Welcome Ashdown Customers!
As you may know, Ashdown Roses, a nursery that has been a leader in collecting rare roses from around the world, went out of business last summer. In October Rogue Valley Roses hired a refrigerated truck to bring the Ashdown Roses across the country from South Carolina to our Southern Oregon hilltop.

Our Ashdown Collection includes roses from the Fineschi Garden in Italy, the Sangerhausen Garden in Germany, and many other rare varieties from throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia as well as some wonderful modern varieties.

The Ashdown roses that are currently in stock may be accessed by clicking on the Ashdown Collection link on the left margin of any page on our website. We will list many other varieties in this collection as we produce plants to sell. In some cases that process may take two years. If you were an Ashdown customer, we invite inquiries about any rose you were looking for that is missing from the online list. Kordes and Delbard roses are listed in separate collection links as well as in the main inventory. Bear with us as we continue to improve our upload of data and complete the individual pages for all our new rose varieties.

Paul Zimmerman, former owner of Ashdown Roses, will be assisting us with continued efforts to import rare roses to the US market. We plan to host one of Paul’s informative Rose Seminars soon. Paul may be contacted by emailing him at: paul@paulzimmermanroses.com. You can see information and photographs of roses Paul has encountered during his travels throughout the world by visiting his new website at www.paulzimmermanroses.com, and also find all kinds of great information on roses and rose care.

We are convinced that rose customers are the best customers in the world! We look forward to serving and getting to know Ashdown customers as we make available this wonderful collection of roses.

Climber and Rambler Highlights from the Ashdown Collection

Perennial Blue, Perennial Blush, Perennial Pink, Perennial White
Of ‘Perennial Blue’ Paul Zimmerman has said, “Think of a very reliably reblooming Vielchenblau”. What can be more fantastic than that? I can’t wait to grow it in our gardens. These climbers are widely grown and available in Europe, but are almost completely unknown here. Perennial refers to their reliable rebloom. There is no difference in the four other than the color of their bloom.

"Caldwell Pink Cl."/ Pink Pet Cl
This is a Climbing Polyantha with excellent rebloom that many believe to be the climbing form of Pink Pet. Like the Perennials, this is another wonderful garden plant.

Fortuniana
Hybridized, the story goes, by Robert Fortune who brought rebloom and blackspot from China in the mid 19th century, this rose is far too pretty and fragrant a climber to be thought of only as a source of reliable understock for the South. Use it for a terrific display or try your hand at grafting on to it for a plant that is impervious to nematodes, etc. Roses grown on it are famed for their strength and vigor.

Auguste Gervais
I don’t know why this rose is often so hard to find. It is surely one of the loveliest of the famed Barbier ramblers and one that I have wanted to grow in the garden for some time. Definitely a must for anyone who loves apricot roses.

Mannington Mauve Rambler
A 20’+ rambler of generous soft bloom clusters “discovered by Lord Walpole blooming at Mannington Hall”. A welcome addition for those who love mauve ramblers.

Minnehaha
‘Hiawatha’ was one of my favorite poems from childhood so I was delighted to add both of the spectacular and well known ramblers, ‘Minnehaha’ and ‘Hiawatha’, to our collection. There are so many delightful aspects to growing roses; folklore and history are two.

Quietness
Most of the plants in their small pots were not blooming in October when they were unloaded from the truck arriving from Ashdown. Not so, Quietness, a Griffith Buck rose which was putting on quite a show. The nodding elegance of its very fragrant scrolled pale pink blooms made me decide this would be one of the first new varieties we integrate into the gardens.

Early Season Specials

Note: Please use the window at the end of the online purchase process or email us with your choices from the list below and include three alternates for each free split stem rose your choose - many of these roses are one of a kind! (ex. if you choose 2 free split stem roses, you need to include 6 alternate selections). The list of split stem roses is at the bottom of this newsletter. If you are interested in making a volume purchase from the list below (20 or more roses @ $8 each) give us a call at 541-535-1307.

-Buy 4 bands and choose 1 free split stem rose (see list below) and 1 free misidentified rose.
-Buy 8 bands and choose 2 free split stem roses (see list below) and 2 free misidentified roses.
-Buy 12 or more bands and choose 3 free split stem roses (see list below) and 3 free misidentified roses.

Our Continuing Special

-Buy 4 of our 5 gallon roses at $5 off each plant and receive your choice of a free gallon priced at $16.50 and, on request, a free misidentified rose.

Our Membership Discounts

If you are a member of the American Rose Society, the Heritage Rose Foundation, or a Heritage Rose Group, you may choose to receive a 10% membership discount on roses that you order in any quantity when you provide us with your membership number and expiration date. This membership discount does not go with any other specials or sales that we offer.

"Split Stem" Rose List
You may choose a free rose from this list for every 4 roses you purchase at the regular price! (The number available is listed after the name of the rose - many are in short supply!) Please use the window at the end of the online purchase process or email us with your choices from the list below and include three alternates for each free split stem rose you choose - many of these roses are one of a kind! (ex. if you choose 2 free split stem roses, you need to include 6 alternate selections). If you are interested in making a volume purchase from the list below (20 or more roses @ $8 each) give us a call at 541-535-1307. To print this list, copy and paste it into a Word window and print separately.

City of York-1
Clothilde Soupert-1
Cocktail-6
Compassion-16
Comte de Chambord-2
Dixieland Linda-1
Duet-9
Eiffel Tower-40
First Prize-1
Francesca-1
French Lace-1
Gloire de Dijon-17
Great Western-1
Harry Wheatcroft-12
Heritage-6
Honorine de Brabant-1
Irish Fireflame-5
John Waterer-1
Jonkheer J.L. Mock cl-1
Kathleen-1
La Marne-1
La Perle-7
Lady Anne Kidwell-4
Lady Hillingdon-8
Lavender Lassie-39
Leonie Lamensch-1
Leys Perpetual-1
Lichtkonigin Lucia-4
Lindsay’s Rose-1
Linnea’s Rose-13
Louis Phillipe from Florida-4
Love-3
Lyda Rose-30
Maid of Honor-9
Marchioness of Londonderry-48
Maria Leonida-5
Marianne-5
Marie d’Orleans-2
Marie Van Houtte-3
Marjorie Fair-5
Mary Rose-13
McClinton Tea-12
Medallion-5
Milestone-27
Mlle. De Sombreuil-8
Mme. Alfred Carriere-30
Mme. Antoine Mari-3
Mme. Berkeley-2
Mme. Caroline Testout-8
Mme. De la Roche-2
Mme. Gregoire Staechelin-32
Mme. Isaac Periere-16
Mme. Lombard-14
Mme. Marie Curie-6
Mme. Pierre Oger-1
Mme. Plantier-3
Moje Hammarberg-1
Mon Cheri-9
Monica-9
Monsieur William Tillier-18
Mothersday-1
Mrs. Oakely Fischer-3
Mrs. Sam McGredy cl-1
Mutablis-5
Narrow Water-1
Nastarana-2
New Dawn-23
Nova Zembla-1
October Moon-5
Old Blush-1
Old Port-2
Papa Gontier-5
Paul Neyron-1
Paul’s Himalayan Musk Rambler-6
Peace-7
Pelisson-1
Penelope-2
Perfume Delight-21
Perle d’Or-1
Phyllis Bide-11
Pickering’s Four Seasons Rose-1
Pilarcitos-11
Pinata-10
Pink Pet-2
Pomponella-6
Prosperity-7
Red Talisman cl-4
Rita Sammons-1
Rhodologue Jules Gravereaux -1 (a.k.a. Triomphe du Luxembourg)
Rubens-1
Sally Holmes-1
Secret Garden Musk cl-1
Sheila’s Perfume-43
Slater’s Crimson China-1
Sombreuil-8
Souvenir de Germain de Saint Pierre -2
Souvenir de la Malmaison-31
Souvenir de Mme. Leonie Viennot-9
Souvenir de St. Anne’s-17
Souvenir du President Lincoln-9
Sparrieshoop-5
Spencer-1
Spice-14
Sunday Lemonade-1
Sunflare, Cl.-6
Sydonie-2
Talisman cl-20
The Garland-8
Thelma-5
Trier-3
Variegata de Bologna-2
Vicomtesse Pierre de Fou-5
Wedding Day-1
Westerland-7
Winter Sunset-2
Yellow Blaze-6
Yolande d’Aragon-4
Young Quinn-3
Zephirine Drouhin-44
Zitronfalter-1

	Contact us at: info@roguevalleyroses.com Phone and fax: (541) 535-1307

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