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ARCY Acres is currently the only Certified Jackson & Perkins Independent Rose Retailer in the City of Crossville. We were awarded the classification in mid 2007 based on our greenhouse, nursery, and growing capabilities, as evidenced by the more than successful growing of a group of test roses in 2007. When visited by the J&P Southeast US Representative, he referenced our farm and location as a J&P Destination Garden Center, a term which we use consistently. The J&P line of roses is without a doubt the finest available (and easiest to grow), with newly introduced varieties each year. During our annual J&P visit and inspection, our southeast area representative reviews the current status and capabilities of each rose which we have previously determined to be a potential candidate for the following year's offerings to our customers. Through his careful evaluation, he recommends those varieties on our desire list, as to their suitability for optimal growth and minimal care for our customers here on the Cumberland Plateau. Each rose variety has its own distinct characteristics, likes and dislikes, as to weather, and other environmental conditions. As a result, when ARCY Acres offers a specific rose variety to you, it has been evaluated not only by our growers, but by a specialist in the conditions found in various portions of the SE US, and has met with his approval for this area. Under these critical evaluations, we may not offer all the varieties we would like to, but are confident that those varieties you will find on our greenhouse floor are the BEST for growth, survival, and continual beauty here in this area. Art & Cyndi have a combined 72 years experience in rose culture and have consistently found that the J&P line of quality roses are the best to be found. From Caribou, ME to PA, OH and TN, their experience shows that the Jackson & Perkins rose offers the best in growth potential and the most beautiful blooms to be found. Join us in growing the best, and stop by to see our currently offered varieties.
Being a certified J&P Independent Rose Retailer allows ARCY Acres to offer you a specific collection of J&P Roses called the "Ultimate Collection" which contains a wide variety of roses not available to the public at the large 'box stores'. They can only be found at Independent J&P retailers. The collection varies from year to year, and offers some of the newest and most beautiful and unique roses to be found anywhere. While we do not offer all the roses in this collection each year, we offer those that have met the test of the specific area evaluation referenced earlier on this page.
ARCY Acres offers a wide range of rose types, including Hybrid Tea, Floribunda, Grandiflora, Climber, Hedge, Shrub, Groundcover, and Miniature varieties in a wide assortment of blossom colors. Rose varieties may be Patented or Non-Patented, may be included in the J&P "Rose for A Cause" program where a portion of each sale goes towards a specific named Charity, or be of the Heirloom category. Our roses are typically offered in a 3-Gal container ready for planting. Some roses which have excessively large root systems may be grown in a larger 5-Gal container to ensure optimal growth at a slightly higher cost (normally $2.00 higher). In some RARE cases, a rose must be 'upsized' into a larger 7-Gal container, but this is not the norm. During the 2008 season, we offered a new size category of our full size roses called 'Gallon Busters'. These roses are the same calibre of our normal 3-Gal rose but are younger (approximately 10 mos to 1 1/2 years old), whereas our full size line is normally a 2 year old rootstock when they arrive at our growing location. These 'Gallon Busters' allow the new grower to purchase a younger plant at a significantly lower cost (normally $9.95 to $12.95 depending on variety). Within a year or two, these plants will be the same size and quality as our fully mature 3 and 5 Gallon offerings. We were proud to introduce a new variety of 'Knockout' rose in the Gallon Buster size this year which is the "Double Knockout" in red. These will be available in full size 3-Gal size during our 2009 season.
Our roses typically arrive in mid to late February as a bare-root plant with double wax coated canes. Following a careful root and cane pruning procedure, they are potted in our own custom 'grow mix' and placed into our 'Grow House'. From there the individual roses are misted three times every day until the canes break out with their new growth. The misting continues (with container watering) until the new canes grow to a length of about 2-3 inches. Following that, each rose goes through an extensive fungicidal program, rotating among three different fungicides to ensure the plant does not develop a resistance to any specific chemical. This program continues until a full 3 cycle rotation has been completed, sometimes causing a slight delay in the customer's ability to take their selected rose home for planting. While we may ask that you allow us to hold your selected rose for a week or so before you take it in the early spring, we want to ensure that each rose has successfuly passed through its entire 'grow' routine. This ensures that you are getting the absolute BEST in rose quality. Every rose purchase includes a rose care fact sheet and growing brochure which will assist you in obtaining the finest production from your rose selection. We are available at all times to assist with a specific rose concern you may have, and periodically hold different 'Rose Care' classes in our covered Pavilion next to our Christmas & Hobby Shop. Two such classes were offered during the summer of 2008, with a third class scheduled for Oct 12, 2008, entitled: "How To Prepare Your Rosebed For Winter". Pre-registration is encouraged, as our classroom size is limited to approximately 25 people to ensure individual access to demonstration techniques and for the Q&A session. Call us at (931) 788-0455 to reserve your seat early.
ROSE TYPES
Hybrid Tea
A Hybrid Tea Rose exemplifies the reason why most people want to grow roses. Their unmistakeable beauty of a Hybrid Tea bloom normally cannot be matched for size, overall beauty, stem length, bloom size, and overall petal count. These unique characteristics do not come without a price, however, as this category of rose requires the most care of all varieties, and is often more susceptible to certain disease and other care issues. Despite these requirements, the Hybrid Tea remains the most popular variety in the USA market today (and with just cause). These roses come in a wide assortment of colors and hues, and is the focus of many future hybridization efforts. Many Hybrid Teas are also known for their 'Rose With A Cause' status.
Floribunda
This category of rose is the second most popular rose variety. The characteristics of a Floribunda are evidenced by their bushy appearance. As their name would indicate, they produce a bountiful volume of flowers on a single stem. Deadheaded frequently, their flowering habit can produce almost continual blooms for an extended period. They typically produce flower clusters of three to fifteen blooms per stalk, with many flower stalks blooming at the same time.
Grandiflora
The Grandiflora is a cross between a floribunda and a hybrid tea rose. While the growth habit is similar to the floribunda, the flower blossoms tend to be larger, and not quite so numerous. You could say this variety possesses the characteristics of both of its parentage. A gorgeous addition to any landscape or rosebed. These roses often grow to six feet tall, producing large clusters of blooms, each of which resembles a hybrid tea blossom.
Shrub & Hedge Roses
The most commonly known variety of the Shrub Rose is the ever sought after 'Knockout' variety. Shrub roses come in a wide variety of sizes normally ranging from 1 1/2 feet to three feet in height. They come in tall and short sub-varieties, in a wide variety of colors. They work extremely well as an area focal point within the general garden landscape. The Hedge variety is actually a sub-category of the shrub rose. While often growing slightly larger in height, they perform well when utilized in a planting of numerous plants to form a border or hedge. When planted in this manner, they grow so close and bloom so profusely, that they provide an everbloooming living hedge.
Climber
The Climber is almost in a category by itself. The climber has some distinctly different characteristics, and most definitely has its own rules related to pruning and preparation for the winter months. They are used in a wide variety of fashions, from a tall colorful display on a trellis to their use as a flower break when displayed in front of a plain brick or covered wall. They have extremely long arching canes, and depending on variety can bloom from twice per year to nearly continuously with some varieties. They are also often utilized as flowering additions to an arbor or pergola structure. Since many of the climbing roses are known to bloom more profusely on second year wood, they are not pruned back in the fall, as is the case with most rose varieties.
Miniature Roses
Miniature roses are the smallest of the rose categories, normally growing anywhere from nine inches to two feet tall. The miniature rose is extremely popular with those individuals who want to grow roses, but are limited as to space, available garden soil for placement or other factors which dictate their requirement for rose environment. The Miniature rose is a superb choice for container gardening and for those who have a need to maintain their rose garden in extremely limited space. The miniature is at home in as small as a 15 inch diameter or square container, as it is in a preferential corner of a garden in the backyard. Often, people will choose the miniature variety when they desire to have many different roses (colors) but do not have the inherent space requirements to grow a large variety of another category due to their inherently larger size. Miniatures make excellent container plantings on a porch, deck, or other 'quiet space'. Due to their overall size, the miniature carries a profuse flowering habit, in part to make up for the smaller size of each individual bloom. We currently have two such roses on our home deck, where they accompany our dwarf 'Tophat' blueberry plants. The four 15" square containers compliment each other well along the railing.
2009 Jackson Perkins ROSE OF THE YEAR
"SWEETNESS"
See the Jackson & Perkins 2009 Rose of the Year (Grandiflora) at ARCY Acres in April 2009.
WHAT A BEAUTY!
One of the J&P "Ultimate Collection" - Available ONLY at J&P Independent Retailers
ARCY Acres is currently the only Certified Jackson & Perkins Independent Rose Retailer in the City of Crossville. We were awarded the classification in mid 2007 based on our greenhouse, nursery, and growing capabilities, as evidenced by the more than successful growing of a group of test roses in 2007. When visited by the J&P Southeast US Representative, he referenced our farm and location as a J&P Destination Garden Center, a term which we use consistently. The J&P line of roses is without a doubt the finest available (and easiest to grow), with newly introduced varieties each year. During our annual J&P visit and inspection, our southeast area representative reviews the current status and capabilities of each rose which we have previously determined to be a potential candidate for the following year's offerings to our customers. Through his careful evaluation, he recommends those varieties on our desire list, as to their suitability for optimal growth and minimal care for our customers here on the Cumberland Plateau. Each rose variety has its own distinct characteristics, likes and dislikes, as to weather, and other environmental conditions. As a result, when ARCY Acres offers a specific rose variety to you, it has been evaluated not only by our growers, but by a specialist in the conditions found in various portions of the SE US, and has met with his approval for this area. Under these critical evaluations, we may not offer all the varieties we would like to, but are confident that those varieties you will find on our greenhouse floor are the BEST for growth, survival, and continual beauty here in this area. Art & Cyndi have a combined 72 years experience in rose culture and have consistently found that the J&P line of quality roses are the best to be found. From Caribou, ME to PA, OH and TN, their experience shows that the Jackson & Perkins rose offers the best in growth potential and the most beautiful blooms to be found. Join us in growing the best, and stop by to see our currently offered varieties.
