Rose Growing Tips from the Experts

[@everbloomingroses]

I've been to Heirloom Roses and the International Test Garden in Portland back in 2016. It was a fantastic visit! Great video, as usual. Happy growing!

[@scholarathlete92]

Jason, THANK YOU for putting out this video! I saw the thumbnail with Ben and had to stop everything to watch this! Love your content- I’ve learned so much from this channel. Keep up the great work!! Yet another one of your videos to add to my favorites!!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Aw, thanks so much

[@lanceb7438]

I'm so glad you were able to visit Heirloom Roses. They are amazing and just up the road from me. Nearly all my roses are from them. The only disappointment I've ever had with them is when they closed the gardens to visitors. But I certainly understand why. It's also wonderful you were able to get to the Portland Rose Garden. Another amazing place. Hopefully you had time to also visit the Japanese Garden across the street from the Rose Garden. It's considered one of the most authentic Japanese garden outside of Japan. Hope you enjoyed Oregon.

[@evemarkus]

Awesome! I order my roses from them since I’m in California but I follow your videos and watch them all. Thanks for taking us along!!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Very much my pleasure

[@anitabrock6858]

I’ve ordered roses from Heirloom Roses, it’s really cool to see their growing operation, thanks for the video.

[@TeresaByington]

So great to have you visit Ben at Heirloom!

[@cindyl3916]

Really enjoy your “road trip” videos Jason. Learned something new again, Thank you!❤

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Happy to hear it Cindy - thanks for watching!

[@carmenbailey1560]

I only wish I had the six hours of sun to accommodate roses. Thanks for sharing your outing. 👍❤️😊

[@melodylamour6123]

Thank you for lending us an inside look into your operation and letting us pick your brain in this interview.

[@amydu5498]

Fascinating! Thanks to you and Ben for the educational tour. It solidifies my decision to buy from Heirloom again! I appreciate the continual learning.

[@rebecam.6485]

Loved this video. I am a faithful costumer of Heirloom and a faithful follower of yours! Thank you for an amazing video!!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

So happy you enjoyed it!

[@pamelamercado6902]

Thanks Jason you always seem to put out some really good videos that actually have good tips and info and none of that fake stuff. Thank you

[@Douglasm101]

Again, very useful! I got some nudges for course changes in my tiny garden from the tour of this giant operation.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

So glad you took some value from the tour - I know I did!

[@GreyBeardUSA]

Thanks Jason. I have Heirloom roses in my garden in Connecticut, USA and appreciate the tips.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

My pleasure!

[@heatherseshadri]

Thank you so much for sharing this! So lovely to see behind the scenes.

[@Max.Greger]

Great to see that nusery! Thank you.

[@naturescolours18]

you handle very wide area to grow roses👍👍 and your huge greenhouse looking very maintained . nice video of beautiful Roses.

[@johnjensen7209]

Hey you were in my neck of the woods!!! Ben at Heirloom is such a great guy!!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

You bet - actually everyone there seemed great, so it must be contagious!

[@trishrestante3865]

Thanks for sharing Jason. Another great video.

[@red4violet]

I love Heirlooms roses.

[@rowanwhite3520]

Great video! This is where I buy my roses from and it was really nice to see their operation.

[@Hackbush]

Thank you!!! Definitely will be making more purchases from Heirloom roses!

[@Blue_Azure101]

OMG OMG HEIRLOOM ROSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just got my Eden Climber, Madame Anisette, and Belinda’s Dream from Heirloom roses.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

My thoughts exactly

[@Blue_Azure101]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarmall of my roses from them have reached massive sizes. Mother of Pearl is now 6.0feet, and Grande Dame is nearing 6.5 ft.

[@jhorvath700]

Thanks Jason!!

[@sethero5]

Welcome to Rose City! My home is just 20min away from Heirloom’s farm. I have 20+ varieties of roses in my property and all from heirloom or rogue valley rose farm( maybe a good road trip next time) I start hybridization of roses after your introduction video on hybridizing roses. Hope I can find my dream roses soon!

[@gwbuilder5779]

Portland is known as The City of Roses for exactly those reasons. I use to go to the Rose festivals and parades 30 some years ago. The funny thing is that their climate is almost exactly the same as mine up here, but about 10 degrees colder in the winter. My hopes are high for successful propagation. Heirloom is a very familiar name indeed, almost as popular as Fraser.😉 Great video. I bet the off camera conversation was fantastic. A rose guy on vacation surrounded by other rose addicts.😂 How were Lisa and the kids?🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks so much. They had a great time - and even made a quick cameo in the video!

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Jason. 🌺💚🙃

[@LTX-Shep]

Great video. Thanks.

[@JustJamesDean]

great video, thank you

[@mhamaddiab5010]

we thank U

[@renato4583]

Obrigado pelo video, Muito interessante ver como é a realidade de um grande pridutor de rosas.

[@torryclark4983]

Thanks Jason. Love your videos...I've learned so much from you. Ben doesn't seem to have a deer problem. I assume his area is all fenced off. I look forward to your next one

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks. Yes, it was fenced and gated - I'm not sure what the overall deer pressure is in the area, as it's surrounded by other farms. What I find here is that the dairy and blueberry farms surrounding our property act as a buffer.

[@abeckwith6561]

Thanks!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks so much for the support!

[@TwistedRootsVanVelzerPress]

My two from Heirloom are doing fine - I was worried -we had a weird and wet year here - and they were very small for being in a 1 gallon - but they took a few days in the ground to get settled - and then WHAM - they took off - well started to go into our Vermont winter season ....

[@cecilleflowerfarm]

My delivery from them will be September 1st!😊

[@jennifergreene8891]

Thank you Jason and Ben for this special video! What BEAUTIFUL bushes. I wish my roses looked so full (bushy) I need to learn if I too can get mine to look like that. They are in full sun, but, have a lot of stem with no leaves, except at the tops. About 4 + foot tall. Any advice?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Just regular pruning to encourage branching and basal breaks.

[@Naturamorpho]

NIce!

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

4000 varieties of roses is a good assortment

[@kellyluk73]

Excellent video as usual. Two questions 1)when do you stop deadheading and fertilizing? Ben says he fertilizes well into the fall and I hear some say stop after early August 2) have you considered importing and selling some of heirloom roses? I hear good things about some of their own creations like Louise clements and the impressionist which are not available in Canada.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Kelly. I stop deadheading and fertilizing in the landscape right about now. In the greenhouse I'll keep feeding so long as I can maintain growth on my young roses. I'd buy from Heirloom if they were selling into Canada - but I know the challenges at the border go both ways! I don't ship into the US, so I can understand why they'd avoid the cost and risk.

[@dubs3400]

Thanks Jason! I’d like to take a trip to Portland to see the test garden. Would you recommend the best time for this? Great video.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Mid June I'd think in the Oregon climate.

[@fernholmes5088]

Thanks for the tour! I was wondering what type of mulch Heirloom Roses uses?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks. I didn't see them using much on site, but Ben mentioned that he uses a thick mulch at home, presumably a forestry mulch like bark or wood chips. That's what I use in the same region.

[@edithengel2284]

Heirloom has a bunch of educational videos on their website. I think Ben talks about the mulch in the how-to-plant video, and maybe in other spots as well.

[@dennistaft7868]

Jason, I've thought of this often. I would like to see multiple roses grafted to one root stock. I faked it once by planting 5 different roses in the same hole. It worked for a couple seasons but they all died by year 3. I can't seem to grow rose very good. Not sure if it is my rocky dirt, or something I'm doing or not doing. Anyway I think people would pay a lot for a rose with 4 or 5 colors on the same bush. Your thoughts on that?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks Dennis - I do think it would make an interesting specimen!

[@josealeman332]

MMn I live next door, WA state.. I wander why we only get very few roses to choose from up here..

[@allforroses]

So different looking than what it looked like under the prior owners. Jason, did you get a chance to go down there when they had an open display gardens? Much more enjoyable to see then what it is now. I am assuming that the fact that they handle the roses so much causes for such high prices? Did you by chance ask about the correlation of handling and pricing? (I'm also assuming that there were some things recorded that wasn't put in, but I could be wrong.)

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks. No, this was my first visit. We talked on a few other topics off camera - but I didn't press Ben or his team on pricing strategy. Heirloom has a large team of employees, some seasonal, some year-round. All the things they do from propagation to final shipping contribute to their costs. It's impossible for me to judge what the "right" price for selling a rose. I suppose it's some balance between what customers are willing to pay, but also which covers costs and allows for continued growth/improvement to the business. I can say that I was impressed by the care they took in keeping their stock & inventory healthy through every stage.

[@gwbuilder5779]

​@@FraserValleyRoseFarm I would add that tending those for 16 months will definitely have a lot to do with cost as well. Not to mention the tight control on quality.

[@MrSBGames]

When is the best time to move roses? (I'm UK based so zone 7/8 equivalent) I have a rose in 1 bed I want to switch places with a rose in another bed. Both are pretty well established.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I like early spring about the best, but if you have time now it's not bad either. Cool enough to not be stressful, and still a little growing time before winter proper.

[@fonzy1987hh]

Hi Jason, do you own or have any experience with the rose called Augusta Luise ®? She goes by a few other names and she is gorgeous. She is listed as a hybrid tea but she looks more like a shrub. She pushes out multiple flowers per stem just like a floribunda. What do you make of this rose? Hybrid tea or not? thanks for the videos.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I haven't grown Augusta Luise - sounds interesting though.

[@infotoknow7243]

Hello sir

[@HinaMunnee]

Do they have a store in Houston, TX?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Heirloom is an online/mail order nursery.

[@cristoferahrens3362]

In regards to liquid fertilizer, It doesn't seem to be cost efficient using this method on a regular basis. How to you feel about the idea of disolving a small quantity of a complete granular fertilizer in a large container and use this as a liquid fertilizer. Obviously one has to be careful not to be too generous when deciding how much granular fertilizer to use.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

If you're looking to make soluble fertilizers more affordable, it might make more sense to buy the simple chemicals like caclium nitrate, and dissolve them in various ratios to get the right mix for growing. The granular ferts are not evenly soluble, so you won't really be able to provide complete nutrition.

[@AlBGood]

We have been buying our Roses from Heirloom Roses because of listing to you. But I want to know if I can buy from you. We are in California.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks for the support, but no, we can't ship our roses into the US

[@AlBGood]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm 🙁🌹Thank you, I will continue watching you and I appreciate all the information you so graciously provide. Al’s better half.

[@jessieclosure2810]

I live in georgia can i fertilize my roses the first of september

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I don't know your climate as well as you would, but I'm winding down fertilizer from about mid-month here. Zone 8

[@trishrestante3865]

Do heirloom roses graft their roses or are they cutting grown?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Own root - grown from cuttings

[@moon4791]

Hel😢guys, here in California is we are in summer and i would like to know when will be the best time to trem my roses. Thank you

[@moon4791]

Excuse my spelling 😮

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

In your milder climate, it's usually January or February. The heavier pruning forces a pause in the rose garden - which can also be a great time for cleaning off remaining foliage (both on the shrubs and any that has fallen on the ground), mulch replacement as necessary, and possibly a lime-sulfur application (temperatures permitting) to help break the cycle of any foliar diseases.

[@gwbuilder5779]

​@@FraserValleyRoseFarm What products and formula do you use Jason? I am thinking of doing the same to try getting a handle on the nature of this new property.

[@Blahcvgfg]

Love heirloom. Etsy seller I bought from did not compare at all

[@tockalot]

I wish i could get my Heirloom roses to grow they are not healthy idk if its me or the roses 😢

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Well, no one's perfect, so it's always possible that Heirloom sent you some weak plants, but from what I saw when I was there they've got a pretty good system for quality control.

[@tockalot]

@FraserValleyRoseFarm i took your advice and put a table spoon of blood meal and watered the ph is still at 7.5 and the leaves are yellowish with green veins so lack of iron. Someone suggested I add liquid iron and some more aluminum sufar that I got for hydrangeas to bring the ph down but I'm so worried about burning the roots. What do u think