1020 Central Road Hornby Island BC V0R 1Z0 (250) 335-2602 Email: info@oldrosenursery.com Updated Febuary 2010

Old Rose Nursery propagates and grows "own-root" roses for mail order (Canada only)and retail sales. The nursery began over twenty-five years ago. It has grown to surround the original Hornby Island home and cottage garden, taking over much of the old vegetable garden. Our collection of more than 1000 varieties of roses, from which we propagate new plants, includes a wide range of varieties of climbing and rambling roses, Old Garden heritage roses, English roses, Rugosas, modern Shrub roses and their hybrids, Explorer roses, landscape and groundcover roses, and, of course, Species or wild roses. The Rose display garden and nursery is open from late May through July, Tuesday through Sunday, from 11 to 5.

Click HERE to see photos of the gardens at Old Rose Nursery.

Our "Own-Root" Roses
We are pleased to see a strong demand for "own-root" roses by gardeners from across Canada. Because the roses we propagate are not grafted on some other rootstock, any new shoots emerging from the base, especially after a hard winter's die-back, will be the same as the plant you purchased. The more tender varieties such as the Chinas, Hybrid Musks, Noisettes, Teas etc. have therefore a better chance of survival on their own roots during severe winters without the problem of pesky "alien" suckers growing from the rootstock. The new shoots will have the same flower, colour and fragrance as the original bloom. Plants on their own roots are not restricted in their growth habit by a single bud union and tend to live longer under the same growing conditions.

All of our rose plants are grown, shipped and sold in one gallon containers and are well established when sold. We over-winter the roses in our greenhouses and usually start shipping in early April, continuing through June, and again late September through November. We provide planting and maintenance instructions with the roses sold.

Using our Rose Catalogue
The roses listed in the charts are shown with a price if they are available. Supplies of some varieties are limited: they will be marked 'sold out' when we are out of them until next season. Other varieties will become available as the seasons change as we continually propagate our roses from our collection of over 1000 varieties.

How to Find Us
We are located on Hornby Island along the main road, Central Road, two miles from the ferry dock. To get to Hornby Island you get off the new Island Highway at Buckley Bay, 20 km south of Courtenay on Vancouver Island. Catch the ferry to Denman Island (10 minutes) and then drive across Denman (20 minutes) to the Hornby Island ferry (10 minutes). At Buckley Bay your cost for the ferry includes the return trip. Hornby Island is a good place for picnics, parks, forest trail and beach walking.

Shipping (Note that we only ship to Canada)
If you do not wish to come to the nursery, we can ship roses to you. Please let us know your preference after reveiwing our order information section. We deliver to the Comox Valley.