So, Rogue Valley has a new Website design, which is nice for several reasons, but it has one major flaw: You don't know a rose is out of stock until you click on the rose and then click on the size you want.
When the new format was first installed, I was terrifically excited because they suddenly had roses I had been wanting for a long time, and they had many of them in gallons. I was particularly excited to see the gallon-sized Paul Barden roses because I've never been able to grow Rogue Valley's Barden bands. I would assume that the gallons would be past the critical stage and would be viable.
I resisted placing an order for a long time, mainly because of a shortage of space for roses, but I finally decided to bite the bullet and order eight roses. Every single one is out of stock, but there's no clue until you click on the gallon option and you're told it's out of stock, click on the 5-gallon option and learn that it's out of stock, and click on the band and learn that it's out of stock. WTH???? It used to be much easier and less time-consuming to avoid the roses that were out of stock.
