Fraser Valley Rose Farm

Fraser Valley Rose Farm We grow roses and other useful plants on our farm in Nicomen Island.

06/04/2026

‘Tournament of roses’—This ever-changing grandiflora was bred by William Warrin pre-1987, but introduced by Jackson & Perkins Co. in 1988 to honour the Rose Bowl its parade in Pasadena, California. Its scrumptious salmon corals, and occasional blushes of apricot and cream, are really more suited to its alternate names— Berkeley and Poesie.

06/04/2026

‘William Lobb’ is named for a British plant collector renowned for being the “messenger of the big tree”, introducing Araucaria araucana (monkey-puzzle tree) and Sequoiadendron giganteum (Wellintonia) to British growers. In 1855, Jean Laffay named his newly bred moss rose for the botanist with a rather tragic story, having been ill for a considerable time, and passing away alone, most likely of syphilis, far from home in San Francisco. These roses do conjure up a feeling of vicissitude and pathos, as well as the botanical novelty and stark beauty the Victorians lauded.
’William Lobb’ unfurls in shades of velvet plum and imperial amethyst, its dark petals illuminated by a softer violet glow at the heart. Moss-clad buds and aromatic resin-tipped stems lend the rose a wild, botanical elegance, as though it has wandered from the pages of a forgotten Gothic folio.
With blooms deep as Damson wine and rich as antique velvet, ‘William Lobb’ carries an air of mystery, either as a 6-8 foot tall shrub, or a climber thick with botanical filigree.

06/04/2026

Rosa ‘Pierre de Ronsard’, known to many simply as ‘Eden’, was introduced by Meilland in 1985 to launch their Romantica series. It bears the name of the 16th-century French poet Pierre de Ronsard, famous for his ode "Mignonne, allons voir si la rose." In this poignant verse, he urges his beloved to witness a rose’s bloom before it fades, drawing a timeless parallel between the flower’s ephemeral beauty and the fleeting nature of youth. The rose itself epitomizes this romantic ideal, producing heavy, deeply cupped blooms that nod gracefully on the vine, reminiscent of cabbage roses from a bygone era. The petals are a creamy alabaster, brushed with carmine pink at the margins and deepening towards the center. Though only lightly to moderately scented (tea), its visual splendor is undeniable, earning it the title of the World’s Favourite Rose in 2006.

06/03/2026

June 3 Mini-Tour: More Roses from Peak Bloom at Fraser Valley Rose Farm

06/03/2026

Perennials: new adds to the Rose Farm and fabulous!

There is something undeniably theatrical about the deepest shades of purple in the garden. These roses draw you closer, ...
06/03/2026

There is something undeniably theatrical about the deepest shades of purple in the garden. These roses draw you closer, inviting a second glance, and then a third. Their petals hold the colour of twilight and velvet, of old tapestries, and fading royal robes. They seem to belong as much to storybook legends to gardens.
For centuries, the richest purple dyes were amongst the most precious substances on earth, reserved for emperors, queens, and sultans. To wear such a colour was to proclaim power, wealth, and privilege. Perhaps that is why these roses carry an error of nobility about them. As one wanders amongst ‘William Lobb’, ‘Twilight Zone’, ‘Bleu Magenta’, ‘La Belle Sultane’, ‘Cardinal de Richelieu’, and ‘Souvenir du Docteur Jamain’, one wonders about the stories hidden behind their names. Distant places, forgotten gardens, and generations of hands that carefully carried these roses forward through time.
In the evening light, their blooms, deepen almost to black, becoming shadows edged in wine and plum. They are roses that keep their secrets well, cloaked in mystery and drama, leaving the imagination to fill the spaces between history and legend.

06/03/2026

Cascading down arbours and bowers in a fountain of cool, medium pinks, Rosa ‘Jeanne Lajoie’ is a miniature of profuse blooming prowess. Bred by Edward P. Sima in 1975, this patio rose has a very mild fragrance, if any at all. However, its double blooms flush throughout the season, arching and climbing up to 10 feet.
Sweet pointed buds and lovely silvery highlights to the tips of the petals add to its charm. Its narrow base and flexible stems make it easy to train up structures, along fences, and over doorways to picturesque cottages.
Jeanne Lajoie is a fairly common French moniker, hence, there has been some speculation as to whether she was named for the breeder’s daughter, the introducer’s niece, a famous French courtesan, or a Canadian educator. However, D. Lajoie, who helped E. Williams with the hybridization process before he introduced the rose in Texas, confirmed that they named the rose for his daughter, Jeanne.

Rosa ‘Aloha’ is a Hybrid Tea climber that was bred by Eugene Boerner in the US, pre 1949. Aloha means a delightful combi...
06/02/2026

Rosa ‘Aloha’ is a Hybrid Tea climber that was bred by Eugene Boerner in the US, pre 1949. Aloha means a delightful combination of peace, compassion, love and affection, a term chosen to reflect the welcoming and appealing nature of the rose, not to mention its tropical mix of colours. Paler mauves and pinks are highlighted by darker magenta on the reverse, sometimes warmed with an influx of juicy tangerine blushes. They have a strong fruity, apple fragrance to entice you into their company. Unsurprisingly, ‘Aloha’ loves the sun, although it does well in cooler climates, where it can be pruned as a shrub, or less loose as a climber, bringing the the scent of fruity poolside concoctions all along an arbour, or weaved in your pergola.

These gorgeous festoons of celebration are the roses ‘Meg’, bred by Dr. AVC Gosset in the UK (1954). These semi double b...
06/02/2026

These gorgeous festoons of celebration are the roses ‘Meg’, bred by Dr. AVC Gosset in the UK (1954). These semi double blooms are listed as an apricot blend, but this description does little to impart its swirling symphony of colours. Rosy pinks, warm ambers, and enchanting creams ruffle down the stems of this vigorous climber— sometimes reaching up to 13 feet. The petals themselves have a lovely, undulating wave to them, and red-gold stamens to contrast their creamy centres. Combined with a lovely strong fragrance, standing under an arbour filled with them is a full sensory experience. Gosset does not elucidate as to who Meg was to him — obviously a woman of immense charm and elegance, or perhaps it was named for Meg March, the eldest sister of the family of Little Women, who grew roses in her garden. She was described by Louisa May Alcott on her wedding day as “Meg looked very like a rose herself, for all that was best and sweetest in heart and soul seemed to bloom into her face that day, making it fair and tender, with a charm more beautiful than beauty”.

06/02/2026

‘Distant Drums’ is a Floribunda with a most unique and striking colour palette. These magenta buds, with burgundy and apricot accents, open into gloriously large and fully double blooms that hide a centre of golden illumination. Sometimes described as copper and ginger fading into lavender and coral, there are as many ways to describe the globular flowers as there are colours in them—remarkable at every stage.

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8455 Thompson Road
Deroche, BC
V0M1G0

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Friday 9am - 3pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm

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