Into the Den of Vice I go....

Off for a couple of days. LUCKY for me I get to go past Mistydowns. UNLUCKY for me they only started digging roses yesterday.


Oh well, hope to have a good gander anyhow.

Catch y'all in a couple of days!

Lucky you AutumnDamask , a great place to visit !!!

Wendy, you could collect on the way home. If you get there talk to Noel and Judy if possible, they are great. Also there is the most helpful girl there named Karine, talk to her as well, she comes highly reckommended by me.

Turns out I didn't come home empty-handed...

More information tomorrow... *g*

Carole and I reckon the trip for a couple of days was to NSW or should I say Deniliquin to more precise and to be blunt, Warren's

Hahaha wrong direction. *g*
Nice try.

So where's the tantalising "More Info" as promised, AutumnDamask (great screen name, btw)?

Hahaha

*goes outside to double-check a variety*

'Sidonie' [Hybrid Perpetual]
'Celtic Blessings' [Rugosa]
'Mme Ernst Calvat' [Bourbon]

Happy?
Of course, 2 of those weren't on my list.... but hey... :p

lol wendy at least u bought 3 only .. last time i was there came home with 11 roses

I had limits.... the amount I could fit in the ute (my goodness 'Celtic Blessings' is thorny!!!) ... and the number that were available. LOL

Only three in the back of the ute, they must have been huge. You didn't have the children in the back did you Wendy, so which nursery did you go to

I am probably glad that we do not live anywhere a good rose nursery.

Oooh, yum, I've always loved their pics of Sidonie. Please keep me posted. I think 3 is remarkably restrained. What were you thinking only leaving room for 3?? Lol. Balinbear, I agree I would hate to think what kind of state I would be in if I lived near a good nursery.

roseman wrote:Only three in the back of the ute, they must have been huge. You didn't have the children in the back did you Wendy, so which nursery did you go to

LOL *In* the cab of the ute, David! And it's not a dual-cab. *g*

Went to Mistydowns "on my way" to Hamilton for a conference.

Could have possibly fitted another 1-3 barerooted in there but... budgetary constraints...

Balinbear wrote:I am probably glad that we do not live anywhere a good rose nursery.

That's why we have mail order.... (which I've used 90% of the time!! LOL)

sallybcs wrote:I think 3 is remarkably restrained. What were you thinking only leaving room for 3?? Lol.

Hahaha

A lot of room was being taken up by ANOTHER rose (in full leaf etc) that I was taking down to put in the raffle ('Apricot Nectar' in case someone was going to ask about that. )

And yes, I was (remarkably) restrained. It did help that most of the ones on the racks were not on "my list".

AutumnDamask wrote:
That's why we have mail order.... (which I've used 90% of the time!! LOL)

I tell you its been hard this year not to order any. We still have some in pots form last year plus the ones we have grown from cuttings plus the ones I orderred from Bruce last year plus the couple grown from seed plus the 300 odd cuttings (may do an open garden next year so we may need to sell something) we have done in the last few weekends.

I look at the cataloges every night though and there are a few that I would have liked. Next year maybe................!

AutumnDamask wrote:

sallybcs wrote:I think 3 is remarkably restrained. What were you thinking only leaving room for 3?? Lol.

Hahaha

A lot of room was being taken up by ANOTHER rose (in full leaf etc) that I was taking down to put in the raffle ('Apricot Nectar' in case someone was going to ask about that. )

And yes, I was (remarkably) restrained. It did help that most of the ones on the racks were not on "my list".

wendy does noel actualy let u go in and have a look .. i ask him to get me the roses and he goes off to get em lol

Jordan there is an old saying whixh goes like this "no hide, no Christmas box" in normal speak if means if you do not ask you will not receive, next time you go just ask if you could go with him and look.

What exquisite choices, Autumn Damask. Sidonie -would love to hear your thoughts on that one in particular.

Balinbear, what took your fancy in the cattledogs? Enquiring minds who cannot begin to even name 300 roses want to know.

roseman wrote:Jordan there is an old saying whixh goes like this "no hide, no Christmas box" in normal speak if means if you do not ask you will not receive, next time you go just ask if you could go with him and look.

yeah david i will ask .. the reason why i didnt ask cause i thought it might be off limits

betsyw wrote:Balinbear, what took your fancy in the cattledogs? Enquiring minds who cannot begin to even name 300 roses want to know.

A couple of teas that we don't have Molly Sharmon Crawford, Francis Xavier, Jane Isobella Linton. Also a Noisette Leys Perpetual and Alister Clark's Baxters Beauty. There are a few other ramblers that I like but we really don't have anywhere to grow them.

As I said, next year maybe.

Also of the 300 cuttings, 100 of them are Boarderers and the rest are 10 or so each of differnent other roses. If all goes well I can expect about 80 Boarderers and a couple of each of the rest. I still have half a dozen or so roses that I want to do as well.

jordan71 wrote:wendy does noel actualy let u go in and have a look .. i ask him to get me the roses and he goes off to get em lol

No - I asked Judy if they had certain roses and she went out the back to check.

AutumnDamask wrote:

jordan71 wrote:wendy does noel actualy let u go in and have a look .. i ask him to get me the roses and he goes off to get em lol

No - I asked Judy if they had certain roses and she went out the back to check.

oh okay no probs

I thought I knew most of the noisettes, but have never heard of Leys Perpetual. Does it have another name?