Effie David Austin Garden Roses - Require 7 Days Advance Notice

Effie is a beautiful, multi-tonal David Austin garden rose.  Beginning as a creamy colored bud, Effie unfolds to reveal a heart of buttery yellow, dusty apricot and zesty tangerine.   From a small cupped bloom, Effie's many swirling petals (@ 130 per flower)  gradually open into a perfectly formed, large rosette, showcasing her splendor.  She blends beautifully with an amazing number of color palettes, but she looks magnificent mixed with spicy reds, greens, chocolates and golds - which makes her a very popular rose for today's modern brides and event planners. And if her color and perfectly rounded large, cupped rosette bloom wasn't enough to entice you, Effie conveys a lovely scent of tea. With proper care, Effie has a vase life of @ 8 days.

We grow our beautiful garden roses in the high altitudes of South America.  This environment allows our farms to grow stronger, more reliable and longer lasting roses that produce larger heads filled and more petals.  The blooms on these roses open up more slowly, creating a longer lasting bloom. Our roses are shipped directly from the farm, making them extremely fresh!!  They are cut and shipped the same day ensuring their quality and freshness.  We are so sure you will love your flowers that we provide you with a 100% guarantee of their quality.  

All of our roses are grown on environmentally friendly, Rain Forest Certified and Socially Responsible Farms.   

Our Wholesale Garden Roses will arrive in wrapped bunches of 12 roses each; strapped and secured in specially designed boxes to ensure they arrive in perfect condition. Garden roses are harvested at a specific point and then wrapped within a cardboard sleeve to ensure they are not damaged during the shipping process.  In addition, to protect the flowers during shipping, our Roses are shipped with their guard petals still attached.  All roses have several outer petals that surround the rose blooms - which may appear bruised, torn or discolored upon arrival.  THIS IS NORMAL.  Simply remove these few outer petals once you have finished hydrating the roses.  It is not uncommon for each rose bloom to have 5 - 10 guard petals.

Because our roses are the freshest available, they will most likely arrive in bud form and may need a three or four days to open up.  Given the proper water, food and care, our garden roses will bloom and perform incredibly - growing 4 - 5 times their original size.  Most of our garden roses will be at their best 3-4 days after being placed in water.  Garden roses are loved for their large, romantic blooms - so allowing at least 3 days for them to open fully before your event date will make a big difference.  As such, we recommend that you have your roses delivered 3-4 days BEFORE your event date to ensure they are fully open.  Despite their fragile appearance, Garden Roses are a very hardy flower, but they will need to be properly hydrated once they arrive.   It is perfectly normal for Garden Roses to look thirsty or "tired" upon arrival.  They will perk up once they receive a "fresh cut" to their stems and have time to drink up fresh water.  For your Garden Roses to look their best, we highly recommend you follow our care instructions on the Flower Care tab above. 

Wholesale Effie David Austin Garden Roses Require 7 Days Advance Notice!  Free shipping is included in the price with a 100% guarantee of quality.  As these are farm direct from South America, you must have someone there to sign for your package when it arrives!

Diameter: Approx. 2-4"

Average Stem Length: Approx. 19-20"

Bunch Size: 12 Stems

Average Number of Blooms Per Stem: 1

Vase Life: 8 days with proper care

Suggested Delivery Date: 3-4 days before event

Garden Roses Cut Flower Care Instructions:

1. 1. Open box and cut strapping to remove flowers.
2. 2. Garden Roses will arrive with either plastic or cardboard packaging that hold the flower bunches together.  LEAVE THIS ON FOR AT LEAST 2 - 4 HOURS WHILE INITIALLY HYDRATING YOUR FLOWERS.  After 2 - 4 hours, you may carefully remove this packaging.  Failure to keep the packaging on the roses while initially hydrating may result in the rose heads drooping.  
3. 3. Make sure you remove the packaging after 4 hours.  The flower heads will begin to swell and you don't want the packaging to bruise the buds at this point.
4. 4. Garden Roses are shipped in grower's bunches, each bunch containing 25 stems per bunch.
5. 5. Remove any green foliage that will fall below the water line from the bottom of the stem (foliage that falls below the water level will form bacteria and reduce the life of your flowers).  With roses, or any flower, we recommend you remove as much foliage as possible - foliage absorbs water too - less leaves means more water for the flowers themselves.  Leave only the amount of foliage you wish to use.
6. 6. Roses will arrive in bud form.  Once the roses are hydrated they will bloom to a much larger size.
7. 7. Cut at least 1/2 - 1 inch off the bottom of the rose stem and immediately place in water.  
8. 8. Place flowers in fresh, cool water out of direct sunlight, drafts and extreme heat or cold.  Use of Floral food is recommended.  Let Roses hydrate for at least 4 hours before arranging, 12 or more hours is highly recommended.  Ensure roses have plenty of water (check regularly - flowers drink a lot upon arrival) and keep the water clean.

Garden Roses Quick Tips:

1. 1. To protect roses during shipping, roses are double stacked (1 layer of roses is placed over a 2nd layer).  When you receive your roses, you will only see 12 rose blooms - you will NOT be able to see the additional 13 roses which form the lower layer in the package.  Turn the bundle over, and you will be able to count 25 stems.  An image of how our roses are shipped is on our website.
2. 2. If you wish to have your Roses open faster, place them in very warm (not too hot) water and in a warm (not hot) room.  If you wish to slow down the opening process, place them in a cooler room.
3. 3. If some of your roses are drooping, it is possible an air bubble has formed in the stem preventing it from hydrating.  Recut the stem, and immediately place in water.  Hydrate for at least 4 more hours.
4. 4. Do NOT overcrowd your roses in your container.  Allow sufficient room for your roses to bloom while hydrating.  If the roses are overcrowded while hydrating, it could effect their bloom size.