Roses Unlimited, Almost Heaven Roses.

Ashdown Roses? Vintage Roses?

Both are stellar.

Carole

chamblees and high country roses

I could be considered the Kiss Of Death.
If I buy roses from a nursery, they seem to promptly go out of business. I loved roses from B&B, and Uncommon Rose, and many of my roses came from Sequoia.
Gone. All Gone.

Fortunately, Vintage Gardens, Ashdown, and Antique Rose Emporium are still with us -- though I know times are tough for ALL nurseries (including the "Big Boys.")

Most of the Old Rose nurseries that are still in business are very good indeed.
Order now, while we still can.

Jeri

Northland Rosarium & High Country Roses both sell wonderful, own-root roses. Plant them & they take right off. Northland is my absolute favorite.

Below is a link to web site (Daves garden.com) that I have found very useful in finding info about almost all garden venders, both web & paper catalog types. Scroll down on the home page to the "garden watch dog" link for info about garden vendors.

Here is a link that might be useful: Dave's Garden

I have only bought from Chamblee Nursery. The roses were healthy and in good shape.

Vintage, Heirloom, Roses Unlimited, and Chamblees are my mainstays for ordering. All give excellent customer service and send excellent roses. But I'm also prejudiced towards own-roots.

Rogue Valley Roses, love their roses and good CS.
All of the above mentioned.

Carla

I have probably bought the majority from Heirloom although last year I bought about 50 roses so purchased from a lot of the above mentioned nurseries. The only one I swore off of was Hortico.

I was very happy with the ones from ARE and Palatine also.

Hope this helps.

Kate

These are mail-order nurseries that are worth looking into. I've either had my own postive experience or I have read postive comments about them.
Several of these nurseries offer both bare roots and potted plants for different prices. Many of the nurseries are done shipping for 2008, but several are still sending plants. On their websites you can usually see the planned offerings for 2009.
www.heirloomroses.com
www.vintagegardens.com
www.amityheritageroses.com
www.northlandrosarium.com
www.chambleeroses.com
www.antiqueroseemporium.com
www.teasnursery.com

Someone mentioned High Country Roses in Colorado, and it's worth checking at www.highcountryroses.com
The hybrid teas appear limited at this time, but there are many floribunda chocies. High Country is still shipping.

Sorry I left out Rogue Valley Roses, I have bought from them in the past, just not in the last year. What I remember most about them was helpful advice from the owner and when my roses arrived 2 out of 3 had blooms on them, that was nice.

I ordered many plants including some roses from direct gardening this past spring, and 1/3 of my roses and other plants came in black & moldy (DEAD!). I accidentally threw away the packaging slip or somesuch so they wouldn't accept a return. I won't use them again.

I am an ebay addict and buy roses on there, too. I don't want to give away my secret so ya'll are outbidding me, but there are quite a few sellers on there that list a variety of roses. They have all arrived healthy & as described. Right now I'm bidding on an austin and ogr. If you see "jescalayne," don't bid against me! : )

From real nurseries, I ordered austin's climbing special, some from vintage, and am working on another right now...

May I also add to the list of great online rose nurseries:

Ashdown Roses in SC - http://www.ashdownroses.com
EuroDesert Roses in CA - http://www.eurodesertroses.com

Both are dedicated independent owner/operated nurseries that have many unique and beautiful roses.

I have found that purchasing from the smaller nureries such as these and the others listed on this tread you will get great customer service and advise on what rose will do best in your area. And many carry roses that cannot be found anywhere else.

Palatine Roses. Sells bareroots grafted on R. multiflora rootstock.

If you are adventurous, Wisconsin Roses, you get a newly budded (on R. multiflora) bareroot and you get to see how budded roses grow from the start. But, not for the newbie.

I ordered from Regans, Pickering and Palatine last year and all sent great sized bare roots. Have fun choosing.

I have good expeerience with grafted Multiflora roses which pretty much limits me to Canadian nurseries. My favorite is Pickering but I also buy from Hortico as they are often the only source of a rose I want. Palatine has had good report here and I will be trying them next Spring.

My only experience with own roots is Vintage. A lot of them didn't make it mostly my fault as I potted them to let them grow on and then neglected to water them. That's fatal!

For antiques, Countryside Roses, the owner, Lisa, is terrific and the prices are very reasonable.
I also like Heirloom, Chamblees and High Country (although the shipping is a killer since we are so far apart.) I too have bought roses (and other plants) on ebay with success.
Nancy

BUMP

My favorite place to get roses from is Palatine Roses. Their bareroots are huge and do better for me than anything else. Other good places are Ashdown, Heirloom, Roses Unlimited, EuroDesert, and Wisconsin Roses. I've had bad luck with Hortico's roses. Wisconsin Roses does sell roses that require a bit more work on your part, but I was very happy that my first rose from them got very big this year and bloomed a lot. The other rose I bought from them died but they are replacing it next spring and I'll be more careful with it.

I had good experiences with Edmunds and Jackson and Perkins, but JP changed hands and other people had problems with Edmunds, so I can't really recommend those when there are so many other places that have better records. Always check Garden Watchdog (wirosarian linked it) before you order from any nursery.

My favorites are Roses Unlimited, Ashdown, Chamblee's and Vintage.

I have been very pleased with the own roots that came from Heirloom. They are increasing well and very healthy.
kay

I love Heirloom Roses and Rogue Valley Roses (especially since RVR is the only source of Paul Barden's roses which I adore).

I really like Austin...all the roses they sent had huge roots and all bloomed but the Crown Princess..won't most likely until next year but the plant looks great. Healthy plants and good customer service..arrived on time.Possibly higher than others but the results were so good I'll try them again!

For bareroots grafted on Dr. Huey, S&W Greenhouse, Witherspoon, Tate and Regan all send excellent quality plants. On the down side, Regan and S&W have a short ordering and shipping season. And shipping costs are not inexpensive, but if it is something that you really want and it doesn't come any other way (not own root or grafted on R. Multiflora), then these are as good as it gets (I wasn't overly thrilled with Austin last year, but have a gift certificate and will try again for next year).

I've had excellent success with many dozen roses from Pickering. I'd highly recommend them.

I just recieved my fall order from Chamblees and they are outstanding...super healthy.
I got 2 Hwy 290 Pink Buttons (a tiny pink found rose from TX), 2 Night Owl (a purplish single climber), & 2 Nacogdouches (yellow found rose from TX).
I prefer own root roses. I like roses with a story & I love the singles.

Pickering is a good nursery too. Always has good root systems, sends roses bare rooted.