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Easy Roses

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Easy Does It, an aptly named floribunda rose.

Fear roses no more!

Lady Banks,Rosa banksiae,Lady Banks Rose,climbing species rose,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
Lady Banks is a climbing species rose and one of the earliest to flower. Blossoms only once but it is smothered with gorgeous yellow flowers that smell of violets. Lovely.
Ketchup & Mustard floribunda rose,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
'Ketchup & Mustard' is a disease resistant and reliable floribunda that pumps out red petals with yellow on the undersides.
Knock Out roses,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
'Knock Out' roses are easy care and dependable with repeat flowering.
For more information on types of roses, click on the following subjects: 
  • Types of Roses
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  • Pruning Roses
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If you love roses but are afraid of taking the plunge because you don’t want the extra maintenance, fear not as there are many types of easy care roses. Some have been around for generations, such as Old Garden roses, species and rugosas, but there are also new selections that require very little care. 

The following roses do well in the Pacific Northwest, specifically Vancouver, BC. Winters are wet; sometimes it snows but mostly are winters are green, soggy and grey. Mild summers follow but they are surprisingly dry. Most of the roses in this article do well here, despite the lack of sun and heat for much of the year. Black spot is a problem, so is mildew, and aphids. Due to the wet cool climate here, black spot and powdery mildew plague many roses, especially hybrid teas. 

If you want to grow roses with little fuss, do your research. Go to your local nursery, ask your rose growing neighbours and check out rose clubs and societies in your area. They are a great resource. The roses listed here do well in temperate climates of North America and the UK.
Hermosa China rose,Rosa chinensis 'Hermosa',old garden roses,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
The Hermosa China rose is low, compact and fragrant with repeat blooms.
Take it Easy floribunda rose,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
'Take it Easy' has excellent disease resistance and fragrant blossoms with repeat blooms.
Oso Happy Smoothie landscape Proven Winners rose,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
The Oso Happy Smoothie landscape rose by Proven Winners, flowers profusely and doesn't suffer from insects or diseases. It's thornless too.
Rosa Kordatura 'Sweet',Sweet Kordatura shrub rose,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
Sweet Kordatura shrub rose,easy roses, is tough, bears oodles of blossoms and is disease free.
Bonica rose modern shrub rose,John Cabot Explorer series rose,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
The light pink rose is Bonica, a modern shrub rose (R. bonica). John Cabot, from the Explorer series is the deep pink rose.
Plant Breeders are Listening!
Hybridizers and breeders have worked diligently to develop continuous flowering, pest free, hardy, dependable roses that are beautiful. Flower clusters replace the traditional romantic single rose. Tresses of flower laden canes throughout the summer translates well as reliable garden shrubs. Many are also fragrant - yay!

​Hardy, Continuous Flowering & Easy Care Roses
Canadian breeders have developed hardy roses for the north with their Canadian Explorer Series, named after explorers of note. Other easy roses that take the worry and stress out of rose growing include Parkland Roses, Meidiland Landscape Rose, Flower Carpet Rose, OSO Easy Roses by Proven Winners and Knock Out roses.
Hansa Rugose rose,shrub rugosa rose,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
'Hansa' is a rugosa shrub rose that has excellent disease resistance and colourful rose hips.
 Rose 'Flower Carpet Coral' monrovia,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
Flower Carpet Coral Carpet groundcover rose, flowers all summer into fall, is disease and insect free.
Don't Dismiss the Old Garden Roses 
Other easy care roses are Old Garden roses: Alba, Centifolia, Damask, Gallica, Moss, China, Bourbon, Hybrid Perpetual, Noisette and Tea roses are made of tougher stuff. Some bloom only once, but when they do, they drip with beautiful and bountiful blossoms. Flowers are usually fragrant, come in a myriad of colours and either bear 5 petals to blossoms bursting with them. Some bear colourful hips come fall, which also feed hungry birds during the winter.
F.J. Grootendorst rugosa rose,shrub rose,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
F. J. Grootendorst is a lightly scented rugosa rose. It flowers all summer and is trouble free.
 Roses Meidiland 'Meipotal',Rosa 'Carefree Delight',easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
Meidiland roses 'Meipotal' and 'Carefree Delight' are easy care trademark roses.
Species Roses are Tough!
Species roses (wild roses) have been 
unaltered by plant breeders. They grow on their own roots and are not grafted like the hybrid teas, grandifloras and floribundas. This makes them hardy and pest resistant especially when grown in their native habitat. The Nootka rose hails from Nootka Sound in BC, others include Lady Banks’ rose, Alberta rose, Musk rose and the Multiflora rose.
Meidiland rose,landscape roses,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
A pink Meidiland rose is disease resistant and can handle some shade.
Nootka species rose,Rosa nutkana,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
A species rose from Nootka Sound, the Nootka rose, Rosa nutkana.
Worthy of a mention are shrub roses Hybrid musk and Rugosa rose. They are also easy care and bloom more than once, are fragrant, bear nice rose hips and tolerate partial shade. They are tough, hardy and the bees and birds love them. ​
Mutabilis China rose,butterfly rose,Rosa chinensis 'Mutabilis'old garden roses,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
The Butterfly Rose (R. chinensis 'Mutabilis') is an Old Garden rose flowers resemble butterflies.
Betty Boop floribunda rose,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
'Betty Boop' is slightly scented and easy care.
Julia Child floribunda rose,easy roses,disease tolerant roses,The Garden Website.com,Amanda Jarrett,Amanda's Garden Consulting,garden website
'Julia Child', like most floribundas are easy care and very floriferous.
For more information on types of roses, click on the following subjects: 
Types of Roses
How to Grow Roses
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Roses Insects & Diseases

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    • Rose Bloom Balling
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    • Winter Pruning
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    • Pruning Clematis
    • Prune Your Own Garden Registration
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    • Moss in Lawns
    • Lawn Alternatives
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  • Mulch & Mulching
    • Living Mulches - Groundcovers
  • Propagation
    • Growing Seeds Outdoors
    • Growing Seeds Indoors
    • Taking Cuttings
    • Seed & Plant Catalogues
  • How to Garden Topics
    • Fall Garden Chores
    • Planting Know-How
    • Soil Building
    • Watering Tips & Techniques
    • Drought Gardening
    • Sheet Mulching, Lasagna Gardening
    • Cover Crops
    • Composting
    • Compost Tea
    • Houseplant Winter Care
    • Hummingbirds in Winter
    • Winterize Your Garden
    • Ponds in Winter
  • Growing Food
    • Spring Veggie Gardening
    • Crop Rotation, Succession & Companion Planting
    • Harvesting
    • Growing Potatoes
    • Winter Veggie Gardening
    • Taming Tomatoes
    • Speeding up Tomato Harvest
    • Tomato Tips
    • Saving Tomato Seeds
    • Tomato Troubles
  • Plant Pests 1
    • Plant Pests Part 2 - Controlling Insects
    • Garden Inspections
    • Helping Pollinators
    • Dogwood Anthracnose
    • Viburnum Leaf Beetle
    • Dormant Oil/Lime Sulfur
    • Japanese Beetles
    • Peony Blotch/Measles
    • Slugs & Snails
    • Horsetail, the Weed
    • June Beetle
    • Powdery Mildew
    • Soil Solarization
    • Rhododendron Leaf Spot
    • Plant Rusts
    • Black Knot
  • Container Growing
    • Choosing a Container
  • Feeding Plants 101
    • Fertilizers & Ratios
    • Nutritional Deficiencies & Toxicities
    • Organic Plant Food
  • Plant of the Month
    • Spring Flowering Bulbs
    • Colourful Fall Plants
    • Abelia
    • American Sweetgum
    • Ash (Fraxinus) Trees
    • Astilbes
    • Aubretia, Rock Cress
    • Aucuba, Japanese Spotted Laurel
    • Autumn Crocus
    • Bear's Breeches
    • Beautyberry, Callicarpa
    • Black-eyed Susans
    • Bleeding Heart, Lamprocapnos spectabilis
    • Calla Lilies
    • Dahlias
    • Daylily
    • Delphiniums
    • Devil's Walking Stick, Aralia spinosa
    • Dwarf Alberta Spruce
    • Dwarf Burning Bush
    • Fall Asters
    • Flowering Currants
    • Flowering Quince
    • Fritillaria
    • Garden Peonies
    • Garden Phlox
    • Ginkgo biloba
    • Grape-hyacinths
    • Handkerchief or Dove Tree
    • Harry Lauder's Walking Stick
    • Heathers
    • Hellebores, Lenten roses
    • Himalayan Sweet Box
    • Jack-in-the-pulpit, Cobra Lily
    • Japanese Anemones
    • Japanese Forest Grass
    • Japanese Maples
    • Japanese Skimmia
    • Japanese Spurge
    • Laurustinus viburnum
    • Lavenders
    • Lily-of-the-Valley Shrub, Pieris japonica
    • Mediterranean Spurge
    • Mexican Mock Orange
    • Montana Clematis
    • Mountain Ash
    • Oriental Poppies
    • Oriental Lilies
    • Paperbark Maple
    • Pink Dawn Bodnant Viburnum
    • Poinsettias
    • Oregon Grape Holly
    • Ornamental Kale
    • Peruvian Lily, Alstroemeria
    • Phalaenopsis, Moth Orchids
    • Persian Silk Tree
    • Portuguese Laurel
    • Rose of Sharon
    • Sneezeweed, Helenium
    • Snowberry
    • Snowdrops
    • Star Magnolia
    • Strawberry Tree, Pacific Madrone
    • Stewartia
    • Torch Lily, Kniphofia uvaria
    • Tree Peonies
    • Tuberous Begonias
    • Virginia Creeper
    • Weigela
    • Winterhazel, Corylopsis
    • Winter Camellia, C. sasanqua
    • Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
    • Witch Hazel
    • Wood Anemones
    • Yews
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