Comments regarding Hartwood Roses

I bought two roses from Hartwood back when Connie used to be a vendor at the local garden sales in Richmond. 'Gartendirektor Otto Linne' has thrived, and is now blooming in mid-October, despite the recent freeze. 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' has also been doing very well this year. I had been thrilled at an even earlier year to find 'Dainty Bess,' and bought that, too, but I failed the rose by moving it too much (rearranging the line of the lawn--no need to go into that, but the rose was fine until I dug it up twice in the space of a couple of weeks). I intend to stay better informed and hope to make it to the open house next year.

Posted on June 13, 2011, updated August 11, 2011
I ordered 4 roses from this company....They arrived in good packaging although it was very hard to get the roses out of the box...The were a lot smaller than I had expected but having never ordered half gallon roses I was expecting somewhere between band and gallon...I feel the roses were closer to band size....the roots on 2 of the roses were poorly developed...one plant fell right out of the pot when unpackaging and the roots would have been lucky to fill a 4 inch container....That rose lost several of its leaves and is looking slightly sad although I have high hopes for it....I would recommend buying from this seller so long as you order with the thoughts of getting plants similar to bands in size....If you will order with that thought in mind you will be happy with your purchase....So long as the plants survive this post shall be positive and I will order from this seller again!! Happy Growing!

I ordered two roses. They arrived promptly, and appear healthy and in great condition. They were packaged very well. They are also larger than I had thought they would be. Communication was excellent and I am very pleased with the service and the roses.

I just received two orders from Connie. The one to Georgia arrived overnight and the other going to Vermont arrived the next day. Both contained beautiful, lush green plants which arrived in excellent condition. I am tempted to buy more.

I am close enough to Hartwood Roses to pick up my orders so I can not comment in regards to shipping. However, I did want to comment on the quality of their roses. I have ordered 5 roses and all are top quality "band" size roses that quickly grow once "allowed to spread their roots".
Hartwood Roses is a great place to get unique and rare roses on the east coast. I highly recommend them.