Heirloom Roses – A One-Stop Rose Shop
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| Photo Credit: Lane Greer |
| During our visit we discovered Eternally Yours rose, which has a wonderful citrus fragrance. |
Do you love roses and live in the Portland, OR, area? (Or are you visiting?) Have I got the place for you! Just 30 minutes south of Portland is Heirloom Roses, a grower and seller of all kinds of roses perfect for the Northwestern climate (and beyond). With 7 acres of display gardens and 500 rose varieties for sale, it’s a great place to go see what’s growing on with these incredible plants. My family visited in mid-September, and we were amazed at the number of roses still flowering!
| Add Photo to Journal |  | | Photo Credit: Lane Greer | | The sales area at Heirloom Roses is divided by category for easy plant selection. |
First stop: the display gardens. They’re roughly divided into categories. There are separate gardens featuring divinely scented roses, test roses, miniatures, old roses and cold-hardy forms. There’s also an All-America Rose Selections (AARS) award-winner garden, with winners of the coveted AARS medal for every year since 1940.
One thing that really struck me about the growers at Heirloom Roses is how incredibly knowledgeable and helpful they are. The young man we talked with not only really knew his roses, he also directed us to specific selections. When we asked him where to find a certain cultivar, he pulled out a map with every cultivar listed on it. When we asked for information on roses for shade, he immediately gave us a great handout.
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- Another interesting tidbit I picked up at Heirloom Roses is the proper way to smell a rose. Sniff it for 4-5 seconds so your brain will store the smell as a scent memory. (Professional sniffers take a whiff of coffee beans between roses to “cleanse” the olfactory palate and help them differentiate scents!)
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- Heirloom Roses is located in St. Paul, OR. To get there from Newberg, take Hwy. 219 south and follow the signs. From Portland, go south on I-5, take exit 278, go west 7 miles, turn right on Hwy. 219 and left on Champoeg Road (or just follow the signs). There’s lots of parking, and it’s an easy and pleasant drive. (Just hold your nose when you pass the dairy farm!)
- This is one rose seller that makes it easy for the customers to know what they’re getting. The sales area is divided into categories (e.g., climbers, David Austin, ramblers), and roses within each category are in alphabetical order. Each rose is accompanied by a picture, so you know what the mature plant will look like.
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- Grafting: A process whereby a stem from one plant is joined to the stem of another plant. The lower portion of the graft is referred to as the rootstock, the upper as the scion.
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- Heirloom Roses is not just an attraction for busy Portlanders! Guests from around the country visit to learn more about roses.
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