I have read and heard many sorrowful tales of people’s roses dying this past winter. We do not have that problem because all of our roses are grown on their own roots, many I propagated myself.

Own-root roses simply means that the plant is not grafted to root stock, but develops it’s own set of roots. You can learn more about this technique in my book on garden design, which I both wrote and illustrated, Oh Garden of fresh Possibilities! Notes from a Gloucester Garden. Oh Garden is usually available for sale at The Bookstore of Gloucester.

Both these roses are divinely fragrant. The white rose reaches our second story bedroom window and when windows are open, the fragrance wafts through the entire house.