Resources

General Rose Information

The American Rose Society: is a great resource for rose information, including local society lists and Consulting Rosarians available by email.
The Pacific Northwest District: of the American Rose Society contains links to all the local districts in the PNW District (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, western Montana, British Columbia and Alaska). Here you can find rose show dates, local society websites, rose show results, and much more.
The Portland Rose Society: The Portland, OR Rose Society was established in 1888 and is host to one of the premier rose shows in the country every year.
The Tacoma Rose Society: The Tacoma, WA Rose Society was founded in 1911, and maintains the Point Defiance Park Rose Garden in Tacoma.
RogersRoses.com: For 25 years Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix have been growing, studying, photographing and writing about roses, and they now have a collection of more than 4500 photographs, with the number still increasing. They have published over 1200 rose photographs on their web site.
All of Roses: Your one-stop destination for anything you can think about roses. This Roses Directory is designed to help its users find the roses information, articles, source, companies, products and services.
Organic Rose Gardening: Tips and Techniques for organic rose gardening.
Miniature Mania: is a site devoted exclusively to Miniature Roses.
The Rose Forum at GardenWeb: is an ongoing forum/discussion group about roses.
Bugs and Roses Home Page: Baldo Villegas is a professional entomologist who shares his love of bugs with a love of roses. The site contains information on entomology resources, IPM, biological control of insects and weeds, sources of beneficial organisms, and much more.
Harkness Roses: is a British company that is also the site of the Royal National Rose Society.
Agriscape: is an online directory and search engine for agricultural professionals to research topics on agriculture and surrounding industries.
Yesterday's Rose: is a site dedicated to old and old-fashioned garden roses, with illustrations and descriptions of over 100 rose varieties, including details of scent, flower, growth and culture.
MerryGro Farms: The MerryGro Farms Web site is the "nationally exclusive" provider of Jackson & Perkins Fortuniana Roses; offers over 70 varieties of "preferred Fortuniana Root Stock" (to include contemporary AARS WINNERS), ready to plant. MerryGro.com has enjoyed the acclaim of customers and internet forums for its unique packaging and expeditious fulfillment.
Victor Poison-Free Pest Control and Safer Products: is a commercial site for people who are concerned about using traditional pesticides to solve pest problems.
HelpMeFind Roses: is a site that catalogs rose varieties, with photos, descriptions, and nursery sources.

Mail Order Madness

	Antique Rose Emporium 800-441-0002 9300 Lueckemeyer Rd., Brenham, TX 77833 Own-root Antique, Earth-Kind, Pioneer and Old Garden roses in 2g pots.
	Chamblee's Roses 10926 US Hwy. 69 North Tyler, Texas 75706-5933 800-256-7673 1g roses. The original source of Earth-Kind roses. Austins, Bucks, minis, some own-root roses.

	David Austin Roses Ltd. 15393 Hiway 64 West, Tyler, TX 75704 2-year old, field grown, budded plants on Dr. Huey. Shipped bare root starting in January. Most of Austin’s complete output (some seem to have been discontinued) plus OGRs and some modern roses. Nice website, good pix, some cultural information.
	Heirloom Roses 24062 NE Riverside Dr., St. Paul, OR 97137 Own-root plants. Greenhouse grown, first-year plants in 2” bands. They guarantee virus-free plants. Outstanding selection, especially of varieties from England; OGRs, brand new roses, and everything in between. Great website.

High Country Roses 9122 East Highway 40 PO Box 148 Jensen, Utah 800-552-2082. Potted own-root roses in quart containers. Specializing in hardy roses.

	Northland Rosarium 9405 S. Williams Ln., Spokane, WA 99224 An eclectic collection of roses, old and new. Own root plants shipped in 1-qt.containers. Good selection of Griffith Buck roses.
	Palatine Roses 2108 Four Mile Creek Road, RR #3 Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario. March 15, 2010 is your spring order deadline for bare root roses. Roses are budded onto Multiflora seedlings. Specializing in fragrant and hardy roses.

Pickering Nurseries 670 Kingston Rd., Pickering, Ont. Canada L1V 1A6
2 year old budded plants on multiflora japonica, shipped bare root. Extensive selection of old and new roses, many new varieties from Europe. Good website.

Regan Nursery 4268 Decoto Rd., Freemont, CA 94558
Budded roses from most major growers, shipped bare root. Advertises over 1000 varieties. Takes orders only from November 1 through January 31.

Rogue Valley Roses P.O. Box 116, Phoenix, OR 97535
Potted own-root “antique, rare, and exceptional roses”. New home for the roses of Paul Barden of Corvallis, OR.

Rosemania 4020 Trail Ridge Dr., Franklin, TN 37067
Bare root roses from Weeks. Minis and minifloras from Tucker and others. Large supply of pesticidal products.

	Roses Unlimited 363 N. Deerwood Dr., Laurens, SC 29360 Huge collection of new and old roses, including all AARS winners from 1940 to the present. Own root, container-grown plants, shipped in 1-gal. containers.
	Two Sisters P.O. Box 1412 Newcastle, Oklahoma 73065 405-392-4544 Own-root roses. Lots of minis, striped roses, polyanthas, OGRs, and collections from the Tennessee hybridizer Whit Wells and the Canadian hybridizer George Manders.

	Vintage Gardens 2833 Old Gravenstein Hwy S., Sebastopol, CA 95472 Probably the largest selection of roses in North America. Own-root plants shipped in 5” pots. Described by those who would know as ‘a national treasure’.
	Wisconsin Roses 7939 31st Ave., Kenosha, WI 53142 Bare root “maiden” plants (budded but not yet sprouted) on seedling multiflora understock. Small selection of modern florist and exhibition roses, many unique offerings, some from Mississippi hybridizer Eddie Edwards. Sells virus-free rootstocks for DIY budding. Check/money order only, order by phone or email only.

Local Public Rose Gardens

The Centennial Rose Garden, on the grounds of the Schmidt Mansion in Tumwater, Washington, is maintained by the Olympia Rose Society for the enjoyment of the public. The garden contains over 300 roses. The garden is open without charge 8:00-4:30 daily. The address is 330 Schmidt Place, near the old Olympia Brewery.

Priest Point Park, in Olympia, Washington is host to a small but well maintained rose garden. Operated by Olympia Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, the Park is a total of 282 acres with Puget Sound Budd Inlet views, Puget Lowland forest, hiking trails, picnic areas, and access to gravel beaches. Boston Harbor Road runs through the park, and the rose garden is in the section of park on the east side of the road.

Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Washington is home to a beautiful rose garden. It is maintained by park staff with the assistance of the Tacoma Rose Society.

A small but lovely garden is the Gertrude E.V. Baker Memorial Garden in Tacoma. It is located in the central plaza of the MultiCare Medical Center hospital complex, near downtown Tacoma. Designed as a healing influence for the patients of Tacoma General and Mary Bridge Children's hospital, it is visible from many patient rooms. The garden is maintained by professional staff with the assistance of the Tacoma Rose Society.