How do own-root roses differ from roses at the local nursery?
Own-root roses are started in our greenhouses in tree seedling pots, then grown outside in their pots. Roses at local nurseries are grown in large fields mostly in California and they are larger in size (bigger does not mean better). Own-root roses arrive to greet you in the same pot in which they were propagated. Their roots are surrounded by soil and are not bared to the elements and therefore will not experience the transplant shock that bare-root roses will.
