Miniature Rose

Gardeners limited in space can enjoy all the fun of rose growing by cultivating miniature roses in containers. They also adapt well to flowerbed edging, front-of-the-border socializing with perennials and annuals, and low hedges.<br>

Miniature roses first came into being in the early 1930s as an accidental result of rose hybridizing. Since then, master miniaturists have created many jewel-like varieties featuring perfectly shaped tiny blooms on clean, healthy plants that generally stay under 2 feet. <br>

Miniature roses respond to all the care basics as regular-size roses: deep irrigation, sunshine. and regular fertilizing, but they do need extra winter protection in colder climates. To ensure they don't die back to the roots, in Zone 5 and below, bury the rose plant in a mound of soil.

Light:

Sun, Part Sun

Zones:

4-11

Plant Type:

Rose

Plant Height:

1-2 feet tall, depending on variety

Plant Width:

To 2 feet wide

Landscape Uses:

Containers, Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Attractive Foliage, Fragrant, Cut Flowers, Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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Amy Grant rose

(Rosa 'Amy Grant') bears light pink blooms in a classic hybrid tea form that are poised on glossy, disease-resistant foliage. The plant grows 2 feet tall and wide. Zones 5-9
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Baby Boomer rose

(Rosa 'Baby Boomer') offers gorgeous, baby-pink blooms atop long stems, so they're perfect cut flowers. The foliage is glossy and dark green. Plants grow 2 feet tall and wide. Zones 5-10
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Baby Love rose

(Rosa 'Baby Love') usually outperforms all other roses, large and small. Single, buttercup-colored blooms continually smother the upright plant. The bright green foliage is exceptionally disease resistant. Plants grow 3 feet tall. Zones 5-9
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Black Jade rose

(Rosa 'Black Jade') features midnight-red, almost black, buds that unfurl into velvety red flowers. The plant grows 24 inches tall and wide. Zones 4-10
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Carrot Top rose

(Rosa 'Carrot Top') bears petal-packed double, sizzling orange flowers. The rounded plants grow 12 to 16 inches high. Zones 5-9
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Dancing Flame rose

(Rosa 'Dancing Flame') features cerise-pink edging on yellow petals. An abundant bloomer, it also features glossy disease-resistant foliage. It grows to 24 inches tall and wide. Zones 5-9
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Gourmet Popcorn rose

(Rosa 'Gourmet Popcorn') produces cascading clusters of snowy-white, fragrant flowers all season a disease-resistant plant. Plants grow 24 inches tall. Zones 5-9
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Little Artist rose

(Rosa 'Little Artist') shows off ruffled, semidouble blooms that open to reveal a splashy color scheme of scarlet blooms with large white centers. It blooms profusely and grows 16 inches tall. Zones 5-9
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Magic Carousel rose

(Rosa 'Magic Carousel') offers rounded petals edged in red and frame snow-white centers. The vigorous plants grow 18 inches tall and by wide. Zones 5-11
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Rainbow's End rose

(Rosa 'Rainbow's End') blooms feature a lemon yellow hue highlighted by scarlet edgings on the petals. The color stays true when grown indoors or outdoors. It grows 22 inches high and wide. Zones 4-11
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Sun Sprinkles rose

(Rosa 'Sun Sprinkles') is an award winner with perfectly formed, deep yellow blooms that have a spicy scent. This variety features generous flowering and glossy, dark-green foliage. It is a taller miniature plant, growing to 2 feet tall. Zones 5-9
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