I was surprised to find the box in the picture above leaning against the front door Saturday afternoon. Betsy and I were busy working with our new computers and we didn’t even hear the mailman come to the front door.
I recognized the box as soon as I saw it — I didn’t even have to read the name. I’ve been a customer of Jackson & Perkins for many years, and I knew that we had just gotten a bare-root rose which we ordered for our garden this year. The reason I was surprised is that Jackson & Perkins does a good job of getting roses to the customer at the proper planting time. And quite frankly, I was expecting to be planting roses anytime soon!
Rose Spellbound, Fairfield Glade. June, 2006.
This rose, Spellbound, is a replacement for a plant we’ve had in our garden. The picture at the right shows Spellbound in 2006, the year we planted it. But two years of drought had reduced it to a single blossom on a weak stem last year. Since we like Spellbound when it’s healthy, we decided to try again with a new plant.
So I was delighted with this sign from Jackson & Perkins that spring is near. The only problem is that we got the rose Saturday afternoon and it snowed Saturday night! Oh, well, at least Betsy was happy.
Senior Moments 
February 23, 2009 at 3:46 am |
Some rose plants need replacement in our garden but we’ll do it next year.
February 23, 2009 at 4:49 am |
Oh wow thats a beautiful rose. Well at least you have something to look forward to when the weather improves. =) Look forward to seeing many beautiful pictures.
February 23, 2009 at 6:54 am |
Gosh, I can’t even think of roses and flowers outside for at least another couple months!! LOL
That rose is beautiful, though!
February 23, 2009 at 7:29 am |
ha ha. Perhaps the rose company is trying to fool Mother Nature!!!
February 23, 2009 at 7:31 am |
Gorgeous rose ! I went to the library Saturday, and came away with Tasha Tudor’s Garden…
What an inspiration to those of us, you love to get out hands in the dirt ..
You must be very dedicated, to grow roses in Tennessee, mine seem to die in the heat of summer 😦
February 23, 2009 at 8:23 am |
George: I hope to see your blooms as Spring gets this rose into action.
February 23, 2009 at 8:57 am |
Well the rose is appropriately named; it’s just beautiful.
February 23, 2009 at 9:09 am |
I’m looking forward to seeing your beautiful roses this year!
February 23, 2009 at 9:28 am |
That’s a nice color George. Does it have a fragrance?
February 23, 2009 at 9:30 am |
A rose bush in the mail…that sounds so lovely! Even better to have someone to plant it and tend it! Will look forward to photos of the flowers 🙂
February 23, 2009 at 9:45 am |
J&P don’t usually miss the mark. I’m sure they will send you another replacement since they have (or used to have) very good customer relations.
February 23, 2009 at 10:21 am |
That rose will be a beautiful addition to your rose garden.
February 23, 2009 at 11:40 am |
She’s a gorgeous rose!! Love your pictures! Congrats on your new computers. Lots of work to change everything over – no wonder you were so absorbed and didn’t hear the delivery!
February 23, 2009 at 12:09 pm |
Oh YAY!!! I hope they are right on! That rose is gorgeous, happy planting 🙂
February 23, 2009 at 4:21 pm |
May they know something we don’t – Spring is coming early this year.
February 23, 2009 at 5:02 pm |
Gorgeous roses. when spring comes I will need to look into getting new roses for the garden.
February 23, 2009 at 5:44 pm |
That is a very pretty rose. I hope your cold weather is about over now. I am amazed at that big chunk of ice that fell. I’ve never seen anything like that.
February 23, 2009 at 7:29 pm |
Oh I am a fan of Jackson and Perkins too. At one time I received the catalog too, but never got around to ordering from them. But whenever, they are on sale at my local nursery, I buy them.
Let us know how Spellbound fare this summer.
February 23, 2009 at 9:21 pm |
Looking forward to seeing pictures of this new rose this summer.
Blessings,Ruth
February 23, 2009 at 11:57 pm |
That is one gorgeous rose!
I haven’t experimented with roses yet! Must do soon, the bloom is tempting. 🙂
February 24, 2009 at 8:24 am |
I can certainly tell from this photo that you have a lovely garden of roses!
February 24, 2009 at 11:21 am |
What a gorgeous blossom and delightful surprise! It reminds me of the rainbow surprise that greeted ME yesterday that I shared at Small Reflections ;–)
May Spring arrive soon for you.
Hugs and blessings,
February 24, 2009 at 11:44 am |
Beautiful! I can see why this rose would hold you ‘spellbound.’ Wishing you a warm-up so you can get it in the ground.
February 24, 2009 at 2:42 pm |
It sure is a beauty! One of these days I am going to try a rose again…or have my daughter plant it. She seems to have a green thumb when it comes to them.
February 25, 2009 at 1:17 am |
This rose must be very beautiful in real life, I guess, because it seems to be so beautiful in Your photo. It is lovely to hear that garden means so much to You.
February 25, 2009 at 11:44 am |
How exciting! It’s always fun to have something delivered. That rose is beautiful. I know you can’t wait to plant the new one. 🙂
March 6, 2009 at 7:37 pm |
Spring one day, snow the next day. A normal week in East Tennessee. 🙂
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