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Just Some Of The Vast Rose Resources On The Web
Compiled by Bob Bauer



ROSE INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES
  • The American Rose Society The Mother of All Rose Sites. Lots of information, but somewhat hard to find what you want. It could use a facelift.
  • The Rosarian Run by GardenWeb, A Site Devoted Exclusively To Rose Growing and Rose Knowledge
  • The Rose ResourceFeatures gardening tips, landscape design ideas and a list of All-American Rose Selection public gardens.
  • Yesterday's Rose A Great Informational Site dedicated to the Old Garden Roses
  • The Texas Rose Rustlers A Group Dedicated To Saving and Propagating The Old Rose Varieties
  • The Rose Rustler's Toolkit Mel Hulse Tells you all you need to know to rustle your own roses
  • Old Rose History and Synopsis Brent Dickerson's overview of the world of roses..A Must Read!
  • CyberRose and Bulbs If you are into breeding roses (or wanna be) look here.
  • The Buck Rose Web Site What is a Buck Rose? Who was Griffith Buck? Find out here.
  • Germinating Rose Seeds Let Dr. Malcolm Manners step you through the process.
  • Malcolm Manner's Miscellaneous Rose StuffGood info on budding and grafting, rooting and rose anatomy.
  • Rosemania Rose Photos, Rose Links, And Rose Info. Also a small forum.
  • Bugs and Roses Home Page Baldo Villegas guides you through your pest nightmares.
  • The Striped Roses DatabaseWant a striped rose? Look here first.
  • The Rose Exhibitors Page Want to Show your Roses? Here's the info on how.
  • Timeless Roses On Line Rose Gardening Resource A Truly Excellent and Deep Rose Site. One of the Best on The Web.
  • The Ortho Rose Garden Lots of good rose info.
  • Suite 101 Rose Garden Rose Gardening On Line Magazine
  • Meilland -A World of Roses The famous rose breeding company from the South of France.
  • Nova Flora Better Flowers Through Biotechnology. The future is....uh....here......
  • Redoute's RosesThe Empress Josephine (Napoleon's wife) commissioned Redoute to paint the varieties of roses in her garden. Here are the plates.
  • Jack Christensen's Roses Famous hybridizer Jack Christensen's site with plenty of rose information plus insider info on his own varieties. And a Bio.
  • Brent Dickerson's Old Rosepage Old Rose expert and Author Brent Dickersons site. With lots of rose information and links to purchasing his books.
  • RoseShow.com Well known rose expert Bob Martin has produced the ultimate place to learn about showing and growing roses for competition. A must for those interested in showing their roses.
  • Texas A&M University Rose Breeding and Genetics Program
  • ARS Rocky Mountain DistrictAmerican Rose Society Rocky Mountain District Site
  • LET'S TALK ABOUT ROSES!
    Rosarian's Corner This is the best place on the Internet to talk about roses with literally hundreds of other rose obsessed people. We can't say enough good things about this wonderful site.

    PERSONAL ROSE SITES
    The Best Of The Best
  • Roses And Everything About Them Bob Bauer's 2000 page deep rose site. Rose pictures and information galore!
  • Old Garden Roses And Beyond Paul Barden Shoots Lots of Great Pictures, has his own hybridizing program and has some good articles sprinkled here and there.
  • Mack Stephenson's Socorro Roses Page Lots of Great Rose Pictures and Rose Links. If Mack tells you something, he believes in it.
  • Just Our Rose Pictures
    No just about it. Susan and Regina have created one of the best rose photo places on the web. Period. Great photos!
  • Jeremy's Roses Lots of good rose pictures and links to other picture sites by variety.
  • Cheryl Netter's Rose Garden Tons of good pictures and links.
  • Yesterday's Rose Yesterday's Rose is a non-commercial site dedicated to old and old-fashioned garden roses.

    BIG ROSE ORGANIZATIONS
  • World Federation Of Rose Societies The organization of organizations. It is all a big heirarchy doncha know....
  • Canadian Rose Society Cold rosers..... not hosers!
  • American Rose Society The biggest and the bestest.
  • Royal National Rose Society Stiff upper lip old boy... there you go.
  • National Rose Society of New Zealand Hey, Sam McGredy IV lives here. Rose nirvana.
  • All American Rose Selections (They give the AARS award....)

    HYBRIDIZING HOW TO INFORMATION
  • Henry Kuska's Rose Hybridizing Publications Index You know you want to....
  • Henry Kuska's Rose Hybridizing Links Page A good source for info.
  • Bob Byrnes' Overbrooke Gardens



  • ROSE NURSERIES ON THE WEB
    Larger Providers
  • Edmunds Roses Predictably Good Healthy Plants Here.
  • Hortico Gardens Large Canadian Grower lots of Roses and other plants at reasonable prices.
  • Pickering Nurseries Ltd. Well known and established Canadian rose grower. Great variety list with many OGRs and unusual varieties. Small plants, but healthy and will grow well.
  • Arena Roses Very high quality grower with a great color catalogue. California grown.
  • Armstrong Garden Centers Large California Nursery chain specializing in roses, with many of their own unusual varieties.
  • Peter Beales Classic Roses Large British Grower with 1100 varieties. US buyers may need Agricultural Permit.
  • THE BIG BOYS - THE SOURCE
  • Jackson and Perkins Roses in California Home of the Evil Empire! Just Kidding. They Dominate the U.S. Market.
  • Kordes Roses in Germany Sorry, you can't buy these directly here if you live in the USA, but you can in Europe!
  • Meilland Roses in France Great roses created here every year. If you want to look at their varieties, they call them 'Rose Trees'. Home of the 'Romantica' rose
  • Harkness Roses in the U.K. One of the Great Rose Breeders main homepages.
  • David Austin Roses in the U.K. Pick a flag, choose your country. These guys have got their act together. Home of the 'English' rose.
  • Guillot Roses in France Long History of producing great rose varieties. Home of the 'Generosa' rose.
  • Poulsen Roser in Denmark Needs sign on. Hard to find the information, but it IS there.
  • Dickson Roses in Northern Ireland Well known long time rose breeding family with a good sense of humor.
  • Week's Roses in the U.S.A. #2 in the U.S. but they try harder. Informational wholesale site only. Many good varieties produced here.
  • Tantau RoseWorld in Germany Number two hybridizer in Germany. Creater of many great varieties.
  • Star Roses Major Wholesale Provider and Importer of Roses with lots of good info on the site.

  • Smaller Providers
  • Michael's Premier Roses Big catalog of moderns miniatures and Older Roses. Grown own root and virus free. Small plants, but good prices. Many hard to find varieties.
  • Ashdown RosesGood South Carolina grower with over 350 varieties at reasonable prices.
  • Regan Nursery A Fremont,California grower that specializes in Roses. BIG selection. Mail Order only November Through January. Walk in all year.
  • Spring Valley Roses Modern Shrubs and Rugosas as well as many Old Garden Rose varieties. Winter hardy varieties too. All grown on their own roots.
  • Teas Nursery Co.Inc. Big catalogue. Lots of varieties. A bit pricey. Shipped year round.
  • Wisconsin Roses A small selection and some odd varieties. Maiden bareroot plants.
  • Nelson Roses Wholesale Florida rose grower with fortuniana root stock.
  • Witherspoon Rose Culture Not a huge variety or a lot of photos, but very good descriptions.
  • Sam Kedem Nursery Garden'Town and Country Roses' Minnesota rose nursery with big variety and lots of minis. Hardy weather and some odd rare varieties available.
  • The Roseraie at Granite Ridge Maine supplier of hardy roses. Practical roses for Hard Places.
  • The Uncommon Rose Unusual OGR and Miniature Roses Growin in Oregon
  • Ray Redell's Garden Valley Ranch Rose Plants, cut roses, weddings and other garden goods.
  • Carlton RosesSeller of Florist Cut Rose Varieties - very unique.
  • Martin And Krause Canadian mail order nursery. Won't list prices online. Good source for hardy Explorer and Parkland roses.
  • Spring Valley Roses Wisconsin Grower specializing in Hardy Roses for cold climates, grown on their own roots.
  • Teas NurseryHouston Texas Nursery with a large rose selection by mail order.
  • Wisconsin Roses Grower of roses for 'exhibitors and rose enthusiasts. Show form roses.

  • Old Rose Specialty Nurseries
  • Vintage Gardens My vote for the top grower of older roses in America. Own root grower of a large variety of hard to find plants. Their catalog is a great reference book.
  • High Country Roses Utah grower specializing in Old Garden, Hardy, Shrub and Species Roses grown on their own roots. Plus a bunch of good information.
  • The Roseraie at Granite Ridge 'Practical Roses For Hard Places' Lots of old garden and other varieties with pictures.
  • The Antique Rose Emporium Old Garden and found varieties in profusion.
  • Roses Unlimited South Carolina grower that offers a great variety of roses on their "own" roots. Not grafted.
  • Chamblees Rose Nursery Tyler Texas grower with over 200 varieties. Mostly antique and miniature varieties.
  • Amity Heritage Roses Own root supplier located on the Northern California coast. OGR and modern varieties available.
  • Mendocino Heirloom Roses Lots of interesting and hard to find stuff on its own roots.

  • General Flower Nurseries With Roses
    Hillcrest Harmony Flowers Canadian Nursery with Hardy Varieties Wayside Gardens Big catalog nursery with many rose varieties. Some which can only be found here.

    Miniature Rose Nurseries
  • Moore's Miniature Roses The Guy who invented them. Sequoia Nursery in Visalia California. Simply The Greatest.
  • Nor¹East Miniature Roses Inc. Many great varieties of their own hybridizing program and The Best of the rest. Great service and friendly people. A great place to buy minis.
  • Bridges Roses Miniature rose growers and sellers with their own hybridizing program.
  • Tiny Petals Nursery The great Dee Bennett tradition of hybridizing still lives on with many of the finest miniature varieties. Chula Vista, California.

  • Nurseries With Hybridizing Programs

    Wholesale Nurseries
  • J. C. Bakker Nurseries Ontario, Canada Wholesale Grower

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