Yes I am ordering 4 actually as I already had 3 plants to order from them before this discussion, then I am adding the one free rose and one mystery rose, so in total 6 roses, with shipping everything comes to $27.50 per rose if you only count the 4 roses I actually wanted, it becomes $18.33 per rose if you count the two freebies as well. Truth is, the free rose, Royal William, is a rose I have had an eye on ordering for a while, so it works out quite well.

I want to join the club also. I cannot wait!! lollol I bought 7 of those feeders that you talked about on another thread, hummersteve. I went to Wally world and bought every last one of them. When I found out the yellow portals attracted wasps and bees I bought what you suggested. I got the 32 oz. size. Now if they would hurry up and come to dinner at my house. LOL I will not be using the feeders with yellow portals this year and I thank you for posting the info, hummersteve. I have 3 out right now and ready to go with more. I keep hearing their little chirps, but I keep thinking it may be another kind of bird.(am I hearing things,now?) I haven't seen any as of yet at my feeders. I planted 3 trumpet vines this year, l yellow and 2 red. Also pink jasmine(not sure if they like that but loved the smell) 8 hibiscus, coral honeysuckle, and 2 veregated wiegela bushes. I am ready. I am a little anxious for them to come, especially since the forrest fire near our house. We are surrounded by national forrest land on three sides and they did a "control burn" but it covered hundreds of acres...I hope it does not run them off. The smell is still in the air and it is still smoldering.:(

This thread has been so helpful to me. Thank you Claire for starting it!!! When I'm doing dreaded/tedious/mindless and timed chores, I like to listen to audio books. Thanks to this forum and Janet Evanovich's "Stephanie Plum" audio series, I've... ...Cleaned two windows, inside and out, in preparation for winter. I have many more to go, but I focus on the success, not the ones in waiting. ...I cleaned and properly stored several bird nectar feeders and watering stations that won't be used until next spring. I've even traded out messy squirrel baffles (over the feeders) for clean ones and cleaned and stored the first set. I try to keep my bird feeders and stations neat and sanitary. It actually takes very little "time" to do it right. ...I doubled checked the winter seed and suet feeders. Everything is ready to go. ...I've also began purging and filing the huge pile of paper that has spread from the table, to the baking counter, to the chair seats, to a box. I will beat it down into a very few, smaller, easily stacked file boxes. We're in the midst of needed almost-major remodels. The bathroom has been completely gutted. Drywall dust, insulation, and sawdust rule supreme right now but I keep reminding myself, "one step at a time." At the rate I'm going, by the time the construction dust and messes are cleaned up, my files and papers will be in perfect order and I can get right to enjoying and using the new office and craft room for their intended purposes...not to mention the bathroom! Some of my mantras... "I can do anything for 15 (or 5, or 30) minutes. "It doesn't have to be perfect; it just has to be done!" "A place for everything; and everything in it's place." Thanks, Mom! Since I have a poor depth of field vision, we have a new rule that really helps in lots of ways, "Nothing goes on the floor except our feet."

Shelby, that looks very healthy to me! I planted mine at the end of February so they've had a bit longer in the ground. Other than being a little bit taller than yours they look pretty much on par. My first flush ended about two weeks ago. Once the flowers were dropping petals I clipped the spent blooms about one or two 5-leaflets down and I'm getting a bunch of new growth from those areas. Currently have about 10 buds that will probably open up in the next week or two. If you haven't fertilized yet I would definitely suggest that you do so. I used Jobe's Organic Rose Food. First round of fertilizing was done Mother's Day Weekend and the second one was about a month later. They definitely seem to respond well to a good shot of food. Good luck, keep up the great work and enjoy those beautiful blooms!