Comments regarding Edmunds' Roses

I loved my experience with Edmunds! I ordered 2 roses; both arrived in a timely manner and were extremely healthly. The canes were large and I was pleased that after I planted them they both sprang to life and are doing better than any I have purchased locally. I will continue to order from them in the future.

This was my first year ordering from Edmunds. I have ordered from other online places such as Jackson & Perkins and was disappointed before but wow was I surprised. The roses arrived right when they were promised and were at least twice the size of any I had previously received before. They all had at least 5 canes and all were very green and already had bud eye growth on them.
I'm Extremely happy and will order from them again!

Pat C

I also received the same response e-mail as "macpams" (below). I placed my order on March 29 and received the e-mail on March 30. Since it hasn't been 15 days yet, I'll reserve any further comment. But let's just say I'm not 100% confident now because my attempt at replying back to their e-mail came back "undeliverable." Any new developments, macpam?

I first ordered with Edmunds Roses last year and couldn't have been happier. Everything you have read about the size, quality and customer service is true. I purchased 6 roses last year for my own garden, and recommended the company to my mother as well. She ordered a number of roses from Edmunds, as well as another well known rose company. I helped her plant her roses, and we couldn't believe the comparison. Sure, the other roses did fine too, but were not of the size & quality the roses from Edmunds were. I already have my order in for 9 more roses this year! I would highly recommend this company, in fact, I do regularly!

I bought 6 new rose bushes from Edmunds. I wish I'd bought from them last year. I am so pleased with the size, health and vigor of the bushes. My wife and I entered a local rose show on a whim and roses from our Edmunds bushes won 2 novice categories.

I ordered 7 bareroot roses from Edmunds. They sent them promptly, and I was pleased with the size and health of all 7 of the plants. This was about a month ago, and all are in the ground, living and healthy.

This place is the absolute best! Edmunds will not disappoint you. There prices are a little higher then most other places but the quality of roses is worth every penny of it. I have a bucket were I soak all my bare root roses before planting them, I can usually fit up to 10 roses in it at the time, but not with the Edmunds Roses, I could barely fit 3 of their roses in it.

I cannot say enough positive things about this company! Their customer service was great. They promptly shipped my plants out to me, and even enclosed a very friendly and personal note. The roses I ordered from them are GORGEOUS! Very lush, many, many blooms- really, they have made me so happy in my little garden. I more than doubled my order with them this year. I chose to order from other companies last year, but after experiencing Edmunds premiere rose quality and customer service, I will remain their loyal customer.

Absolutely positive. I placed my first order with Edmunds' Roses this spring: one Grandiflora, Maria Shriver. It arrived promptly, very well packed, in great condition, and absolutely top notch quality with very big canes and huge roots. It is very healthy (e.g. no signs of RMV), and has been growing and blooming very well. It's an extremely beautiful and well scented rose, btw. I can only recommend Edmunds, they are a top notch company.

Received four bareroot roses earlier this spring. We've had a very weird spring - weather was up to the 80's for a couple of weeks, then back down to freezing when plants were shipped. We're about up to average temps now, I think.

My Edmund's roses are still coming out. (Planted within a bed with about 25 others - have about 100 roses in 4 beds and single places and climbers. I LOVE ROSES!!) They look like they survived the weird weather well. A couple have a couple of buds started.

I have Firefighter, Nicole, Crystalline, and Brilliant Pink Iceberg. Hope to have some blooms in a few weeks to add to vases.

Bought a rose for my best friend as an early birthday gift. It arrived in wonderful shape, very well packed, with a huge root system. It is now a beautiful bush, with all sort of lovely shoots and is budding. Am really looking forward to seeing it bloom. I plan to purchase some roses for me from Edmunds soon.

The first time I had any contact with them was through email. My questions were answered promptly and in a business manner. My first impression was that they know what they are doing and they know it.

I ordered the HT, Firefighter. A letter arrived within a week or so stating they received payment and my order had been filled. Firefighter arrived healthy, roots intact and moist, canes big with shoots already formed -- and a uniform green! -- with the planting instructions.

After I planted it, the rose grew quickly. The leaves are a beautiful green and there are already three buds.

I emailed the company about how happy I am with them and got a swift response.

I highly recommend them and can't wait to do business again.

Edmunds' Roses ships lovely big, healthy roses. The roses have all had big canes and a great root system. They pack roses right and they arrive with no stress or damage. I have not dealt with their customer service policies, but it's only because all the roses I've gotten from them have been correctly labeled, wonderful plants that I had no complaints about. The roses are a bit pricey, but you definitely get what you pay for and who could ask for more than that?

Very healthy looking rose! Shipped incredibly well-packaged, wrapped well, and moist. Sent a very detailed but easy to follow instruction pamphlet for planting as well (for those of us that aren't rose experts).

Another season, another order to Edmunds. If you are looking for excitement, this is not the place. They will get your order correct, ship it at the right time and make sure that you recieve large healthy roses. I have heard their customer is great, but why would anyone need to call? I envision Edmund's customer service as the old Maytag repair man commercials. People sitting around all day waiting for a complaint that never comes.

I ordered 6 rose bushes and they arrived quickly. I held them for a week until I was able to plant them. They all have turned out fantastic. I bought another rose from a local store and that died within a week. I had one concern about a rose pest and wrote to Edmunds. They responded back with an hour. I have a yard full of beautiful roses and could not be happier with Edmunds. I will order additional roses next year.

I ordered 9 roses 4 months in advance and they arrived EXACTLY on the date I had specified. The plants are some of the best plants I have ever seen. You will not be disappointed doing business with this company. Could not be happier.

Dealing with this company so far has been a real pleasure. They answered my questions via e-mail quickly and helped me a lot, being a newcomer to where I currently live. My roses arrived today in excellent condition, far exceeded my expectations. They were packaged with tender care, the bushes are in excellent condition, moist and look superb. I can't wait to get them in the ground. Other comments I read are right, the directions they included are easy to understand and tell you all you need to know. I am looking forward to beautiful roses in a few months!

What a pleasure - roses are top notch, service was excellent. My rose garden is getting ready to bloom and Edmond's is my #1 choice for future additions. Very professional, excellent service, beautiful catalog, nice website. I am a happy customer.!!!! Now I just need a bigger garden

This past Christmas, my sister and niece ordered some bareroot roses from Edmunds for me as a gift. I received a card telling me they would be shipped near the end of February. I thought it was a tad early for our area since we have very late frosts, but oh well...Anyway, they did come at that time and were big and healthy with several canes and beautifully packaged. They had very explicit and detailed instructions for planting and care. We followed their suggestions and early in the spring they sprouted disease free dark green leaves and grew unbelievably fast. Every one has been blooming all summer long and are gorgeous. Additionally, I had a question about a cultural problem and emailed the company. Even though I had never been a customer, there was an immediate, courteous, and helpful response. I have been sooo impressed with this company that I will look to them for my roses in future.

I had ordered seven bare root hybred tea roses from Edmunds. They have all been growing and blooming beyond any expectations that I had. The Chicago Peace rose has blooms of near show quality even thogh I have it in a pot! I have never seen bareroot roses come with as many canes as Edmunds ships. Perhaps I've been lucky, but some of the roses I received had five and six canes. I will be buying from them for many years.

I ordered 5 roses from Edmunds. This was my first order after reading the comments from past purchasers. I was pleasantly surprised when they arrived all in good condition bare root. I have planted the roses and I have to say they are just beautiful. Thanks to all for the advise. I will be ordering again.

I ordered ten bareroot roses from Edmunds' in Sring 2004. The customer service was excellent. I had several questions and they were answered to my complete satisfaction. Yes the roses were a bit expensive but I have learned that you usually get what you pay for. A three dollar rose is just that. The roses came packaged bareroot and they were very large. The canes were very healthy and strong. I planted them in a new bed per the instructions sent and just waited patiently for results. It seemed like they would never grow. Every other new rose that I had planted had come to life, but the Edmunds' just sat there looking dormant. I had become a bit disappointed in my purchase until one day I saw some new growth. Now two months later and the Edmunds' are exceptional. Very large, bushy, and green. Beautiful roses. They have surpassed everything else in my garden and I have over a hundered. Also no blackspot whatsoever. I will buy from this company before I buy from any other.

I ordered 3 bareroots from Edmunds Roses. They arrived in excellent condition, at the perfect time for planting in my area. Their roses are probably the largest bareroots I have ever seen. I hadn't really known what a large grade #1 bareroot should really look like until I'd seen these lovely specimens from Edmunds.

One of the roses I received came mislabeled as a different variety. I emailed them and received a prompt and very courteous reply. Mr. Edmund graciously said I could keep the mislabeled rose and sent me another, which I received in short time. Well now it is summer and the roses are blooming, and it turns out that the mislabeled rose was the correct variety afterall! So I'm hoping this positive review will offset some of my feelings of guilt and lavishness. I feel especially bad since all the roses from Edmunds are growing exceptionally well.

But seriously, this is a great company and they run an impeccable operation. It's obvious that they care about customer satisfaction and make it their top priority. Correspondence is always very timely and very polite, and of course their product is first-rate.

By the way, if you are lucky enough to find a copy of the out-of-print book, "Family of Roses" by the famous hybridizer Sam McGredy, you will find very glowing praise for this company indeed and interesting comments as well. After reading all of the wonderful things that McGredy had to say about Edmunds Roses, I decided that I would have to try this company for myself. They have not disappointed. From now on, they are my first source for all modern popular rose varieties.

Let me state--I'm not real happy with my order, but am giving the company the benifit of the doubt & giving them a positive. I placed my order on-line in december, and pre-paid for the 10% discount. Roses finally arrived around April 15th, which is the tail end of the time to plant roses for Oklahoma. They arrived a full month after my David Austin order--those bushes have grown out, and even have small buds on them at this point. The edmund roses are just starting to sprout leaves (well, some of them). Different types of roses (old english vs. tea, so they might grow differently), so I don't want to complain too much, as it might not be the company's fault. Several of the canes have died back (or not grown at all) from the edmund roses (I ordered 10 in all). So, even if they started out with 5 canes, for most there's only 3 growing now. Some only started with 3 canes, and they're down to 2 or 1 or none. One, Marilyn Monroe, might be coming up from beneath the root graft--the canes for that one are about 1/2 black 1/2 green & I didn't think it would make it, but its finally sprouting something, again, right on the graft area or below it. Again--none of this on the david austin roses, but again, they'e a different type. The prices were quite high, and about a week ago I went to home depot & bought roses that were BLOOMING for less (I think around $8/plant vs. $17+). The only reason why the roses didn't go back in a box to edmunds is that home depot had different varieties, and I did want to grow the ones I bought from edmunds. Waiting to see if any actually make it to the bloom stage, and if the Marilyn Monroe (and the rest) are going to be true to type. The feedback might change after I talk with customer service. I sincerely doubt I order from this company again--I found it very high priced for the roses I got. The roses I wanted the most seemed to be the smallest (and poorest growing) of the bunch. I hesitate to give a negative or neutral feedback though, because of all the previous glowing comments, and the roses haven't quite had a chance to really get started. So, I'll wait & see.

I received my first order from Edmunds a few days ago. The barerooted Dublin Bay and Morden Blush were very large, beautifully packed and came with newbie instructions (that is, instructions that a newcomer to roses like me can immediately understand and execute). This represents the happy culmination of a transaction that started months ago with a series of e-mails to and from Phil Edmunds, who is one of the kindest and most patient men around. My only complaint is that they did not have some of the old garden roses I sought, but that is the ultimate compliment, because I am complaining about not being able to order more. One of the nice things about Edmunds is that, unlike many quality companies, there is no minimum order. I started with one rose, a trellis, gauntlet gloves and rose food and then added another rose. And I was sent a free Hudson rose sprayer.
Best of all, my roses are already budding. I highly recommend them.

This was my first rose order to them, but it won't be my last! While I ordered online, the response to my order was very fast. The roses that I ordered were very fairly priced (by their size, they were a bargain). When I received them, they were packed very well and in excellent condition. Good instructions for those not sure how to plant bare root roses. The plants were huge! Very thick stems and a great looking graft site. I couldn't be happier with their service and plants!

Ordered 21 roses from them recently. All were in fine condition and the root systems were outstanding. All are budding and I am quite sure will put on a fine display.

Edmunds roses are truly #1 stock, I can always order from them with confidence. They don't have virus-indexed stock, and the Peace roses I received from them were failing in their second year, but I've learned that this is an aspect of too much propagation of Peace from suspect parent stock.
Customer service is great, packing is terrific, prices are very standard. The health and roots of these plants are unbelievably good and they always (except for Peace) do well. Edmunds carries a large variety of roses to choose from, and they are one of my favorite companies. Now if they would only use virus-free rootstock!

My roses were large and high quality, they grew fast and I had loads of blooms the first year. I can’t say anything about their customer service for I never had to deal with it. Their web-site and catalog are easy to use and they have a good selection. A+

The roses I got from them were enormous, well branched, and -- most importantly -- well rooted with huge roots. Their customer service is fabulous as well. I got exactly what I ordered and they're still healthy, vigorous roses.

When I order roses again I will check Edmunds catalog first to see if they have what I want.

EXCELLENT!!! I ordered from them for the first time this year. The staff was friendly and helpful. The order arrived promptly. The rose arrived in good condition and is growing beautifully. I recommend this company!

I absolutely, Love doing business with Edmunds! The customer service is great! The selection of roses is excellent and the canes and roots are beautiful. When you call Edmunds they love to talk about roses and will advise you on what does well in your part of the country. They will help you select and tell you how to grow roses. (Yes this company gets TEN-STARS********* in my book, This is my second season doing business with them.

I ordered 6 bareroot roses from Edmunds Roses this year,and it was my first experience with them. The roses arrived mid March and were packed well with wet newspaper keeping the roots moist. All the roses had at least 3-4 thick canes and ALL of them are either in bloom or absolutely covered in buds just two months after planting them. I had some questions about planting as this was my first experience with bareroot roses and my emails were answered within a day. I will most definitely order from this comany again!!

This is my 2nd order from Edmund's, this time for 32 Bareroot Roses. They arrived (a little early for my zone 5) and are absolutly beautiful, big healthy canes, large bushes, the customer service is excellent. I will be a customer for Edmunds for a long time.

I too, have had good experiences with Edmunds. They sell nice, big, healthy plants. Their customer service is very good as well.
Bob Gale

I have ordered roses from Edmunds for a few years. Every time I am happy with the plants and their service. They are very helpful with their tips as well.

The highest quality plants (heavy root system and canes); much better than J&P. Excellent service. Really nice people--eager to help you. Fresh and prompt delivery. Reasonable prices. What more can I say?

I love Edmunds! I've ordered several roses from them and all have grown, made it through our Wisconsin winters and are true to the catalogue description. I can't say that for a lot of other mail order companies. Anytime I've called Edmunds, they're always courtious and willing to assist you with any kind of rose question that you may have, whether you order from them or not. The roses that I've received have all had fat healthy canes, super root systems and no disease. I ordered from them again this fall and can't wait till my shipment arrives in the spring. I would say one of the better rose companies, maybe pricier than others but with the quality you receive, it's worth the extra price.