Heirloom Floribunda Roses, Live Own Root Plant for Outdoor Garden, Celestial Night™, Moderately Fragrant, Hardiness Zones: 5-9, Continual Blooming

It's only been a couple weeks since we got it, but it's already growing and looking very healthy with new leaves coming out.

healthy plant!

I live in New York City, and specifically in my neighborhood (Astoria), roses are a big "to-do"; once June rolls around every year, the gardens light up with these beautiful blooms and it seems like every conversation you overhear is all about the beautiful variety of surrounding roses. My fiance and I just moved to this neighborhood to the only house without a rose in the garden, of course. Although it was a little late in the year to get a plant in the ground in time for rose season, we took a chance and ordered the Heirloom Roses Ebb Tide live rose plant, wanting desperately to be in the "club". It arrived on June 8th in lovely condition, nice, strong roots and a hearty stem with many leaves, probably 12" not including the roots. We planted it in the ground immediately and kept it watered per the instructions; exactly 30 days later, to our great surprise, this wondrous plant burst forth two gorgeous blooms with several more close behind! The color is not deep purple as pictured in the listing, but the piercing fuchsia color is so breath-taking that we honestly couldn't be happier. Purple? What purple?! We understand that these blooms are brand new, so they may deepen in color as the plant matures, but for now, wow. They are the talk of the neighborhood, have a completely unique color, and they rival anyone else's blooms as far as sweet-smelling and strong fragrance, with only two blooms. I would give this 10 stars if I could. Really astonishing experience with Heirloom Roses from start to finish.

I bought this in late fall and planted it in the ground in humus-rich soil. As advertised, it blooms in the first year after you plant it. Mine bloomed in late winter through late spring in SE Virginia, zone 8. The blooms are fragrant and lighter in color than advertised because this rose doesn't reach its darkest color until its aged a few years. Heirloom Roses website also states this. Despite the brighter magenta color in this first year, the rose is still pretty and a fast grower even without fertilization in its first year before its bloom time. I give my plants 1 growing season to adjust to their new soil unless it shows signs of deficiency. I'm about to fertilize in a day or 2 with the recommended liquid fertilizer and it's already mid-June.

They’re pretty but not the color I thought they would be. Bought them in May and they are already blooming… they look big in the pictures but they are very small. Hoping they get bigger as time goes by.

I bought five different varieties of these very expensive roses and every single plant rapidly died, mostly from Blackspot. I just now discovered the last living rose has a heavy thrip infestation that seemingly popped up overnight. None of my other plants have any disease or pest problems. I sprayed the thrips with Neem and am keeping my fingers crossed. I have grown roses and other plants for many years and have rarely had problems with diseases or pests. If I do I use organic methods, such as Neem oil and insecticidal soap.. I did get a refund for one rose (Ebb Tide), but the seller wasn’t very friendly about it. They made me feel like I was a bumbling yokel gardening for the first time in my life. They offer a guarantee but the conditions you have to meet make it too intimidating to claim. They found fault with me for not being able to plant the roses outside right away, but In their guarantee it says roses that can’t be planted right away can be held for up to six weeks. They shipped the roses over six weeks from our frost free date. The ground wasn’t workable yet and we were still getting snow and ice storms. I received one refund for Ebb Tide. Apparently something is very wrong with one specific rose I bought because it was withdrawn from sale until it was ‘up to their standards’. I will never buy from Heirloom Roses again no matter how lovely their roses look on the website.

I am thrilled with my purchase. The rose came well packaged. It was small and only a few leaves but I wasn’t worried as this was stated in the details for transport. I followed the instructions on planting hoping it would thrive in Kansas weather, not expecting it to do much else. Well to my absolute surprise, in less than one month, it is getting ready to bloom and more than one bud is set on. Would highly recommend this seller. Also appreciated the pamphlet included in my package.

I hope I get to change this review. Year one is a no go. I have bought several heirloom rose plants and they have been exceptional. Not with this one. They have great products, however, this one my be a dud.