About Gwen’s Mini Roses

We are a retail mail order company, inspired to take up the torch of distributing miniature roses after the demise of Nor’east Roses’ retail operation and the several miniature rose nurseries which had been consolidated into that company. We hope to expand the current number of varieties available by mail order, at reasonable prices. Many of our roses are bought wholesale from Nor’east, grown on in 3.5” pots, and then put up for sale. Others are grown here from cuttings. If this proves to be a useful service to rose fanciers, our company will continue.

Miniature roses have several advantages over their larger counterparts.

First of all, their usually small size means you can have more in a small space.

Secondly, these roses have a strong will to bloom, most blooming well even in their first year after planting.

Almost all are highly resistant to disease.

Many–perhaps even most–have a good deal of drought tolerance, making them successful in the Great Plains and Southwest states where larger roses may be wind-blown and dried out.

For northern gardeners, they have the unmistakable advantage of being easy to protect in the winter; they are mostly short!

A rose qualifies as a miniature by having miniature flowers, not by the ultimate size of the plant. The smallest are called MicroMinis and are under 12” tall, even in maturity. We are also offering several selections of miniature climbers, which reach to 7’! These have the advantage of being easy to train, compared to stiffer-caned, larger-flowered varieties, and they maintain a dainty aspect for combining with other plants in the garden. Miniatures offer a long-blooming, woody plant for rock gardens, especially the extra small MicroMinis and the Single-flowered varieties with their natural and simple flowers.

Our photos are in many cases borrowed from the former Nor’east website. More photos may be found on the HelpMeFind Rose site, www.helpmefind.com/roses/. Our own photos will be added and substituted as they become available.

Fragrance in these miniatures seems to be either minimal or only detectable by some individuals. It seems to me that the most fragrance is to be found on still, humid mornings when the flowers are in the sun! But perhaps your nose is more sensitive. We indicate fragrance where the literature records it but cannot stand behind whether you will smell it.

USDA hardiness zones are indicated as reported in the literature: some varieties may well be hardy further north.