Sacha wrote in :

On 2011-03-24 16:25:57 +0000, "Mentalguy2k8"
said:

Wondering if these deals where you get to name a rose and have the
bush delivered are any good?

A friend has had a tough time and has always talked about having a
rose bush, so we thought it was a decent "personalised" gift. How do
we go about seeing if the name we want is already registered? Anyone
have any experience of these things? Any advice or anecdotes much
appreciated, thanks.

I've never done it but would just suggest that you take every care
over what kind of rose it is, how healthy, good 'doer' etc. I may be
being very unfair but this does strike me as a possible way of selling
off rose 'seedlings' that have amounted to nothing much! And is there
already a rose with your friend's name?

Or a scam in other words.
A better idea would be to go to your local nursery, pick a plant,buy it,
take the label off and write your own. It is exactly the same, a scam. IMO

Baz