On Monday, 11 November 2013 22:37:54 UTC, Spider wrote:
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.

Well the roses finally arrived today - last day of November. Had they arrived any later they would have been in breach of contract of their own terms. However 3 of the 9 roses delivered were either damaged or of very poor quality. Not good at all. They are going back. Not sure whether to ask for a part refund and buy the remaining 3 elsewhere, or have the damaged roses replaced (and no doubt I'll have a long wait again). I guess my early misgivings of this company turned out to be well founded and I won't be using them again.