Where are you, approximately? What kind of roses are you looking for ?( only modern bare root HTs? OGRs? own root?).

Jackie

Definitely not HTs which are available everywhere. OGRs either own root (prefer) or grafted. I am in Portland Oregon

Northland Rosarium in WA & Burlington in CA are my 2 favourites, I'm in WA.

Rogue Valley Roses - near Medford in Oregon is great. I have ordered lots of roses from them. If you don't see that what you want is "in stock" on their web site, just call them - I have gotten some roses that way - they said they did not have enough to put them on their web site, but they shipped them to me!

Heirloom roses in Oregon is also very reputable, and has a great selection of roses. A little pricey, though. Since you are in Portland, I would advise a visit this coming Spring - I do not think it is very far from you. The display gardens are amazing.

Jackie

julieotoole, Heirloom Roses is located along the east bank of Willamette River south of Portland and north of Salem. I believe the name of the town is St. George, but I might be wrong about that. You can check their website for sales and events. In all my years of ordering from Heirloom, under both managements, I have never received an unhealthy rose or a mislabeled one. Do check mapquest or a map, the nursery is out in the country and a bit hard to find. When I went there about 10 years ago, we had to stop for a mama raccoon and babies to cross the road You can take the scenic route south from Oregon City if, like me, you are allergic to freeways.

Last last year I orderd some nice roses from high country roses.

I favour The Antique Rose Emporium in Brennan, TX for great value, 2 gallon own root old garden roses.

Steven

Antique Rose Emporium is great, but they only ship to Oregon in January when they remove soil and leaves and ship bare. This seems only to apply to Oregon, but they are a great company and this works fine for Oregon. I also love RVR, Heirloom, High Country Roses, Northland Rosarium, David Austin Roses and Palatine. Palatine has only grafted roses.

Palatine hands down the best I have dealt with,Hortico is OK as well

Oh, darn. My apologies. I forget about the phytosanitary requirements.

Steven

Hi, Julie. Greetings from across the city or next door, depending on where you reside in PDX. I have been pleased with own-root roses from RVR and Heirloom. I get grafted OGRs from Palatine, but that nursery sells out fast! I hover at the starting gate in the fall. Kim Rupert wrote wonderful instructions on how to graft roses. His article is floating around and comes up on Google searches. Someday, I'm going to try my hand at grafting a few favorites. Also, I've considered contacting Joy Creek in Scappoose to see if that nursery would do a special order graft. I've never asked, but they might. Carol

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Over the years I have been many times to Heritage in St Paul's.

I see High Country Mentioned, but also heard great reviews on Northland Rosarium. I love Burlington, Longagoroses, and Roses Unlimited as well, especially on their summer sale! You pay I think $10 a gallon, I don't know if that would be good to see what they would have before ordering full price. I think High Country usually has a sale in the Spring too?

High Country is great, shipping year round.

My vote goes to Northland Rosarium. Nice, big, own root, healthy plants in their bands. And, lovely, knowledgable people to work with.