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Last news:
"SHIPPING RESTRICTIONS - Due to excessive shipping costs, we no longer ship to AK, HI or outside the continental U.S." -from webiste
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Edmunds is no longer in Oregon as HMF states. Its located somewhere east of here, where ever Jung is.
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6 NOV 03 by
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I have been looking for a Magic Lantern rose. Heirloom Roses in St. Paul suggested I contact your nursery. Can you help locate this rose for me?
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#1 of 7 posted
7 NOV 03 by
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The last vendor listed carrying Magic Lantern is Muncy's. They are at www.muncyrose.com but I don't see it on their site. Sorry.
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#2 of 7 posted
9 MAR 06 by
Anonymous-797
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I am sorry to say that Mr. Ken Muncy passed away unexpectedly in early Jan.2006. The Muncy Nursery is no more. They have closed the nursery
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#3 of 7 posted
10 MAR 06 by
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Your best bet is to find a plant and take a cutting. Its worth while I have a Magic Lantern and they are a wonderful rose.
Greg
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#4 of 7 posted
13 MAR 06 by
Terre
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Funny you should ask...
Boy, do I have a story to tell about this one:
Magic Lantern was deliberately withdrawn from access by the public market in 2001 by the patent holder: Jackson & Perkins. It is a fabulous rose and this decision isn't uncommon when professional breeders desire exclusivity of certain traits or for reasons of their own. It happens all the time. I was told the patent was no longer available for purchase rights either which merely confirmed my suspicions it would be impossible to find later. I was in the industry at the time and got several of the last specimens of this delicious rose after advance knowledge of their intent. As a true blue rose addict, I grabbed what I feared I'd never have access too again, and planted them in my public gardens.
I had a collection of some 900 roses. Among my collection were roses for propagation stock which were about 50 'sports' and hundreds of antiques which are unpatented; others which were being tested as a service to known rose breeders, 100 were rescued, others were 'found', and SOME(like Magic Lantern) were patented varieties I could not do anything with but plant in my gardens open to the public for walks and meditation.
When tragedy befell my gardens and my family, I contacted the rose society I belonged too and lovingly listed all my roses as available at less than wholesale, in order to save them.
To this day I remain shocked at what happened following that innocent outreach! Some vile excuse for a 'consulting rosarian' used the internet to publicly accuse me of propagating patented material without paying patent fees (not even close to the truth) because she'd misunderstood the list. She even re-wrote my list to reflect her libelous statements and e-mailed it too more collectors. Among those roses she falsely accused me of illegally propagating was Magic Lantern (I gave away what I'd bought). My point in writing this is DO NOT PROPAGATE THIS ROSE or any other that is patented. It gets weirder...
Guess who secretly contacted me to propagate that and many other patented roses?! Other rose society members! (Of course I refused!) Wow! too weird for me, I GAVE the roses away, and cancelled my rose society support.
My advice is be careful, there's a million wonderful rose lovers out there but that one bad apple can get a loose stem and fall right in your lap!
My name is Terre Ashmore and I'm a rose addict... thanks for letting me share.
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#5 of 7 posted
31 MAR 10 by
Basheba
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That's sad that someone would do that after you were being so kind. I have yet to figure out why some people are so vile. That woman could have contacted you first before she jumped to conclusions. My only guess is that people like that are very unhappy in life.
I hope you build your rose garden back up!
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#6 of 7 posted
1 APR 10 by
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Thank you for your kind thoughts and deeds. I have returned to my horticultural roots, so-to-speak: I teach horticultural classes on designing and installing habitat for wild and captive animals. Only wild and species roses are in my collection now, and my views on organized groups is circumspect at best... I prefer the individuals God puts in my path to the groups!
Keep the (Gardeners') Faith!
Sincerely,
Terre Ashmore
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Washington Park has it in their garden. Their rules state that you may ask for cuttings if you prove that the variety is no longer available commercially.
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They are not the same as Phil and Kathy Edmunds. Two years I wasted my hard earned money on lousy roses. The second year I insisted on getting a refund for one rose and then a second one. I did not want a credit to next year's order.
I read on RC that they have gotten better this year, I tried to get on mailing list but I am still banned. Customer Service is bitter.
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