Daniel Hanna wrote:
In Radika Kesavan wrote:

I want this! Wonder if they have it released it for commerce in the
Northern Hemisphere yet. Kirra, you have just managed to torture
me through cyberspace :-). Know where this comes from?


I know. Here's a quote from the March 2003 issue of Gardening
Australia:

"On June 1, Swane's Nurseries (www.swanes.com) will release 'Burgundy
Iceberg', first sported in Swane's own Dural rose garden in 2000.
...

Thanks, Daniel!

I often frequent the Swanes Dural rose garden north of Sydney - they
have display gardens of several hundred bushes, quite amazing.
International tourists come to see it.

We shall have to look it up the next time we visit our family members in
Canberra. Might be a few years before we do this again, but it seems
liek one more thing to look forward to while visiting people we care
deeply about. Beautiful country, that part of Australia, looks not very
unlike where we live here g.

Looks like the bare root price for a bush in its introduction this
June will be A$19.95 (US $11 approx). That's quite expensive.

Hmmm ... around here, that would be on par.

Swanes does ship overseas but I think they charge an extra A$200 (US
$110 or thereabouts) to get through all the red tape. Swanes' web
site has a mention of it on their home page but the site hasn't been
opened for 2003 orders yet. You can order by phone though.

Yikes. That gets to add up, doesn't it. I think I shall wait till they
introduce it in the U. S., but thanks for the information, it is good to
know.

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Radika
California
USDA 9 / Sunset 15