Shrub Roses for the Prairies


Shrub roses are usually free-blooming and come in many different shapes and sizes. They are quite hardy and generally have a good resistance to disease.  Shrub roses tend to be bushy and are often grown on their own roots. 

Cultivar Name Height Spread

Zone

Flowers

Description

Chuckles 2'x3' 4 Single, rose pink blooms. A bushy shrub with clusters of large everblooming flowers. 
Hansa 3-4'x3' 2 Double flowers that are deep crimson in color. Large roses with a strong clove-like fragrance that bloom in June or July and repeat all summer.  Very long-lived. 
Knock Out 3'x3' 3 Single cherry-red blooms. An outstanding, everblooming rose that produces a consistent number of  flowers. Extremely resistant to foliar diseases.
Persian Yellow 5-6'x3' 3 Bright yellow blooms. An early bloomer (May/June) with small, double flowers that are borne along the cane. 
Purple Pavement 3'x3' 3 Semi-double, crimson flowers with a yellow eye. Lightly fragrant roses that bloom in large clusters throughout the summer until frost.  
Scarlet Pavement 3'x3' 3 Medium pink blooms. Large clusters of roses that bloom throughout the summer.
Snow Pavement 2'x3' 3 Double flowers that are white  with a pink tint. Blooms profusely throughout the summer regardless of heat, drought or poor soil. Low spreading growth habit. 
Topaz Jewel 2-3'x3' 4 Double, yellow blooms. The first reblooming yellow rose. Blooms have a medium fruity fragrance and are borne in sprays of 5-10 all over the arching branches.  Shows top dieback in zone 3. 
Therese Bugnet 4-5'x4-5' 2a Double, pink blooms with a strong fragrance. Large (4") open flowers that bloom on dark red stems from mid-June until frost .  Produces up to 12 buds per shoot.   
Woods 4'x4' 3  Single, bright pink blooms. Native rose that blooms in small clusters, giving off a strong sweet fragrance. 

Compiled by Rachel Giesbrecht on June 7, 2004

 

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