1.   When planted through beds of hybrid tea or floribunda rosea they add interest before the roses come into flower.

2.   Roses come out at the end of June, and again later in the summer.

3.   The roses are just coming into flower.

4.   But every rose comes with its thorns.

5.   Cut roses come primarily from Ecuador, Mexico and Colombia.

6.   Now that spot offers nothing to admire until the roses come into bloom in June.

7.   Other than the street flowers, the roses from Freshflowersource.com came closest to the best mix of price and presentation.

8.   Roses almost never come with roots that fit over a mound of soil in the hole the way it looks in gardening books.

9.   Roses come to Aalsmeer from Keyna, lilies from Israel, orchids from Thailand and are sold and trans-shipped all across Europe.

10.   Roses for planting come either bare root, without any soil, or in a pot.