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Ordering Roses Online for the Home Gardener

February 19, 2014 By Holly Hammersmith 6 Comments

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Back in December I posted about all these plant and seed catalogs I had gathered. In January I ordered seeds, and this month I ordered rose bushes and some fruit trees.

I’m now done ordering plants for this year with the exception of purchasing some rhubarb at the local garden center this spring. Did you know you can order fruit trees online? What about ordering roses?

Ordering Roses

Ordering Roses

Ordering Roses

Garden Online Order

I would like more plants than what I have listed below but I wanted to select an amount that seemed reasonable to manage and undertake this year, and I needed to keep our budget in mind.

I hope to purchase a second lot of fruit trees and bushes next year. Until then, here’s what I have planned out for this year, please see the image above.

I opted to buy from Stark Bro’s this year. I selected dwarf varieties for all the trees I purchased. Shipping was free because my order was more than $85. My plan is to espalier the trees. The bushes will fill some bare spots in my flower beds.

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The lemon tree will have to be brought indoors each year. So far the rosemary and bay laurel I brought in during the fall are growing splendidly, so I have high hopes for keeping a lemon tree year-round in Cleveland, Ohio!

Rose Bushes Online

Ordering Roses

I went with Heirloom Roses this year and received an extra 10 percent off my order in celebration of Valentine’s Day weekend. I used to work in a floral shop, so I have a passion for certain varieties of flowers. When looking at colorful flowers that would continually bloom – I was drawn to roses.

I purchased three (pink & red) of the tea variety – long, fragrant stems I can use fresh cut in arrangements. I also purchased one white rose bush that should also produce color year-round and rose hips in the fall. Rose hips can be used to make jams, jellies and teas.

Online Rose Order

In Conclusion

With both Stark Bro’s and Heirloom Roses I opted to have my plants ship in a few weeks once we thaw out a bit. I appreciate the convenience of buying now when there are sales and better selection, and then receiving my plants later.

Have you ordered fruit trees online?




Filed Under: GARDEN, PLANT

About Holly Hammersmith

Holly Hammersmith is an independent writer and editor. She blogs about how to keep a healthy home and lifestyle. Topics include wellness, household, saving money, gardening and more. Holly lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with her husband, preschooler daughter and rescue dog Lulu.

Comments

  1. Leilani says

    February 19, 2014 at 11:13 AM

    Son of a gun! Our gardening group just had a guest speaker last night who owns a local tree farm (Womacks Nursery) and is seeing everything moving to online sales. They have excellent trees because they are suited to our wonky Texas climate. It was 7 last week and 80 yesterday! For this reason, I’d have to be very picky about where my seed came from. I bet things grow much easier in Ohio!

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  2. Michelle@SimplifyLiveLove.com says

    February 19, 2014 at 1:53 PM

    I have lots more ordering to do. We ordered fruit trees a couple years ago from Trees of Antiquity and most of them are doing very well. I hope I can keep the Japanese Beetles off them this year, though, as they destroyed a couple last year! I’m your newest follower… 🙂

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    • Holly Hammersmith says

      February 20, 2014 at 10:12 AM

      Good to hear. I had the Trees of Antiquity catalog as well but wanted to keep things simple and just order from one company. They had a very large selection though!

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  3. Bekki @a better way to homeschool says

    February 19, 2014 at 9:14 PM

    I am so behind the eight ball! One of my boys (age 10) is a future farmer. He lives and breathes farming. I recently ordered catalogs for him to lean how to plan his planting and you would have thought I bought him a lego set!
    Thank you for sharing:)

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  4. Lauren says

    February 20, 2014 at 2:49 AM

    I have never thought about buying trees and plants online as our local nursery is so close, it definitely looks like a great option though!

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    • Holly Hammersmith says

      February 20, 2014 at 10:11 AM

      Yes, I should add that one of the reasons I did this was I could not find dwarf trees at my local nursery. There are a lot more options when you do mail order.

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