On 11/11/2013 22:08, Frank Booth wrote:
Has anyome had any dealings with this company?

I ordered a fair quantity of bare rooted roses from them in early October.
They say in their blurb that plants will be delivered Oct/Nov, but so far
there's been a diquietening silence from them despite them happily taking
my money.

http://www.jparkers.co.uk/plant-0001...rose-korresia/







I've used them many times. They've never failed to deliver, but I trust
the quality of their bulbs more than I do of their plants. However, it
was their herbaceous plants, rather than woody material, I had problems
with. Woody material is less likely to collapse in transit.

It may be that they will only send out roses when they are dormant and,
since we've not really had a lasting cold snap to induce dormancy, I
suspect they may be waiting for the right moment. Be patient a while
longer. You may yet receive them in November.

If it makes you feel better, prepare the planting hole in readiness.
I've done this in the past. I then put a large pot or bucket in the
hole to stop soil and detritus falling in. It makes the job so much
easier when the rose comes and bad weather comes with it.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay