II’m not in the area, so I can’t speak for any of the roses. However I did grow up in the Willamette Valley. What part are you moving to? that can have a great influence on what roses you can grow there. My parents lived about 10 miles away from Paul Barden and in a polar vortex, his tea roses got severly injured or died, whereas the tea roses at my parents were not impacted.

Also, beyond the Portland Rose garden, there are several places worth going to see roses. If you are moving to the Albany/Corvallis area, the rose garden at Avery Park, which is in the end of the park closest to the football stadium, has a good mix of modern and old garden roses. Another thing about Avery Park is, if you have young kids in your life, there is a locamotive engine and ”dinosaur bones” to play on in the end of the park farthest away from the football stadium.

if you are moving to the Salem/Keizer area, it is about a 45 minute drive to Avery Park but there is the Pioneer Cemetery just south of downtown Salem that has quite a few roses in it, both old and modern.

in the portland area there are two smaller rose gardens that are kept by the parks system. Also in Lake Oswego there is the Lake Oswego Pioneer cemetery that has quite a few roses. there are a couple more cemeteries in the portland area that have a few roses in them.

i hear that Eugene has a rose garden, but I am utterly opposed to Eugene and since 1997 I had been south of the Albany/Corvallis along I5, which goes through Eugene, exact exactly twice; and neither time was to got to the rose garden.

poohray - So nice of you to offer your roses. However, you are moving to a much better place to grow roses, with plenty of water.

Brandin is correct, of course - it depends WHERE in the Willamette Valley you are moving to, but much of it is a great area for growing roses, with cooler wetter winters than San Diego. Heirloom Roses would be where I would start looking at rose nurseries, and of course as Brandon says, there are numerous public gardens all over that area.

Jackie

Thank you both! I will be just outside of Newberg. It looks like wine country. I will definitely check those places out. I have a lot to learn, lol!

Newberg is a great area. It is near St Paul, where Heirloom Roses is located, unfortunately they no longer have their display gardens☹️

I grew up in McMinnville about 15 minutes south of Newberg, so I have a fond spot for that specific area of Oregon.

Congratulations? You need to get on over to Instagram and look up Paul Barden. If anyone can direct to toward what might grow well with fewer issues there, it's him. Good luck!

I wish you could take a few of your favorites, Poohray.

Depending on your property’s exact situation will dictate what will grow well. howe however that part of the Willamette Valley is a solid zone 8, so you might be able to grow which ever class of rose you want. in my three rose gardens i had good success with both modern and old garden roses. I also had success with teas and china roses, but without knowing the propetty sotuation i cant say for sure if they would grow well.

Paul Barden and I respectfully disagree about if teas and chinas grow well in the willamette valley. (there is at least one thread but probably more that you could pull up our disagreement on this issue if you look hard enough) I think that if there is one you want to try, then grow it any way. (this com from someone currently growing Safrano, Monsieur Tillier, and Duchesse de Brabant in a zone 5b/6a garden, so I am willing to push zones)

You are gonna love having a well! I will never go back to city water again. Even if your well is electric powered, you still pay wayyyy less without that water bill. The plants love it as well.

WOW! How exciting Poohray, you’ll have a new canvas to paint with roses! And tons of water to boot!! Any SoCal resident would be envious.

I would love to take Twilight Zone, Stephen’s Big Purple, and Strawberry Hill if they are still available. A friend of mine would love Yolande, if that one is mot already claimed.

Sorry, couldnt figure out how to DM you. Thank you again for your generous offering so they can be enjoyed by others :)

You got it! They are yours. I’m no spray and organic, so there’s some sawfly munching. I will spray after sunset with Spinosad to make sure none come with you.. I have both an own-rooted SBP and one on multiflora. The SH is throwing out some nice long canes. Yolande has 3 long stems and bloomed really well this year for being so young. Twilight Zone was too tall in the shade, so i cut it back. it’s now in full sun. I’m in Carlsbad area near La Costa. How does messaging work with Houzz?