Each new rose delivery seems to be worse than the one before. This one came from S&W Greenhouse yesterday. I ordered seven roses and they sent six. I'll have to make sure they don't charge me for the seventh. The ones they sent are Camara, Luscious, Twilight Zone, Bulls Eye, Stainless Steel, and Hollywood Star. They left out Colossus, but they had been spelling it "Colussus," so maybe they just couldn't find it under their spelling.
The packing method is simpler than simple. They lump them together in a plastic bag, tape the bag shut, and put the bag in a packing box. I was a little worried about mildew because the condensation drops inside the bag were white, but I think that had more to do with the mineral content of their water.
They don't look so bad from a distance, although I wish they had sent them to me before they started growing. Now all of that new growth will have to be pulled off the roses before they're planted because this kind of growth doesn't do well after it turns white from lack of light.
They may not look bad from a distance, but look at them close up. This one is Luscious and most of the canes are already dead. That odd-looking horizontal stick across the top, by the way, is a big piece of root they snapped off while they were packing it.
After getting rid of the obviously dead parts, I'm left with this -- no one's idea of a grade #1 rose.
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