Mail Order Madness

Local Retail Nurseries

Local Public Rose Gardens

Soil Labs

General Rose Information etc.

• 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.
   
• HelpMeFind Roses is a site that catalogs rose varieties, with photos, descriptions, and nursery sources.
   
• The Portland 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  was founded in 1911, and maintains the Point Defiance Park Rose Garden in Tacoma. 
   
• RogersRoses.com  For over 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.
   
• Organic Rose Gardening Tips and Techniques for organic rose gardening.
   
• 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.
   
• 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.
   
• Heritage Roses Northwest is dedicated to growing old garden/antique/historic roses in the Pacific Northwest.
   
• Heritage Rose Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of old roses.  Their website is a wealth of information on growing and identifying old roses, along with links to gardens, historic articles and catalogs, seminars, conferences, books and journals.
   
•  Great Plant Picks  is an educational plant awards program of outstanding plants for the maritime Pacific Northwest. Administered by the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden, GPP relies on a selection committee of horticultural experts from throughout the region.  See their list of acceptable roses on our Growing page.
   
•  DripWorks is a great online source for DIY drip irrigation systems - information, design tips, and supplies.  They have unique 'Easy Loc' fittings that are just the thing for those of us with weak hands.  I won't use anything else anymore.
   
•  Territorial Seed in Cottage Grove, OR is the source for not just seeds for cool climates, but gardening supplies as well - frost blankets, soil heat mats, cloches, shears, books, trugs, labels, cold frames and parts, grafting supplies ...
   
• The Chattanooga Rose Society has a page on pesticide modes of action, which will help you rotate modes of action in your pesticide arsenal to avoid evolution of resistance.

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.
	Greenmantle Nursery 3010 Ettersburg Road, Garberville, CA 95542 (707) 986-7504.  A self-described comprehensive collection of the genus Rosa.  Selections from every major class and growth habit, with an emphasis on historical importance, beauty, rarity, and disease resistance.  Two-gallon own-root plants grown outdoors, shipped January through April, root balls wrapped in plastic bags.  Order by phone, payment by check or money order.  Fascinating website, elegantly written, very informative.  They also sell rare heirloom fruit trees, individually grafted on specialty rootstocks.
	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.  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’.   Closing nursery operations in 2013, so order now.
	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 Retail Nurseries

• Bark & Garden Center at 3334 Mud Bay Rd in west Olympia, between Cooper Point Rd and Evergreen Parkway, is a full-service nursery with a good selection of roses.
   
• The Barn is another full-service nursery, at 9510 Old Highway 99, south of 93rd Avenue SW, between Tumwater and Tenino.
   
• Gordon's Garden Center at 308 E Yelm Avenue in downtown Yelm is another full-service nursery with a large selection of roses and organic gardening products.  Their rose selection is geared towards those needing less chemicals.
   
• Raft Island Roses specializes in ... roses.  Thousands of roses.  Nothing but roses, as far as the eye can see.  Definitely worth the drive - if you like roses. No antique roses, though.  At 7201 Rosedale Avenue NW in Gig Harbor, west of Highway 16, and east of Rosedale Nursery, on the north side of the road.  Owned and operated by a member of the Tacoma Rose Society.

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 M-F. 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 the 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.




• The Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden includes an all-organic rose garden maintained by the Seattle Rose Society.  The garden is located on 24th Ave S in SeaTac, north of the airport and near the Community Center and Senior Center.  There is also a Japanese garden, a Paradise garden, and displays maintained by the iris, daylily, and fuchsia societies.

Soil Labs

• Soil and Plant Laboratories was used by Sunset Magazines to run an analysis on Starbucks used coffee grounds for a magazine article.  Jan Ignash likes them too; she says to use the Anaheim office rather than San Jose.  (714) 282-8777  4741 E. Hunter Ave. Unit A Anaheim, CA 92807.
   
• Thurston Conservation District can do basic soil tests for county residents.  (360) 754-3588, 2918 Ferguson Street SW Bldg 1, Suite A Tumwater, WA 98512.
   
• University of Massachusetts is recommended by WSU Extenstion.  (413) 545-2311 Fax: (413) 545-1931 soiltest@psis.umass.edu.   Soil and Plant Tissue Testing Lab, West Experiment Station, 682 North Pleasant Street, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003