High Country Roses

High Country Roses High Country Roses is a mail-order nursery specializing in growing hardy roses for tough climates.
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Think you have to wait until spring to plant roses? Not necessarily.For much of the country, September and October can b...
09/04/2026

Think you have to wait until spring to plant roses? Not necessarily.

For much of the country, September and October can be ideal planting months. Cooler temperatures reduce stress on newly planted roses, while soil that is still warm from summer encourages roots to establish below ground.

A good rule of thumb is to plant about six weeks before a hard freeze—and a little frost doesn’t mean the growing season is over.

There are other advantages, too: less evaporation, less frequent watering, easier shipping conditions, and a rose that already has an established root system when spring arrives.

Matt has updated one of our favorite articles with more on why he’s such a believer in fall planting—including a guide to getting new roses in the ground.

Read “The Case for Fall Planting – revisited!”:
https://www.highcountryroses.com/the-case-for-fall-planting-revisited/

Roses have a reputation for being fussy — that you need a spray schedule and the patience of a saint to grow one.These f...
09/03/2026

Roses have a reputation for being fussy — that you need a spray schedule and the patience of a saint to grow one.

These five make a different case. They're healthy, hard-working roses that don't ask much of you — but bloom flush after flush from spring to frost and hold their own against disease.

Bliss�
A compact 3–4 ft bush that blooms flush after flush all season, and a favorite of gardeners across the country.

Bolero
�Stays tidy at 3–4 ft and does just as well in a pot as a bed — and the scent carries indoors when you cut it.

Plum Perfect�
A color that's hard to find on a rose this healthy, and it keeps flowering right through summer heat. Compact at 3–4 ft.

Earth Angel
�Old-fashioned, many-petaled blooms with a fruity fragrance, on an upright bush around 3 ft.

Dragon Fruit Sunblaze
�Just about 18 inches tall, so it thrives in a container or the front of a bed and flowers nonstop from spring to frost.

Shop our back-in-stock varieties:
https://bit.ly/Back_in_Stock_Roses

Kinda chic to be a rose person.If you know you know…blooms the size of your hand, the ones that scent a whole yard, the ...
09/02/2026

Kinda chic to be a rose person.

If you know you know…blooms the size of your hand, the ones that scent a whole yard, the ones that feed the bees, the ones you cut for your own table.

All own-root and back in the catalog now.

Shop the back-in-stock roses:
https://bit.ly/Back_in_Stock_Roses

Looking for roses that smell as beautiful as they look? Four of our most fragrant varieties are back in stock.Firefighte...
08/29/2026

Looking for roses that smell as beautiful as they look? Four of our most fragrant varieties are back in stock.

Firefighter — Hybrid Tea (Orard, France, before 1998).
Classic rose fragrance and fruity notes strong enough to scent a room.

Princesse Charlène de Monaco — Hybrid Tea (Meilland, France, 2011).
Sweet, fruity fragrance that took top fragrance honors at the Biltmore International Rose Trials.

Earth Angel — Floribunda (W. Kordes & Sons, Germany, 2003).
Fruity perfume that starts with lemon and ch*****ne and finishes on ripe raspberry and fresh apple. Part of the Kordes Parfuma collection, bred specifically for scent.

Bolero — Floribunda (Meilland, France).
Strong rose-and-fruit fragrance that fills a room.

All four are back in stock now.

Explore these and more at:
https://bit.ly/Back_in_Stock_Roses

08/28/2026

Some of our most requested roses are back in stock 🌹

Quantities are limited, so availability may change quickly.

Browse recently restocked roses:
https://bit.ly/Back_in_Stock_Roses

I spent an hour last week with Paul Zimmerman and Jason Croutch of Fraser Valley Rose Farm talking about something I car...
08/26/2026

I spent an hour last week with Paul Zimmerman and Jason Croutch of Fraser Valley Rose Farm talking about something I care a lot about: the idea that roses are hard to grow.

We've placed a lot of undue burden on roses over the years. People come in expecting perfection, and for a long stretch the plants and the practices didn't help. Think back to the hybrid tea boom — tropical genetics grafted onto rootstock, grown in a zone they were never suited for, buried under styrofoam cones every winter and kept going with who knows what chemicals. Here in Colorado, that was a recipe for disaster.

That was one era of roses. This is another.

My own yard is a good example. My roses are barely two feet tall because I'm always cutting them back for propagation. There are weeds. There's black spot. There are aphids. It is not a perfect garden — it's a real, living thing, and that's the whole point. Even a guy who does this for a living doesn't have a spotless yard.

Roses are still the queen of the garden — but the queen of the garden doesn't have to look like the queen of the show.

If you've held off on roses because they seemed fussy or formal, this conversation is for you.

Listen to "Roses Are Hard to Grow — How Did We Get Here, How Do We Get Out?" on Paul Zimmerman's A World of Gardening podcast:
https://www.highcountryroses.com/a-world-of-gardening-podcast/

— Matt Douglas, High Country Roses

08/23/2026

A few of the roses coming back in stock soon 🌹

The shop is about to restock some of the most-requested varieties — and the surest way to catch yours is to set a Back in Stock alert on its page. You'll get an email the moment it returns, before it's gone again.

Set your alerts now — https://www.highcountryroses.com/shop/

Retired Austin roses won’t be a part of this restock; the next update on those will come in spring 2027.

Restock incoming. Some of our most-requested roses are coming back very soon — what's on your list? Let us know below.Pl...
08/21/2026

Restock incoming. Some of our most-requested roses are coming back very soon — what's on your list? Let us know below.

Please note: Retired Austin roses won't be part of this restock; the next update on those will come in spring 2027.

Something big is coming soon.Many of our most-requested roses are coming back in stock - and they won’t last long.Sign u...
08/19/2026

Something big is coming soon.

Many of our most-requested roses are coming back in stock - and they won’t last long.

Sign up for Back in Stock notifications now so you’re first to know: https://www.highcountryroses.com/shop/

A note for Austin lovers: the upcoming restock will not include any retired Austin roses. The next update on Austins will be in spring 2027.

08/14/2026

A note on summer shipping.

In July and August, we ship roses on Mondays and Tuesdays only, so they spend the least possible time in transit during the summer heat.

If you can, wait to ship until fall. Fall is the better window for planting roses — they go into cooler ground and come up stronger next spring. You can order now to lock in the variety you want and choose your ship date at checkout, so the rose is set aside for you and still travels at the right time.

Questions about shipping? Comment below or give us a call: 1-800-552-2082.

Address

10195 Wadsworth Boulevard
Broomfield, CO
80021

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

Telephone

+18005522082

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