
Shrub Rose
- Botanical Name
- Rosa
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 9
- Height
- 2 to 8 feet
- Width
- 2 to 8 feet
- Flowers
- Early summer, some repeating: variety of colors
- Fruit
- Orange-red hips
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Plant at the level they were grown in the nursery
- Don't deadhead single bloomers - allow for hips to develop
- Remove dead and crossing stems in spring
- Though hardier - some dieback reported in harsher winter climates
- Problems
- Black spot, powdery mildew, rusts, cankers, virus - most newer varieties are bred for resistance to these problems
- Varieties
- Knock Out - raspberry to cherry-red flowers, all season bloomer, beautiful hips
- Champlain - 3 feet, continual dark red flowers, some fragrance, Zone 3
- DeMontarville - medium pink flowers, very disease resistant, Zone 3
- Morden Blush - double pale pink flowers, floriferous, slightly fragrant, Zone 3
- Carefree Beauty - coral pink flowers, long lasting flowers, orange hips, Zone 4
- Carefree Delight - pink flowers, floriferous, excellent disease resistance
- Winnepeg Parks - 3 feet, red flowers, moderately fragrant
- Morden Sunrise - 4 feet, yellow-orange semi-double flowers, slightly fragrant
- Prairie Joy - 6 feet, double dark pink flowers, some repeat bloom
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