Anyone ever bought a "name your own rose" thing?

 Wondering if these deals where you get to name a rose and have the bush
delivered are any good?

A friend has had a tough time and has always talked about having a rose
bush, so we thought it was a decent "personalised" gift. How do we go about
seeing if the name we want is already registered? Anyone have any experience
of these things? Any advice or anecdotes much appreciated, thanks.

 

I've never done it but would just suggest that you take every care over
what kind of rose it is, how healthy, good 'doer' etc.  I may be being
very unfair but this does strike me as a possible way of selling off
rose 'seedlings' that have amounted to nothing much!  And is there
already a rose with your friend's name?
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 

Hmm, I hadn't thought of that.


Yes there is (Brandy), unfortunately it seems to be a US variety and
impossible to get hold of over here (although we can get "Cherry Brandy")
but we were going to call it a variation on that name so that it would be
unique. But I'm assuming that all the existing "name your own" ones are only
listed somewhere that I can't see. Most of the sites I've seen have a form
where you fill out your details and the required name, and they "will get
back to you" regarding availability of the name.

 
  You're confusing two different matters. In the kind of "rosenaming" you  
buy as a gift for a few quid, it doesn't matter if the name you want has
been used before because it only identifies the single specimen you buy.
That's whay it's "unique" :-)

   Naming plants that will go into commercial propagation for sale is
a different matter;  registered plant names do have to be chosen carefully
for legal reasons.

    Janet
  

 

OK, thanks for the advice. I think we'll look for a nice, hardy "generic"
rose bush that can live in a patio container instead. Do you have any
suggestions for a particular rose (preferably pink) or supplier? I really
don't want to buy something that's dead by summer 2012.