Letters & Comments from Our Customers

Some notes and letters from our customers...

• I couldn't be more pleased and happy with the roses I've ordered from you. 'Francis Dubreuil and Happy Child are healthy and thriving - both exquisitely beautiful - both with heavenly scents! You run a first class operation, put out a terrific catalog, have great customer service, sending healthy, thriving, glorious roses.
  • Marianne D.
    Santa Rosa, California
• I purchased a 'Joan Fontaine' rose from you in the fall two years ago. I have been hesitant to buy roses because they always seemed so finicky and prone to all kinds of problems. However I was named after Joan Fontaine so I took the plunge. We live in a town home and have a small flower bed out front. Let me tell you, 'Joan Fontaine' has done you proud! Just bloomed continuously, even after a cold snap. We had lovely blooms in November and December. Thank again for making the world more beautiful.
  • Joan B.
    Shawnee Mission, Kansas
• Just to let you know - We have minus 25 degree winters and our 'Henry Kelsey' and 'William Baffin' are 10 ft. tall and never have suffered any die-back in 10 years. We leave them up on the arbors unprotected - They are wonderful.
  • Trish and Charles S.
• So far all of the roses I've planted from your garden are doing very well. As a matter of fact, my rose garden has become a conversation piece in the neighborhood. Keep up the good work.
  • Paula C.
    Satisfied customer in California
• It has taken me weeks - months to order. I just can't make up my mind! I was delighted to see you have the Everblooming Climbing Cecile Brunner. Last summer I bought five of your roses home. I'm so glad to have found you with your own-root roses. They're doing just great. I'll be replacing the ones I have that are grafted little by little.
  • Nancy D.
    Carnation, Washington
• I love your roses and have had great luck with them. I look forward to May when my new roses come in.
  • Carole M.
    Rhode Island
• I have been your customer for about eight or so years and it has been a joy! Your ramblers are more beautiful than any climber. In the spring our garden literally blooms "like a rose"! Thank you! All rose plants grew well. Especially the 'Handpainted' ones are a pleasure to have.
  • Margaret H.
    Watsonville, California
• I thought I had a nice selection of old roses until I read your catalog!! An outstanding catalog that I wish I had 4 years ago when I embarked on a most pleasant task: creating a cottage garden and rose garden at my Vermont house which is an 1840 Saltbox. It hasn't been easy and after reading hundreds of catalogs and many books on roses (including Austin's book and the new Peter Beales book). I have to say your catalog is the most informative and best laid out I've ever seen. Not to mention the fact you ship just about year round and have every variety I have wished for when reading old rose books. Thank you!
  • Kathleen R.
    Vermont
• Just received your catalogue. Stayed up until 2:30 a.m. reading it and finished it today. Many 'I cannot resist for my next garden', we shall be moving next year, cleaning up the garden, planning the lay-out, and finding a way to fit all the wonderful roses in. I just wanted to take the time to thank you for the enormous amount of work that your catalogue and your whole effort represents and let you know how much it is appreciated and enjoyed. I particularly wanted to thank for you excellent descriptions.
  • Martine L.
    Walnut Creek, California
• I have seen your O.G.R. catalog at the Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Library. It is easily the most extensive and practical O.G.R. catalog ever in the U.S. It's difficult to imagine any better from anywhere in the world.
  • Marlyn B
    Dubuque, Iowa
• Received your catalog yesterday and wanted to call to tell how very thrilled an excited it made me. I'm very new at this and have fallen in love with the shrub and Old Garden Roses. Especially enjoyed the personal touch of Louise Clements. Thanks so very much.
  • Gay L.
    Humboldt, Tennessee