ROSE RECOMMENDATIONS

There are so many wonderful roses on the market today. So, if you find something in a catalog, at a garden center, big box store or our very own annual rose sale (link)… read about it and go for it. If you need help just ask us. We are here to help! Few shrubs give season long blooms with the charm and beauty of a rose. It’s worth it!

Whether you are just getting started or want to add more beauty to your garden here are some recommendations from our members. (See gallery of rose pictures below.)

  • Mother of Pearl
  • Chantilly Cream
  • Music Box
  • Quietness
  • RGB
  • Sunny Sky
  • Sedona
  • South Africa
  • Easy on the Eyes
  • Savannah
  • Desdemona
  • Vanessa Bell
  • Sweet Drift
  • My Girl
  • The Generous Gardener (Climber)
  • Bathsheba (Climber)

WHERE TO BUY ROSES

Roses are on trend these days and garden centers and big box stores have limited supplies of roses.If you are looking for something in particular, here is a list of online resources that just might have what you are looking for.

  • High Country Roses  (Link) has been growing and selling beautiful, hardy, own-root roses for over fifty years. They have a large selection from the oldest to the most modern.
  • Grace Rose Farm (Link) Grace Rose Farm exclusively offers garden roses. All Grace Rose Farm garden roses are premium quality roses. Both our OWN ROOT and GRAFTED roses arrive potted, leafed out and ready to bloom!
  • Chamblee Nursery (link) Original Source of Earth-Kind® Landscape Roses” and they have a great collection of the Buck and Kordes roses.
  • David Austin Roses (link) sells English Roses, old garden roses and a few modern roses. Their website is a great source of information and rose eye candy!
  • Heirloom Roses (link) sells a very large selection of own-root roses. They have a one-year guarantee that their roses are healthy, grown on their own roots, virus-free, and true to variety. There are always making advances in rose care products and this year sold a subscription for beneficial insects.
  • Roses Unlimited (link) grows a large selection of roses including many Kordes and Dr. Bucks roses. You can search for roses on their website but orders much be placed by phone.
  • Antique Rose Emporium (link) is a wonderful source for Earth-Kind, Pioneer and old garden roses. 
  • Rose Petals Nursery (link) is a specialty rose nursery in rural North Central Florida – growing many hard to find old garden roses. They have a lovely website just full of interesting rose information!
  • Palatine Roses (link) is located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, has a large selection of roses from oldest to the most modern. 
  • Proven Winners (link) has easy to access information about their plants and purchase options. 
  • Wisconsin Roses (link) has quality bare-root maiden roses, grafted on Rosa Multiflora root stock, for exhibitors and rose enthusiasts.