Whether or not they have names, roses often smell sweet (sorry, Shakespeare). Not only that, but they look beautiful in any garden. With a variety of colors and species to choose from, you can’t go wrong with a rose bush.
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant from the genus Rosa. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp thorns.
Flowers from roses vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy. They come in a variety colors including white, red, pink, yellow, and apricot. Most of the roses listed below are also disease tolerant.
Roses are widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Plants range in size from compact, miniature roses to shrubs, ground covers, ramblers, and climbers that can reach several feet in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses. These include David Austin Roses, also known as the English Roses, hybridized by English grower David Austin. Over the last 25 years, he has brought back fragrance to roses.
Here are some of the more popular species of roses that will look great in your landscape:
- New Dawn
- Climber
- Pearl pink
- Fragrant
- Blooms all summer
- Shade tolerant
- Iceberg
- Climber and shrub forms
- White
- Blooms all summer
- Shade tolerant
- Knock Out ‘Radrazz’
- Shrub
- Red
- Fragrant
- Blooms all summer
- Shade tolerant
- Zephirin Drouhin
- Climber
- Red
- Thornless
- Shade tolerant
- Graham Thomas – David Austin English Rose
- Shrub or climber
- Yellow
- Fragrant
- Repeat bloomer
- Shade tolerant
- Canadian Explorer
- Shrubs or climbers
- Pink, red
- Fragrant
- Shade tolerant
- Cold tolerant
- Rugosa
- Shrub
- Pink, red, white
- Late spring/early summer bloomer
- Cold hardy
Want some gorgeous roses to beautify your garden? Contact Hufnagel today at 201-869-5680 to get started.
