Radika Kesavan wrote:



Of course, I was lucky enough to get excellent service from them even in
their first year and a half, but to those who encountered the glitches,
that is no comfort.

I have never had anything but excellent results from Ashdown--in terms of
receiving the roses I ordered when requested, and in terms of Paul's
customer service. He has been very approachable and answered all my
questions via email. However---when my bare roots arrived, they were, of
course, on multiflora. The whole different look of them made me feel
uneasy, though I was willing to give them a try. (Also, I am still
uncertain if there is any greater risk of Rose Rosette to roses on
multiflora rootstick--nobody has adequately addressed my concerns, or even
given me a "no, stupid!") Worst of all, I had to leave the country on last
minute's notice, and the bare roots (Distant Drums, Westerland, and
Abraham Darby, I think?) dried out. My fault. So the long of it is, after
all of it, I still have no idea of how Ashdown's grafted roses on
multiflora do here.