Roses are one of the world’s most loved flowers, known for their beauty, fragrance, and rich symbolism. But beyond the classic red bloom, there’s a surprising variety of roses, each with its own unique shape, color, scent, and growing style:
Carpet Roses: low-growing, spreading shrub roses known for their dense foliage and continuous blooms. They are very hardy, disease-resistant, and require minimal maintenance.
Climbing Roses: vigorous roses with long, flexible canes that can be trained to grow on trellises, fences, and walls. They produce abundant blooms, often in clusters, and add vertical interest to gardens while typically flowering repeatedly through the season.
David Austin Roses: A group of modern shrub roses bred by David Austin, known as “English Roses.” They combine the full, fragrant blooms and classic charm of old garden roses with the repeat flowering and reliability of modern varieties, making them popular for both traditional and contemporary gardens.
Explorer Roses: A series of hardy shrub and climbing roses developed in Canada, bred to withstand very cold climates. They are known for their strong disease resistance, vigorous growth, and repeat flowering, making them ideal for northern gardens with harsh winters.
Floribunda Roses: a type of modern rose known for producing large clusters of blooms rather than single flowers. They are compact, hardy, and bloom continuously throughout the season, making them popular for adding consistent color to garden beds and borders.
Grandiflora Roses: A class of roses that combine traits of hybrid tea and floribunda roses. They produce large, elegant blooms in clusters on tall, upright plants and bloom repeatedly throughout the season, making them well-suited for both garden display and cutting
Hybrid Tea Roses: classic garden roses known for their large, elegant, single blooms held on long stems. They are prized for their form and fragrance, making them ideal for cutting, and they typically bloom repeatedly throughout the growing season.
Knock-Out Roses: a group of low-maintenance shrub roses known for their exceptional disease resistance, continuous blooms from spring to frost, and easy care, making them a popular choice for landscapes and beginner gardeners.
Rugosa Roses: Hardy shrub roses known for their wrinkled leaves, strong fragrance, and excellent resistance to cold, pests, and disease. They produce simple, often highly scented blooms followed by large, decorative rose hips, making them ideal for naturalized or coastal gardens.
Shrub Roses: Hardy, easy-to-grow roses that form large, bushy plants with abundant blooms. Known for their resilience and long flowering season, they often require less maintenance than more delicate rose types. Their flowers come in a wide range of colors and shapes, making them a popular choice for gardens, hedges, and landscape planting.
