Garden Plants and Flowers Nursery

Own-root vs. grafted or budded roses

The roses are collected from stock believed to be virus-free and are propagated by cuttings and sold as own-root roses. This method is different from most commercial nurseries that sell mainly budded or grafted roses. The advantage of growing own-root roses is significant to gardeners in cold climates. During a hard freeze, the roots usually survive even if the canes freeze back. If a budded rose is subjected to extreme cold, the canes freeze and only the rootstock survives. This rootstock is a different variety and usually not even close to the ornamental variety grown for fragrance and flowers.

Container vs. bare root roses

The roses are sold as one gallon containers that have been grown outdoors rather than tender greenhouse grown plants. This allows successful transplanting into your garden setting at the most favorable planting time for your climate. This is in contrast to a bare root plant which has a limited planting time before breaking dormancy and leafing out. Gardeners in mild climates can plant container grown roses nearly year round.

Virus free parent stock

The advantages of a virus free plants are the production of considerably more blooms per shrub and a plant that is longer lived. The importance of carrying virus free rose stock is critical to the quality of roses in the landscape. HRG (Heritage Rose Group) has been influential in encouraging the large commercial rose growers to carry out a clean-up program. Some universities, including UC Davis in California, have programs to help the nursery industry to improve the mother stock.

Other garden plants

To complement our extensive selection of roses, we also offer other garden plants to provide additional colors, textures, form, height and fragrance. We hope to expand your appreciation and awareness of the beauty of nature’s diverse botanical wonders.