Cheryl Malone, General Manager, represented Heirloom Roses, located in St. Paul, Oregon, during the prestigious event at The Brooklyn Museum which recognized the achievements of fifteen contemporary women who were the first in their varied fields of endeavor.

The renowned Ms. Steinem writer, lecturer, editor and co-founder of Ms. Magazine and feminist activist is internationally recognized for her work as an organizer and spokeswoman for issues of equality and gender and Elizabeth A. Sacker, Ph.D: public historian, arts activist and American Indian Advocate were the presenters of the Awards. *Each of the honorees has broken a gender barrier to make a remarkable achievement and contribution in her respective field.

Ms. Steinem declined to be a recipient of an award; however months prior to the event Ms. Sackler contacted Heirloom Roses asking if they would name a rose for Gloria Steinem. Secrecy surrounded the preparation.

Ms. Steinem did not know the rose; ‘Gloria Steinem™’ would be the surprise presentation at the culmination of the event. A photo of the white rose appeared much larger than life behind the podium as Ms. Steinem and audience listened to Elizabeth Sackler explain the timeline of how such a rose is bred and evaluated and then selected. Once the announcement was made that the rose they were viewing would be named for Ms. Steinem, a standing ovation with thunderous applause filled the auditorium with almost deafening praise. She was presented with the plaque, cameras flashed, Ms. Steinem blushed with surprise and it became the talk of the night.

Cheryl Malone, General Manager and Louise Clements, owner of Heirloom Roses tell us that the first availability of this rose will be Spring 2013. Contact Heirloom Roses, Inc. in St. Paul, Oregon, for details on pre-ordering. Additional photos and information will be forthcoming at www.heirloomroses.com.

Recipients of the Sackler Center First Awards were:

Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (Ret), the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court (1981)

Marin Alsop, Music Director of the Baltimore Orchestra, the first woman to be appointed to direct a major American orchestra (2007)

[Her Oregon connections: 1997 - Receives distinguished Service Award from University of Oregon
1996 - Accepts title of Conductor Laureate with the Eugene Symphony ]

Connie Chung, broadcast journalist, who became the first person of Asian Pacific descent to hold a network anchor position when she joined Walter Cronkite as co-anchor of the CBS Evening News (1971)

Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, the first African American woman president ofSpelmanCollege(1987)

Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, founder and chairman of the first museum devoted exclusively to women artists, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (1987)

Sandy Lerner, a developer of the first commercial router and founder of Cisco Systems 1984)

Lucy R. Lippard, leader of the first generation of feminist art critics; her first book on the subject was From the Center: Feminist Essays on Women’s Art (1976)

Wilma Mankiller (deceased), the first woman chief of an American Indian nation (Cherokee Nation, 1985)

Toni Morrison, the first African American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (1993)

Linda Nochlin, leader of the first generation of feminist art historians, known for her essay “Why Have There Been No Great Woman Artists?” (1971)

Jessye Norman youngest recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor (1997)

Judith Rodin, who became the first woman to lead an Ivy League institution when appointed president of theUniversityofPennsylvania(1994), and the first woman president of the Rockefeller Foundation (2005)

Muriel Siebert, the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (1967) and known as “The First Woman of Finance”

Susan Stroman, the first woman commissioned by the New York City Ballet to choreograph a full-length ballet (Double Feature, with music by Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson, 2004)

Faye Wattleton, the first woman and the first African American President and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (1978)

When referring strictly to ‘roses’ an heirloom roses are also known as “antique” or “old garden” roses, which include those that existed before 1867. Why that particular date you ask? “La France” the first hybrid tea rose, was discovered growing in a garden patch and introduced in 1867 which marked the start of a new era. All classes of roses in existence before that time were deemed ‘old garden roses’ or ‘heirlooms’. Hence new classes were called modern roses. The actual heirloom varieties are hard to pinpoint and fall into several categories; Albas, Centifolias, Damasks, Gallicas and Moss roses. These antique varieties are as simple to grow as the modern roses we find today. Admired for their fragrance and large beautiful blooms every garden should have a few.

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We are extremely proud to announce the release of our new website at HeirloomRoses.com!

Rebuilding our online presence “from the ground up,” we’ve developed this new site to make finding, growing & enjoying roses easier than ever. Along with a fresh design, we’ve built in a number of features for you to enjoy.

We’ll take a quick look at these features with some brief introductions below, but the best way to experience the new site is to have a look for yourself!

Improved Product Display & Information

Enhanced Product Specifications

Roses tend to have rich histories; perhaps a rose that you’re interested in dates back to the time of the Roman Empire? Or maybe it was bred on the other side of the world? Whatever the case may be, we think that the more you know about a rose, the more there is to love! With that in mind, we’re introducing an expanded level of information for all of the roses we sell.

Each rose listing will now include a range of attribute details, such as: the country of origin, the year that the rose was bred, the rose breeder’s information, the rose’s winter hardiness rating, the rose’s approximate size at maturity, the fragrance of its blooms and more!

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Grid or List? You Choose!

Do you enjoy viewing products in a straightforward grid (with just product name and a small “thumbnail” image) or do you prefer a list format (with product name, thumbnail image and a short description)? Either way, Heirloom Roses now presents the products as you like them.

To choose one or the other, click within the “View as: Grid | List” at the top of any shopping page.

Better Browsing Options & The “Shopping Options” Sidebar

As you navigate through our online catalog, you’ll now have the option to “filter” (or limit) the products that you see based on the attributes that interest you the most.

You’ll see the options displayed in the left-hand sidebar titled “Shopping Options” and can filter roses by rose category, price, rose bush height, rose bush width, hardiness zones, fragrance, collections (such as “Roses for Cutting,” “Fragrant Roses,” “Thornless Roses,” etc.), color and rebloom frequency (how often the rose bush will produce rose blooms).

Wishlists

A popular request from our customers, now available on HeirloomRoses.com!

Want to save some products for a future purchase or build a list of products to share with others? Now you can add any of our catalog items to your own “Wishlist” that is saved to your personal user account (see “User Accounts” below).

Our wishlist features allows you to save any product, add your own personal notes and keep the list for your own records or share it with others via email.

Product Compare

Not sure which rose or product to purchase? Now you can compare items side-by-side with our “Add to Compare” feature. Select the items that you’re considering and view their varying attributes in a straightforward, side-by-side table.

Robust Information Library

We’ve compiled a massive collection of online material to help you grow & enjoy the best roses possible! We have articles that cover roses in general as well as how to best care for & garden with roses. Many of the articles include photos to help illustrate the content and a few even include videos!

Some of the types of articles include:

• Rose Information: common questions & answers, descriptions of the varying types of roses, details on own root roses, rose viruses, and much more!
• “How To” Articles: how to select, plant, water, fertilize, prune, protect your roses and more!
• USDA Zone Map: a quick way to find the zone of your specific location
• Videos: beautiful & helpful videos of our gardens and recommended gardening techniques

Also, the Heirloom Roses Rose Blog (that you’re reading right now!) is an important part of our new information library. This blog not only allows us to publish great information for our visitors, but can also foster an on-going discussion between all of us rose gardeners on the many questions, topics and delights of growing roses.

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User Accounts

Want to see what items you’ve ordered in the past? Tired of having to re-enter your information each time you place an order with Heirloom Roses? With the new HeirloomRoses.com, you can choose to create a “User Account” to store all kinds of information: contact details, product wishlists, order history, shipping addresses and more!

You don’t even have to place an order to create an account. You can create a HeirloomRoses.com at any time through the “My Account” link at the top of every page in the site.

Site Security

Our site’s security has been built from the ground-up as well; utilizing the latest secure processing & payment methods available. Your shopping enjoyment & security are always a top priority for us and we continually update and improve the way our system handles your sensitive information to ensure the best protection that we can offer.

Social Media

Heirloom Roses is much more than a website. Although HeirloomRoses.com is our online presence, the nursery is full of real people that love gardening. As such, we greatly enjoy getting to reach out to our gardening friends (locals & those around the world) to discuss the roses we love, best gardening techniques, planting ideas or just how the weather is affecting our rose bushes!

With that in mind, we’re expanding our social connections to ensure that we can stay in touch in whatever manner you choose to receive information. Currently, this includes accounts with Facebook and Twitter along with this rose blog and our popular email newsletter. (You can even see our latest Twitter posts in the left-hand sidebar of this blog!)

Visit our Social Media Page for all of the ways in which you can connect with Heirloom Roses.

Merchandise

At the Heirloom Roses nursery, our “Sales Cottage” is always a favorite destination. In it, we stock some of the best & most helpful gardening products that we can find — pruners, boots, fertilizers, books & more. Now, we’re pleased to be able to offer some of these wonderful products to our online customers.

See all the merchandise we’re currently offering in our new “Merchandise” section »

Online Gift Certificate Codes

Giving the gift of living roses has never been easier! Now you can order Online Gift Certificates and let the recipients choose the perfect roses for their gardens.

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More to Come

We hope that this has been a great introduction to the many new features on the Heirloom Roses website. We are continually working to introduce new products, features and helpful articles to ensure that the site is a wonderful destination & excellent resource for the rose gardener.

To help us best meet your needs, we always welcome customer feedback!

If you’d like to add your voice to our on-going conversation about making the site better, please feel free to contact us at your convenience.

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Hard to imagine it is time to stop applying fertilizer so that you can slow down new growth and help the rose into dormancy. To deadhead or not…. is there time for one last burst of bloom or do we need to let the hips signal to the plant that it is time to start getting ready for winter. Our minds already thinking about next year, what plants are keepers and which ones we need to shovel prune. We start to watch the mail box for the new catalogs which will be coming out soon to entice us into trying some new plant.  Do we need to do some winter protection and how are we going to go about it are starting to creep into our thought process. The goal is to prevent the rose bush from freezing and thawing, so waiting for the second hard freeze is a good guide to knowing when the rose is ready to be put to bed. As we watch the plant get ready for sleep the foliage turns and starts to drop off the plant, so begins the task of keeping the ground clean so that disease and pests do not harbor until spring to reappear and infect the newly awakened rose. 

The search begins once again for our loppers, making sure they are sharp for the task ahead, that of taking the rose down some so that the wind does not cause the branches to rub against each other causing lesions that will invite disease. An easy job as we do not care about an outside bud, cleaning out the middle for good air circulation or how many canes we intend to keep for our spring bloom. Cutting them back some now also helps in the spring when we want to really prune the rose for the coming season, as we will not have as much debris to contend with, making the task easier. 

As we sit and watch the sun filter through the trees drinking that first morning cup of coffee, we spot a hint of color in the garden and wonder if this is the perfect bloom to lighten our heart and keep summer around for just a little longer. A walk through the garden to appreciate the plants efforts to provide beauty for this short while as we await winter and a quick peak into the mail box seems to be in order. Is a sweater needed or do we dare the day to provide a hint of lingering summer warmth?

Consider the world’s “smallest” and “largest” roses for a study in contrasts. Winning the title for smallest is the micro-miniature Si, averaging only 4″ tall. The largest rose is actually a tie between a Rosa banksiae banksiae in Tombstone, Arizona that covers an incomprehensible 8,000 square feet, and a Kifsgate rose located in England measuring 80 feet x 90 feet x 50 feet tall. Bloom size can also reach mammoth proportions; the hybrid tea Great Century can produce blooms up to 8″ in diameter, sure to be a standout in the landscape.

True rosarians may want to consider Old Garden Roses with particular historical significance for their gardens. The Apothecary’s Rose, for example, is one of the oldest known rose varieties and has been in cultivation since the Crusades. Quatre Saisons, a Damask, is recognized as the oldest repeat-blooming European Rose. La France has the distinction of being the first Hybrid Tea (ushering in the era of modern roses), while the supremely fragrant Kazanlik, a Damask, has commercial importance; it is the main rose grown for producing attar of roses (fragrant oil used to make perfume).

Other roses have unusual color or distinct markings that make them unique. Some varieties have spotted, freckled, or striped blooms; others provide multiple colors of flowers on the same bush. Or try one of the roses with russet, buff, grey, or dark purple blossoms to broaden your color palette. Bi-colored roses or those with a “reverse” (inside of petal a different color than outside of petal) also offer different, enticing color combinations.

Notable Old Garden Roses

• Apothecary’s Rose (dp)
• Crested Moss (mp)
• Kazanlik (dp)
• La France (lp)
• Quatre Saisons (mp)
• The Green Rose (w/green)

Multi-Colored Blooms

• Flutterbye (yb)
• Joseph’s Coat (rb)
• Mutabilis (yb)
• Pleasant Valley (pb)
• Rainbow Knockout (pb)
• The Magician (yb)

“Handpainted” Roses

• Champagne Cocktail (yb)
• Eyepaint (rb)
• Frühlingsmorgen (pb)
• Little Artist (rb)
• Maestro (rb)
• Picasso (pb)
• Regensberg (pb)
• Rock ‘n’ Roll (rb/ob)
• Watercolors (yb)

Colorful Fall Foliage

• Ann Endt (dr)
• Champlain (dr)
• F.J. Grootendorst (mr/lr)
• Indian Love Call (mp)
• Meidiland Roses (series)
• Pink Robin (mp)
• Rosa glauca (mp)
• R. rugosa alba/rubra (w/r)
• Roseraie de l’Hay (dr/m)
• Thérèse Bugnet (mp)
• Tuscany Superb (m)

Roses with Trailing Habit

• Green Snake (w)
• Peachy Creeper (ob)
• Ralph’s Creeper (rb)
• Red Cascade (dr)
• Wing-Ding (mr/or)

Spotted/Freckled Blooms

• Alain Blanchard (m)
• Cramoisi Picoté (rb)
• Dorcas (pb)
• Euprates (pb)
• Freckle Face (pb)
• Freckles (pb)
• Marbrée (rb/pb)
• Spanish Rhapsody (pb)

Striped Blooms

• Candy Cane (pb)
• Earthquake (rb)
• Fourth of July (rb)
• Honorine de Brabant (pb)
• Life Lines (or/ob)
• Oranges ‘n’ Lemons (ob)
• Patriot Kordana (rb)
• Purple Tiger (m)
• Rosa Mundi (pb)
• Scentimental (rb)
• Secret Recipe (rb)
• Stars ‘n’ Stripes Forever (rb)
• Strawberry Swirl (rb)
• Tawny Tiger (r)
• Tigress (m)
• Tricolore de Flandre (pb)
• Variegata di Bologna (rb)
• Wonderstripe (pb)

Bloom size greater than 6″

• Acapella (pb/rb)
• Alec’s Red (mr)
• Big Purple (m)
• Brandy (ab)
• Buxom Beauty (dp)
• Dolly Parton (or)
• Falling in Love (pb)
• First Prize (pb)
• Great Century (pb)
• Ingrid Bergman (dr)
• Legends (mr)
• Love’s Magic (dr)
• Medallion (ab)
• Moonstone (w/pb)
• Peace (yb)
• Pristine (w)

Roses of Unusual Color

• Black Baccara (dr)
• Black Ice (dr)
• Black Jade (dr)
• Black Pearl (dr)
• Blue Girl (m)
• Bronze Star (ab)
• Burgundy Iceberg (dr)
• Butterscotch (russet)
• Café Olé (russet)
• Cinco de Mayo (russet)
• Denver’s Dream (ob)
• Distant Drums (mauve/tan)
• Green Diamond (w/green)
• Green Ice (w/green)
• Greensleeves (w/pb-green)
• Hot Cocoa (russet)
• Iced Tea (russet)
• Julia’s Rose (russet)
• Kaleidoscope (mauve/tan)
• Lagerfeld (m)
• Lavender Pinocchio (m)
• Midnight Blue (m)
• Night Owl (m)
• Outta the Blue (m)
• Paradise (m)
• Remember Me (ob)
• Rhapsody In Blue (m)
• Stainless Steel (m)
• Teddy Bear (russet)
• Tom Thumb (rb)

Strong Bi-Color/Reverse

• Betty Boop (rb)
• Cherry Parfait (rb)
• Double Delight (rb)
• Gemini (pb)
• French Perfume (yb)
• Handel (rb)
• Iced Raspberry (rb)
• Léonidas (red blend/russet)
• Lynn Anderson (pb)
• Nicole (pb)
• Night Light (dy/yb)
• Rosy Dawn (yb)
• Sassy Cindy (rb)
• Typhoo Tea (rb)

Common sense and conventional wisdom tell us that every rose has its thorn.  Indeed, most rose gardeners learn to accept thorns with a kind of quiet resignation, arming themselves against the less-pleasant tasks of rose care with gauntlet gloves and loppers.  We turn philosophical:  “Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy the thorn bush has roses” (German proverb).  But in the end, no matter how hard we try to overlook thorns and focus on blooms, we find ourselves longing for a kinder, gentler bush.

Fortunately, nature provides exceptions to every rule.  While there are not many, some truly thornless roses do exist.  A greater number of “nearly thornless” roses are available, which have scattered thorns here and there on the stem.  Certain kinds of roses, such as Polyanthas, tend to have fewer thorns as a class.  An interesting botanical side note:  technically roses don’t have thorns.  All of those projections along the stem are really called prickles.

Thornless varieties are useful when roses are planted along walkways or other high-traffic areas. They are also a great idea for children’s gardens, elderly gardeners, or anyone who has let thorns get in the way of enjoying the world’s most popular flower.

Roses classified as “nearly thornless” tend to have thorns on lower/older wood, with unarmed new growth perfect for cutting.

Thornless Roses

• Bleu Magenta (Hybrid Multiflora, mauve)
• Chloris (Alba, light pink, very fragrant)
• Goldfinch (Hybrid Multiflora, light yellow/white, fragrant)
• Hippolyte (Gallica, mauve/red blend)
• Kathleen Harrop (Bourbon, light pink, fragrant)
• Lady Banks Rose (Species, white or yellow)
• Lykkefund (Large-flowered Climber, white/light yellow)
• Mme. Legras de St. Germain (Alba, white, fragrant)
• Mme. Plantier (Alba, white, fragrant)
• Tausendschön (Hybrid Multiflora, pink blend)
• Veilchenblau (Hybrid Multiflora, mauve, fragrant)
• Zéphirine Drouhin (Bourbon, medium pink, fragrant)

Nearly Thornless Roses

• A Shropshire Lad (Shrub, David Austin, yellow blend)
• Aimée Vibert (Noisette, white, fragrant)
• Bride’s Dream (Hybrid Tea, light pink)
• Cardinal de Richelieu (Gallica, mauve, fragrant)
• China Doll (Polyantha, medium pink/light pink)
• Climbing Iceberg (Climbing Floribunda, white)
• Climbing Pinkie (Climbing Polyantha, medium pink)
• Clotilde Soupert (Polyantha, white)
• Complicata (Gallica, pink blend, single)
• Cornelia (Hybrid Musk, pink blend/yellow blend, fragrant)
• Crépuscule (Noisette, apricot blend)
• Crown Princess Margareta (Shrub, David Austin, apricot blend)
• Frau Karl Druschki (Hybrid Perpetual, white)
• Geoff Hamilton (Shrub, David Austin, medium pink)
• Ghislaine de Féligonde (Hybrid Multiflora, light yellow/yellow blend, fragrant)
• Golden Showers (Large-flowered Climber, medium yellow)
• Heritage (Shrub, David Austin, light pink, very fragrant)
• J.P. Connell (Shrub, medium yellow/light yellow)
• James Galway (Shrub, David Austin, light pink/medium pink)
• John Clare (Shrub, David Austin, deep pink/light red, fragrant)
• La Marne (Polyantha, pink blend)
• Lady Hillingdon (Tea, yellow blend, fragrant)
• Leander (Shrub, apricot blend)
• Mlle. Cécile Brunner (Polyantha, light pink)
• Mme. Alfred Carriére (Noisette, white, fragrant)
• Mortimer Sackler (Shrub, David Austin, light pink)
• Oceana (Hybrid Tea, apricot blend)
• Outta the Blue (Shrub, mauve)
• Paul Neyron (Hybrid Perpetual, medium pink)
• Pure Perfume (Shrub, white)
• Reine des Violettes (Hybrid Perpetual, mauve, fragrant)
• Rose-Marie Viaud (Hybrid Multiflora, mauve)
• The Generous Gardener (Shrub, David Austin, light pink)
• Thérèse Bugnet (Hybrid Rugosa, medium pink, fragrant)
• Tuscany Superb (Gallica, mauve, fragrant)
• Veilchenblau (Hybrid Multiflora)

How much time you want to spend and what you want to accomplish are a determining factor. Some things to consider now is checking the pH, it is a good time to lime if needed as the rainy weather will help the lime become absorbed into the soil. pH is the measure of acidity or alkalinity of the soil on a scale of 0-14. 0 – 6.9 being acid, 7.0  neutral and 7.1 – 14 being alkaline. Heavy clay is more acid and adding organic soil amendments can lower the pH even more. Roses like a slightly acidic soil of 6.0 – 6.5.  Dolomite lime is the preferred type if you have a magnesium shortage in your soils, because it provides calcium and magnesium both of which are essential for plant growth.

If you use Epson Salts (magnesium sulfate) then regular garden lime is better. To much magnesium can cause problems with the uptake of other essential elements. If you already feed your roses a balanced fertilizer containing magnesium then you probably do not need to add any Epson Salts to your soil. Only a soil test will tell for sure. 

Deadheading now is a good time to prevent botrytis. If you dead head pretty severely now you will reduce the height of the bush and get rid of excess rose canes. Cutting them back to about waist high will help to prevent the wind and rain rocking the rose and creating a problem of opening up an area around the roots. The opening can extend below the ground and may allow freezing temperatures to easily reach the underground parts of the rose. You don’t need to bother about the cuts as you would in the spring, when you doing a fine prune.   

The same conditions that favor roses also favor diseases and pests. Frequent rainfall and high humidity encourage several leaf diseases. Mild winters allow pests and diseases to live through the coldest part of the year and warm summers give them the chance to build up their populations to survive yet another winter. A year-round approach to pest control will help you manage all of these problems.  

Black spot usually occurs on the lower portion of the rose bush first and moves up the plant as the season progresses. Leaves infected with black spot produce the hormone ethylene. High ethylene content in the leaves causes leaf drop. As a result, rose plants infected with black spot lose their leaves and look bare. The dropped leaves around the base of the plant serve as a reservoir of fungal spores which re-infect the plant when it rains or water splashes up. The fungus over-winters on living or dead tissue such as leaves and stems that were infected the previous growing season. Spores will not survive in the soil, so cleaning up the ground is a good practice.   

Rust is also a foliar disease that begins in the spring and peaks in early summer. The lesions are small, rusty orange on the top surface of the leaf and can affect the stem as well. Later in the season different spores are produced, they are dark brown with dark thick walls that help them survive the winter. 

Powdery mildew is another disease that is present caused when dry days are followed by nights with high humidity. The first infections are on new growth which arises from the previous year’s infections. 

Aphids can live through the winter in protected nooks and crannies on the plant. 

So you are not giving disease and pests a place to reside for the winter, keep the ground and plant, healthy now. A little work now will prevent a lot of work next season.

The garden is still in bloom, even with the crazy weather we have been experiencing. So if you are in the area grab a bottle of wine from one of the great wineries in the area and visit the garden, it is open from dawn to dusk. Deadheading is continuing as we all look forward to the last fall blooms before the roses go to sleep, awaiting another great season next spring. 

Work is underway on the new catalog. Which roses to offer both new and old are being considered. The plan is to have it out soon so selections can be made for gardens next year. Many comment that they spend hours during the winter months contemplating next years purchases or just dreaming of gardens in full bloom.  

On September 14, 2009 the world lost a great miniature rose breeder Ralph Moore. He brought us such roses as Beauty Secret, Judy Fischer, Lavender Lace, Toy Clown, Magic Carrousel, Red Cascade, Cal Poly, Ring of Fire just to name a few of his award winning roses. Ralph Moore was the founder of Sequoia Nursery in Visalia and just  about every miniature rose on the market is a hybrid stemming from roses he registered. He died at the age of 102 and will be greatly missed by all who grow roses.  

Happy Gardening!