THIRD NEW RELEASE FROM 2011 CROP !!!
On NOVEMBER 22 we released our second group of new inventory from the summer 2011 production. Go to our Resources page to download copies of this list, as well as an updated complete listing of our current roses. Please remember that these lists become dated almost immediately. Always check our website for current availability. Our final release will occur in March.

FRENCH IMPORT ROSES RETURN!
Back for a very limited engagement, we will offer a large selection of the roses we imported from France last winter for PRE-ORDERS beginning on December 4th. Join our e-mailing list to receive notice of what will be available to pre-order. Prices will be somewhat higher and many items will simply not be available for pre-orders.

FRESH STARTS FOR A NEW SEASON
We have begun our new fall season of roses propagated over this past summer, with our first upload of inventory of roses we have not had available for some time. Now is the time to order; we have limited quantities of many popular items, so don’t miss your chance to obtain a rose you’ve been wanting for years. This may be your last opportunity to get it from us.

EURODESERT ROSES
The amazing selection of roses from Cliff Orent’s EuroDesert Roses nursery continues to be a source of delight for our customers. Elegant roses like the fragrant ‘Chandos Beauty’ fit well with old and modern roses alike. The ice-cream flourishes of ‘Tenacious’, a lemon yellow and coral-orange striped Floribunda from Sam McGredy are unlike the colors of any striped rose you’ve grown. An abundance of lavenders and blues, cut-flower varieties that are the latest darlings of the flower markets, and antique treasures like the fragrant lilac-pink Polyantha, Baptiste Lafaye, make this a very rare and unique selection of roses, collected over ten years by Cliff Orent, and offered in his amazing nursery, EuroDesert Roses, until its recent closing.

AND A LONG GOODBYE…
Times are tough for everyone today, and we know we are not the only ones with budget woes. Like everyone else, we have had to face whether we should continue in the face of substantial losses of sales. Our basic operational costs are no longer being met and our beloved rose garden has suffered the worst of it. As you know we were unable to open my garden in May for lack of the manpower and resources to make it presentable. We were faced this summer with many roses that could not be propagated because of the condition of plants in the garden.

Friends of Vintage Roses are working with me to focus on preserving my collection of roses, but at the present time we do not know if the garden itself can survive.

At the same time we must decide the fate of Vintage Gardens. After long and difficult consideration, Gita and I have determined that we must set a date to finish the work of Vintage Gardens. In order to fill our obligations to our customers we have set that closing date for the Summer of 2013. Our Import Roses will have been supplied to customers, we will have completed all custom orders and shipped them out, and we will have a final close out sale at that time.
We will be around awhile longer yet…but only to say a long goodbye.

-Gregg Lowery