My Informal Rose Garden

by Charlotte
(Canby, Oregon)

I love my rose garden! Some favorite roses are my climbing Westerland, Jude the Obscure, Double Delight, Eden, Sharifa Asma, my old-fashioned Harrison's Yellow climbing rose, Graham Thomas, and Sunsprite.

We are fortunate to live on 10 acres of land, and have room for many roses. We have planted some old-fashioned roses along the fence rows, and along a walking path where they have plenty of room to grow.

The only time I don't love my roses is in the spring when it's pruning time, and they fight back. It can be a painful experience!

Most of our roses are non-grafted "own root" roses from Heirloom Roses in St. Paul, Oregon. "Own root" roses are great, because if they die back for any reason, when they revive they are still the same rose that they were originally.