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Types of Rose Bushes

Best Antique - Madame Isaac Pereire
Best Antique - Madame Isaac Pereire

Old rose perfume exudes from the 4", old-fashioned blooms (petals 100) of dark, raspberry-purple. All this on a vigorous repeat blooming bush that may be grown as a short climber. If there were a class in rose shows for fragrance (and there should be), 'Mme Isaac Pereire' would be the star performer.

Best Disease Resistant - Bonica
Best Disease Resistant - Bonica

Best Disease Resistant - Bonica Sun to part shade, Zone 4 Perfect for nestling among your perennials or planting as a hedge, this one is just about indestructible.

Best Double - Orchid Romance
Best Double - Orchid Romance

Orchid Romance™ is sure to outperform other roses of its class with minimum care required. Orchid Romance™ was selected as the Best Double Rose by Birds & Blooms in 2014. The Knock Out® Rose was selected as the Best Low Maintenance Rose by Birds & Blooms in 2014.

Best Hybrid Tea - Mister Lincoln
Best Hybrid Tea - Mister Lincoln

If you want your own supply of florist-type long-stemmed red roses, one of the best hybrid tea roses to grow is "Mr. Lincoln" (Rosa hybrida "Mr. Lincoln"). Not only is this cultivar naturally tall-growing, achieving 5 to 8 feet in height, it produces long canes with often only one bud per stem, reducing the need for disbudding. "Mr.

Best Low Maintenance - Knock Out
Best Low Maintenance - Knock Out

If no rose bush forming pruning is done to adjust their height and/or width, the Knock Out roses can reach 3 to 4 feet wide and 3 to 4 feet tall. In some areas, an early spring pruning 12 to 18 inches above the ground works well, while in areas with harder winters they may be pruned down to around 3 inches above the ground to remove the dieback of the canes.

Best Shrub Rose - Mother of Pearl
Best Shrub Rose - Mother of Pearl

This soft colored Grandiflora has perfect flower shape on a plant that is way above its class for resistance to black spot and winter hardiness. Performs exceptionally well in cooler climates as well as in hot humid areas. Mother of Pearl™ was selected as the Best Shrub Rose by Birds & Blooms in 2014.

Best Thornless - Zephirine Drouhin
Best Thornless - Zephirine Drouhin

Whichever option you choose, your roses are guaranteed to bloom next summer – and for many summers to come. Please note: ramblers, once flowering Old Roses and species roses all flower on mature wood and therefore may not flower in the first year after planting.

Climbing Roses
Climbing Roses

How to Plant a Climbing Rose. Three Methods: Planting the Rose Keeping Your Roses Moist Making the Rose Climb Community Q&A. Climbing roses make an elegant, beautiful covering for nearly any horizontal or vertical structure. Technically speaking, climbing roses are not a specific rose breed.

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English / David Austin Roses
English / David Austin Roses

Welcome to David Austin Roses. In the early 1950s David Austin set out to create a more beautiful rose. Sixty years on, this simple objective remains. From a hobby breeder as a young teenager David Austin has gone on to breed a collection of roses renowned across the world. Rose breeding is often described as being as much an art as a science.

Floribunda Roses
Floribunda Roses

Floribunda roses are generally smaller plants than hybrid teas. Floribunda roses grow about 3 feet wide and 2 to 3 feet tall, though some cultivars grow up to 5 feet tall. Floribunda roses grow about 3 feet wide and 2 to 3 feet tall, though some cultivars grow up to 5 feet tall.

Grandiflora Roses
Grandiflora Roses

Tournament of Roses Rose; Both of these rose bushes love to grow tall and usually need 30 inches to a bit more of room around them for good air circulation. Both the hybrid tea and grandiflora rose bushes have blooms that come in many colors depending on the rose bushes selected.

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Groundcover Roses
Groundcover Roses

Plant groundcover roses where you want low-growing splashes of color — as with beds of annuals — or a low shrubby border to accent a path, a highlight for the front of a bed, a swath of bloom to cover a gentle slope, or an accent plant to flow from a container.

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Hybrid Tea Roses
Hybrid Tea Roses

Hybrid tea roses have been in cultivation since 1867 and are the most popular type of rose in the home garden, according to the University of California Master Gardener Program. Floribunda roses have only been around since about 1940, and are a cross between the hybrid tea rose and polyantha rose.

Miniature Roses
Miniature Roses

While they may look similar, there is in fact a difference. Below, I will explain the difference between a miniature rose bush and a miniflora rose bush. Difference Between a Miniature Rose and a Miniflora Rose. The differences between a miniature rose bush and a miniflora rose bush can be of importance to gardeners.

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Modern Garden Roses
Modern Garden Roses

Modern Garden Roses Modern Roses Since Year 1867. Modern garden roses are all roses that were introduced since year 1867. All roses before that, are classified as Old Roses. Below is a list of the many subgroups of modern roses that were created after 1867. The vast majority of garden roses sold today are modern rose varieties.

Most Fragrant - Honey Perfume
Most Fragrant - Honey Perfume

All-America Rose Selections Winner: 1977 James Gamble Fragrance Award Winner: 1986. Fragrant Cloud. Some rose growers consider this beauty to be the most fragrant Hybrid Tea rose currently available. Large, 5- to 7-inch-wide flowers blush a deep coral with violet undertones. Grow this rose for snipping blooms to grace bouquets with rich perfume.

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