Old Garden Roses are beautiful, fragrant and easy to grow. They can live with neglect but thrive with care. OGRs are tough survivors grown before the time of chemical sprays and fertilizers.
Their flowers vary in form and color according to variety. Some look like 5-petaled apple blossoms, others are round and full. Their fragrances can range from slight to strong.
There is a past with each Old Garden Rose that you grow. It was taken from a cutting of a rose that was taken from a cutting of a rose all the way back to the original plant. It is part of a plant that crossed the Atlantic Ocean during the 1800's or crossed America in a covered wagon with a pioneer family taking part of their past to their new home.
Enjoy your Old Garden Roses and be sure to always take a moment to Stop and Smell the Roses!!!
For our local customers, we will still be open the 1st Saturday of the month. No open sales during July & August. Contact us should you want to purchase roses during the summer, Saturdays only.
Shipping will resume in September. You can still order during the summer one of 2 ways.
1st choice: Order and pay through PayPal. PayPal will charge your card but your roses will be pulled and held for the 1st ship date in Sept. or a date you choose in the fall (use Comment Box).
2nd choice: Place your order but choose 'Pay by Check'. Your roses will be pulled and held. Your check would need to be sent to Rose Petals 2 weeks before the ship date in Sept. or a date you choose in the fall (use Comment Box). If we do not receive your check by the first ship date, those roses will go back into stock.
If you are ordering more than 6 roses, you will need to place separate orders. The largest box that we ship is a 6-box therefore automatic calculation of more than 6 roses is not available.
We are members of the American Rose Society and our local Gainesville Rose Society.
We hope to have stock in 2009 on the ones listed as 'Not Available' as well as some new varieties that will be available during the year. New additions are being added to our gardens each year, please check our 'Future Roses, Etc.' page. Pictures and other information of roses can be found on www.helpmefind.com
What are Earth Kind Roses?
The Earth Kind Rose Program began in 1996 after landscape professionals asked Texas A&M University researcher Dr. George for recommendations on roses that not only gave outstanding performance in the southern garden but were low maintenance. Testing was started in 1996 in the worst conditions for roses. The roses did not receive any supplemental watering after the first year, they were never pruned other than to remove dead wood and they were never sprayed. The only thing added to the roses was a 4 inch layer of hardwood chip mulch each year. The Earth Kind Roses are: Belinda's Dream, Caldwell Pink (Pink Pet), Carefree Beauty, Climbing Pinkie, Ducher, Duchesse de Brabant, Knock Out, Else Poulsen, Marie Daly, Mutabilis, New Dawn, Perle d'Or, Sea Foam, Souv. de St. Anne, Spice and The Fairy.
What are Dr. Griffith Buck Roses?