Are expensive mail order bare root plants better than local store bought bare root roses?
The expensive ($16) mail order rose on the far right certainly looks better than eight the Armstrong ($8) on the left or the off brand ($4) in the middle, but only time will tell how much better it grows. I should have the answer to this question by May of 2004. Result: Yes, the expensive plants with the better roots systems are better. They are more likely to live and sprout earlier and stronger than the cheap plants ourchased in store. But, I’d say that they are only 50 percent better, which does not balance with the fact that they can cost three times as much. Does Perfume Delight, Mister Lincoln, or one of the nine JAGFA winning roses have the sweetest and strongest fragrance? Fragrance comparison complete!!! This is it! This is the reason I started growing roses: to discover which hybrid tea had the sweetest and strongest frangrance. I compared nine of the ten James Alexander Gamble Fragrance award winning roses and two others, Mr. Lincoln and and Perfune Delight, on two different
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