Comments regarding Antique Rose Emporium

I purchased four roses from ARE this year. ARE is one of four companies from which I purchased roses this year. By far, ARE was the best supplier, the roses came as noted, in EXCELLENT health and have thrived in unquestionable fashion. I will continue to buy from this company in the future and recommend it to anyone interesed in antique roses!

Ditto on the superb packing, timely shipping, and most of all - - - HEALTHY roses!

Purchased two roses which were shipped promptly in their incomparable packaging. They had a fair bit of blackspot, and what looked like some mildew. One was smaller than the other, and more infected. Looked like it might remain the runt. They warned on their site that blackspot could develop in shipping. Still I was a bit skeptical - after all, this variety wasn't supposed to be bothered by blackspot at all, one of the reasons I'd chosen it!

With removal of diseased leaves and a week in the open air and sun both were putting on new foliage at a rapid clip. 10 days after arrival the larger one had bloomed! (5 days in the ground).
Now, a month or so along, they've both got lots of buds and have leafed out into lovely mounded shrubs. A few aphids have visited, but not a sign of any further blackspot.

In other words, they shipped very sound strong plants with established root systems, that can take the stress of shipping and rebound to their real glory quickly.

Will definitely order again -- both for their roses, and for their packing inserts, which make fine cat tunnels. A free bonus that they don't mention!

Ordered several ROSES from this company in March and ROSES arrived here in Kingston, NH from Texas the week I had asked for them, in perfect condition. They are by far the largest, healthiest of all the companies I had dealth with this year. This is my first year growing roses so I have many different types of roses in different sizes and conditions!, but I trusted the feed back of Daves Garden members. I'm not dissapointed. UPS has a track record of hurling the boxes down ramps at lightning speed so you wonder what you going to get if a mishap occurs but they were packaged by a company that cares about your satisfaction. There are other rose companies that are excellent as well, but this company so far has impressed me most. I will order from them next year and tell my friends and associates abouth this great company.

What a great company to deal with. I ordered two climbe'rs, and was very impressed by the size. The packaging was excellent. I will definately order from Antique Rose Emporium again. Daintybess38

Because of all the positive feedback about this company I placed an order way back in October for spring delivery and spent the long winter months daydreaming of the day I would get my roses. So when the UPS truck pulled into my driveway yesterday I was like a kid at Christmas! I had no fears, because I trusted everyone's feedback here, and I was not disappointed! Its a long way from Texas to New Hampshire, but the roses looked remarkably good for being in boxes for a week...all bushy, green and healthy. The packaging was terrific, and the soil was still moist. By the way, I placed another order with them prior to receiving this order, so I should be getting more roses soon! This is a first-rate company, so deserving of the many positive ratings it has received....you can order from them with complete confidence as I did!

1. Size - the biggest own-roots
2. Vigor - the healthiest
3. Packaging/shipping - the best
4. Rating - #1 (OK so I have more than one #1 but these guys are terrific)

You get what you pay for. This company knows its business. When I opened the box, I was a very happy girl. Big, healthy plants, packaged snug as a bug. Wonderful.

What a fantastic company! This year I have decided to plant a few rose gardens, and after reading the reviews about Antique Rose Emporium, I decided to give them a try. I ordered 4 rose bushes and received a confirmation email almost immediately. They even sent me an email giving me the date of delivery. The plants arrived securely packed, in perfect condition, green and much larger than I expected. I will definitely order from this company again and will refer all of my gardening friends to their website.

great communication and fast shipping (though i am in tx where they are located)! i was very pleased with my order, a gruss an aachen rose, which came well packed and healthy in a 1 gal pot. would gladly do business with again

My order of eight healthy, well packed roses arrived on 18 April in two large and sturdy boxes and in excellent shape. I received an e-mail almost immediately after I placed the order and another e-mail when the order was shipped with tracking information. I am very pleased with ARE's service and I plan to do repeat business.

I've ordered over 20 roses from ARE and they simply cannot be beat. I've redone 4 large beds this year and ordered from many sites. ARE does such a great job packaging the roses, they arrive in great shape. The roses are easy to get out of the package and quickly blooming in my gardens.

This is the kind of company that does such a great all-around job that I look for ways to spend my money there. Huge, healthy plants are flourishing quickly in my garden; great selection, easy ordering, and superb shipping are only upstaged by excellent service. Thanks, ARE!

The order I received this spring exceeded my expectations -- healthy, well-developed plants that were carefully packed. For quality & price, ARE is hard to beat.

I ordered last year(2004), I could not have been more pleased, all five roses arrived in excellent condition. all of them have thrived! will order again and again! my sweet briar rose is wonderful,even smells like green apples! exactly like they stated!

The roses from ARE are always beautiful, healthy, and well-rooted. Order response and e-mail shipping notification are greatly appreciated also. A great company to do business with.

I had a great first experience with ARE! I ordered 13 roses and asked to get one per a special offer I'd received in a catalog and they not only honored it online, they sent 2 free "Old Blush" roses. They sent an email on Tuesday the roses shipped and I received them (very well packaged) on Wednesday. All looked extremely healthy = better than many I would have gotten locally. The shipping was a little pricey but it was obvious why - as they were packaged very well and were, well after-all heavy! The roses were all bright green, no broken branced or wilted leaves. I've gotten 12 planted and 3 more to go, everything looks A-OK, I am a ver happy customer! Great selection!

A lot of the local nursery men and Radio personalities recommend this store even though they are not very close to my area which is Dallas. They even have written books on Antique roses which I had bought even before I realized they sold online as well as wrote books, they truly are experts on Antique roses!

Ordered five potted rosebushes. Three varieties of my choice and two at the nice lady's recommendation. I ordered on Monday, they arrived on Friday. My only wish was that the plants were shipped bareroot (I hate paying for dirt).

The roses are good looking plants, nice planting instructions, excellent packaging.

Put me down as another satisfied customer.

I live in Fredericksburg. The first time I went to the ARE was in1999. Someone had given me a rose and I needed to know what it was. I drove to San Antonio (1 1/2 hours) with my rose. They weren't really sure what it was, but they spent quite a lot of time on the question as well as talking to me about the roses they sell. I was very to new to gardening and especially to antique roses, but I was hooked. I have been back many times, making the long trip to SA solely to visit their gardens. The SA nursery isn't as big as the one in Brenham, but it's catching up quick. I have also made the trip to the Brenham nursery, just to visit the gardens there. They also have a wonderful series of seminars in the spring. They are taught by people who really know their stuff.

Very nice roses! One of my Top 3 vendors for roses.

Ordered three roses. They came on time and extremely well packed. Plants look healthy. Good experience.

I ordered 6 climbing roses from ARE. They delivered when they said they would and sent the email notification as promised. I found their online service very helpful. Their rep spent the amount of time needed to understand what I was looking for and suggested 3 different roses that would fit my needs. The roses were shipped better than expected. Those things were NOT going to bounce around in the box!!! One bush even had a rose. Good root system, no broken or dead branches. They didn't even wilt after I planted them. The planting instructions were included and very helpful. Would order from them again. Jamie

I have done business with the Antique Rose Emporium several times (in person, not by shipping) and it has always been a pleasure. (I live in Houston and if you are able to drive to Brenham it is worth the trip!) Healthy roses -- well rooted, healthy, different sized containers for different budgets -- and they have a knowledgable staff.

The variety of antique roses and other perennials is outstanding. Another rewarding part of visiting in person is walking around and getting garden ideas. The Antique Rose Emporium is not only a great nursery, it is also an inspiring garden!

Excellent source of antique roses. Everything I've ordered has come in in perfect shape and health. Recommend .

I'd ordered from Antique Rose Emporium many years ago (about 15 years ago), and was pleased with the quality of plants I received. That they later died was my fault--I was pushing the limits of zone survivability and we had a hard winter. I just placed another order because they offered three roses I craved, AND a friend who is absolutely obsessed with roses strongly recommended their products. I'll report back once the plants arrive in late september/early october.

For someone like me who has just started learning about roses, the Antique Rose Emporium was a joy to do business with. The website being organized the way it is was extremely helpful for making decisions about my first roses. I have since done quite a bit more research including purchasing 'The American Rose Society Encyclopedia of Roses' and found that the all four of the plants that I purchased from Antique Rose Emporium are in it. My selections are gorgeous and blooming vigorously. They arrived on time and in excellent condition. I'll be making room for more roses next year.

Placed an order for a rose - was told via email it would not ship for 4 months. Emailed back to cancel the order and it was cancelled with no problem.

Placed another order later on. Received it very quickly, it was larger than another plant that I ordered from a different vendor (same plant) It has thrived and done very well.

Would order from again...

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Have ordered several roses over the past two years and all are healthy and pretty carefree. Never had a problem with customer service and I love receiving an ownroot rose that I can immediately plant in the ground.

The 9 roses I have purchased have been healthy, full plants. The packaging was more than adequate to protect them, and they arrived sooner than I expected. Only one bush is not flourishing, but I blame the deer for that. And now that our yard is fenced, I expect this one to take off as all the others have. Customer service was very knowledgeable and helpful. I'll be back for more roses as soon as I figure out where to plant them.

Superbly packed, beautiful roses arrived and are vigorous and thriving. I wish all mail order nurseries would send plants this well-packed and healthy.

I guess their stellar rating speaks for itself, but I just wanted to add myself to Antique Rose Emporium's long list of happy customers. I placed my first order with them last year for roses for fall planting. Their 2-gallon potted roses are really probably the finest specimens you can get anywhere. ARE's roses are distinguised, because they are mature, robust, own-root plants. There are ample woody canes and the root systems are full and substantial. These plants are definitely preferable to the own-root roses you can get anywhere else, because they will establish much quicker. On top of all this, the plants I received were all very healthy upon arrival.
Of all the roses in my yard, the ones from ARE have been the most vigorous this spring and are growing at an extraordinary rate compared to the rest. They already look like established plants! The bushiest and healthiest rose in my yard comes from ARE. It is 'Mozart,' a hybrid musk! It is such a lovely thing to see a rose in my yard looking like a real shrub, not just a gangly thing with thorns and a few leaves. It's a very shapely, rounded shrub with abundant foliage.
And finally, I must comment about ARE's wonderful packaging. It is the best in the business. The best roses deserve the best handling, and ARE really seems to put 100% thoughtfulness and quality into everything. I am also very happy with their customer support, and feel very confident ordering from them. Obviously I will be ordering from them again :D

Their display gardens are fabulous. The perenial herbs I bought there in spring 2003 are still thriving. I copied their herb circle garden in my West Texas garden and have loved it. I plan to copy their knot garden soon as well. A visit there is like walking in a private garden with many ideas on display.

Ordered 4 roses on 3/5/2004 - plants arrived in excellent condition and on schedule. Plants were packed very well and had no damage in transit. As of 4/17/2004 all are growing well and 2 already have buds.

I received 3 roses that where in great condition and the costumer service is superb!

After I ordered two roses online, the company called to talk with me about the shipping date I had chosen. The lady I spoke to was extremely helpful and friendly, advising me that I should wait several weeks more to ship to my zone, and we agreed on a date in the future. Due to some mix-up, however, the roses shipped at the originally scheduled time (almost two months earlier than they should!).
I received another phone message advising me of the situation. She told me that I could return the roses, keep them, donate them to a church, or whatever I wanted to do, but that she would reset my order to be shipped again at the proper time. In effect, she was giving me two free roses to do with as I pleased.
I am new to gardening, and I have ordered from places who sent scraggly, damaged, or miniscule plants, and were next to impossible to get in touch with. I was astounded at the friendliness and integrity of these people, and whether those first two (very healthy-looking) roses I got end up living or dying, I know from now on I will always order my roses from the Antique Rose Emporium.
Hats off to a company who knows what customer service is all about!

I am fortunate to live very near the San Antonio location. The display gardens are breathtaking; the staff friendly, helpful, and above all, HONEST. They will not sell you a rose unfit for local conditions, and they will tell you the truth, from extensive experience, about shade tolerance, growth rate, and water usage. A nice variety of herbs and perennials as well, with a growing selection of native plants. I would order from them sight unseen with absolute confidence (if I weren't lucky enough to live here!).

Delighted with the 4 plants I received. Much bigger than other own-root companies, though a little more expensive too. Highly recommended without reservation!

My favorite spot for inspiration. The folks are friendly, helpful and very knowledgeable.

I have ordered roses from them and got them just about the time I was expecting them. They were all packed well and the roses were very healthy. Blackspot is to roses as acne is to teenagers and roses that have been moistened well and then packed in an air-tight container are going to have some blackspot, but these had very little. I understand that fungi incubate in shipping. A couple of weeks and there is no blackspot because plants are so healthy. Just take them out, give them some fresh air and blackspot all gone. It's not the grower, it's the beast - that blackspot.