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Shrub rose

Rosa selections
Shrub rose

Shrub roses take the best of the hardiest rose species, and combine those traits with modern repeat blooming and diverse flower forms, colors and fragrances. Some shrub roses may grow tall, with vigorous, far-reaching canes; others stay compact. Recent rose breeding has focused on developing hardier shrub roses for landscaping that need little to no maintenance.

Light:
Sun
Zones:
3-10
Plant Type:
Shrub,Rose
Plant Height:
1 foot to 5 feet or more
Plant Width:
To 3 feet wide
Landscape Uses:
Containers,Beds & Borders,Slopes
Special Features:
Attractive Foliage,Fragrant,Winter Interest,Cut Flowers,Attracts Birds,Easy to Grow
Top Varieties
Rosa 'Ballerina' bears a delicate pastel combination of deep rosy pink and white petals in the single flowers from late spring through fall. Small rose hips follow, brightening the bare tips through the winter and attracting birds. It grows 6 feet tall. Zones 6-9
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Rosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert' is a vigorous antique from late 19-century France that produces extremely fragrant, semidouble blooms in clusters. A good repeat bloomer, it grows up to 7 feet tall. Zones 3-9
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Rosa 'MEIdomonac' was one of the first shrub roses, and this award winner is still one of the best. It delivers a disease-resistant performance, soft-pink flowers from spring to fall, and orange hips that bring winter interest to the garden. It grows 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Zones 4-9
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Rosa 'BUCbi' set a standard for disease-resistance coupled with continuous bloom. Its double, soft-pink bloom repeats reliably from early summer to fall on upright plants. At maturity, it reaches 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Zones 4-9.
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Rosa 'Meizmea' is an award-winning variety with cherry-red flowers that span from late spring through fall, in a continuous show. The plant is vigorous and covered with dark-green foliage. Grows 5 feet tall and wide. Zones 5-9
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Rosa 'MEIpitac' bears fully double, baby pink blooms abundantly all summer on a disease-resistant plant. It grows 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Zones 4-9
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Rosa 'DICjeep' is an award-wining variety with vivid, deep-pink blooms that cover the low-growing plant (to 2 feet tall and wide). The leaves are glossy and show excellent disease resistance. Zones 4-9
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Rosa rugosa 'Hansa' bears red-violet, cupped blooms packed with many rich, clove-scented petals. An early, abundant flowering is followed by repeat bloom later in the season. The plant exhibits many traits of its rugosa heritage: disease resistance, thorniness, and extreme cold hardiness. It grows 5 feet tall. Zones 4-9
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Rosa 'WEKcisbako' shows single, bright-red blooms that open to reveal gold stamens, with the deepest color occurring in cold temperatures. A quick repeat bloomer, the plant requires light shaping to train its strong shoots. It is extremely resistant both to black spot and powdery mildew. The rounded plant grows 4 feet tall and wide. Zones 4-9
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Rosa 'John Cabot' is a tall, vigorous variety that yields clusters of deep fuchsia-pink, fragrant blooms. The plant grows 6 feet tall. Zones 3-8
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Rosa 'Radrazz' is an award-winning variety with cherry-pink blooms that have white centers and cover the plant. Small orange hips carry the show into late fall and appeal to the birds. The plants are extremely disease resistant and grow about 3 feet tall. Zones 5-9
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Rosa 'BAIief' is a compact shrub that features deep-pink, white-eyed blooms that fade to a lighter pink as they mature. The clustered flowers are cupped and semidouble. The disease-resistant plant grows 3 feet tall and wide. Zones 4-9
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Rosa 'BAImas' is a showy, disease-resistant stunner that bears many clusters of soft pink blooms from early summer to fall. It grows 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Zones 4-9
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Rosa 'BAIrift' features full, multipetaled white blooms opening from plump light-apricot buds. The flowers appear in bunches on an upright, vigorous plant. Zones 4-9
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Rosa 'BAIset' is an outstanding, heavy-blooming selection that offers bright pink flowers that blend to warm, peachy-pink at the center. It grows 4 feet tall and wide. Zones 4-9
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Rosa 'BAIsuhe' is a disease-resistant, everblooming selection with rich red flowers. It grows 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Zones 4-9
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(Rosa 'William Baffin') is free-flowering and laden with double, deep-pink bloom clusters on glossy, disease-resistant foliage. The blooms are lightly fragrant. Plants grow from 7 to 9 feet tall. Zones 3-8
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