds roses were still noticeably bigger,
fatter, and healthier. I surmise that this coming spring will show them to
have evened out, and there will likely be little difference.

If J&P left as much root on as Edmunds, I'd say for the money they'd be a
better value.



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