THE PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL ROSE TEST GARDEN
More than 10,000 individual rose bushes bloom in the Rose Test Garden, and over 610 different rose varieties
The primary purpose of the Garden was to serve as a testing ground for new rose varieties. In the beginning, during World War I, hybridists sent roses from around the world to Portland’s garden for testing.
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