I recently purchased 10 roses from High Country Roses (Sept. 2022). The roses arrived on time, well packaged and the soil was still moist. However, all of the plants where in terrible shape. The stems were weak, tall and lanky and obviously grown without adequate lighting. The sparse leaves were dull, very soft and a very light chanteuse color, indicating a lack of adequate nutrition. Also a lot of the leaves were very large in proportion to the size of the plants. Don't have a clue what the cause might be. Several plants, in particular the Grande Amore also showed signs of being severely iron deficient. Every leaf having dark colored veins on very chartreuse colored background.
At the same time I also placed orders with several other vendors. The difference in the health of the plants is quite shocking. The High Country roses look like freaks compared to the stocky and healthy plants of their competitors. Don't know if the unhealthy plants are a result of sitting around neglected during the off season, since I placed my order rather late late in the year. However the fact remains that this vendor is selling inferior merchandise. I have grown roses for more than 40 years and learned to tell the difference between a sick and healthy plant. Can't say anything about their customer service, since I have not contacted them yet about this problem. I will give the roses a few more weeks to see how they respond to receiving proper care.