Beautiful New Roses for 2011

A real winner for the sheer number of blooms it produces in a season, Pinktopia is a hardy, disease-resistant shrub rose that bears pink flowers with tiny white centers. It has a compact habit, so it's easy to add to just about any sunny garden.

Name: Rosa 'BAIrls'

Growing conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 3 feet tall and wide

Zones: 5-9

Fragrance: None

Type: Shrub rose

Source: Find a retailer near you at baileynurseries.com

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A cheery rose that's perfect for brightening up the garden, Walking on Sunshine is fragrant, disease resistant, and fantastic for cutting. It shows off lots of bright yellow blooms all summer long.

Name: Rosa 'Jacmcady'

Growing conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 4 feet tall and wide

Zones: 5-9

Fragrance: Moderate with a licorice aroma

Type: Floribunda rose

Source: Look for this variety at your local garden center

Photo courtesy All-America Rose Selections

A fun variety for the landscape or the vase, Dick Clark rose offers dark red buds that open to creamy blooms edged and swirled in bold cherry pink. It also has great disease resistance and fragrance. Dick Clark is an All-America Rose Selections winner for 2011.

Name: Rosa 'WEKfunk'

Growing conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 4 feet tall and wide

Zones: 5-9

Fragrance: Moderate and spicy

Type: Grandiflora rose

Source: bhg.com/garden-store/flowers-plants/perennials/rose/dick-clark-rose.html

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Who doesn't love a white rose? Offering pristine beauty, great disease resistance, and lots of blooms, Susan William Ellis also bears great winter hardiness.

Name: Rosa 'Ausquirk'

Growing conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide

Zones: 4-9

Fragrance: Strong, old-fashioned rose

Type: English rose

Source: davidaustinroses.com

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This new Canadian beauty offers gorgeous blooms and outstanding hardiness. Its creamy-white cup-shape flowers bloom over dark green foliage.

Name: Rosa 'Prairie Snowdrift'

Growing conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide

Zones: 3-9

Fragrance: None

Type: Shrub rose

Source: northlandrosarium.com

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One of the most disease-resistant English roses to date, The Wedgewood rose is also among the more beautiful. It produces big, delightfully scented pink blooms that are great for cutting.

Name: Rosa 'Ausjosiah'

Growing conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 5 feet tall and wide

Zones: 5-9

Fragrance: Medium and fruity

Type: English rose

Source: davidaustinroses.com

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A fun novelty for the sunny landscape, Kew Gardens rose bears big clusters of single white flowers that have a yellow overlay. They appear almost continuously from early summer to frost. It's also nearly thornless! Grow it as a graceful flowering hedge and you'll be the envy of your neighbors.

Name: Rosa 'Ausfence'

Growing conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide

Zones: 5-9

Fragrance: None

Type: Musk rose

Source: davidaustinroses.com

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A long-blooming shrub rose with huge clusters of double red flowers, Sigrid is sure to be a garden favorite. It offers great disease resistance and lots of flowers all summer long.

Name: Rosa 'BAIsigrid'

Growing conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide

Zones: 4-9

Fragrance: None

Type: Shrub rose

Source: Find a retailer near you at baileynurseries.com

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Offering vigorous growth and great disease resistance, as well as wonderful rebloom through summer and fall, Lady of Shalott rose shows off orange-red buds that open to salmon-pink blooms with a golden-yellow blush.

Name: Rosa 'Ausnyson'

Growing conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 48 inches tall and 42 inches wide

Zones: 4-9

Fragrance: Medium tea-like

Type: English rose

Source: davidaustinroses.com

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Showing off blossoms of uncommon beauty, Tam o'Shanter rose has gracefully arching branches, making this a great choice as a big focal point in the garden. The deep pink blooms appear all summer long.

Name: Rosa 'Auscerise'

Growing conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide

Zones: 5-9

Fragrance: Light and fruity

Type: English rose

Source: davidaustinroses.com

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