What are the easiest roses to grow?
 

what are the easiest roses to grow?

All the roses are fairly easly to get started but finding the most disease resistant varieties for your area is the most important thing.

Double Knock out and Knockout are by far is the best for Texas and just about any other place.
Is is one of the best standard roses on the market.

Here is a picture of Knockout and yes I see them like this all of the time.
I need to plant some.

Worth.
[IMG]http://www.thujagardens.com/images/Knockout_AARS1999k.jpg[/IMG]

knock out roses
 

I had a knock out rose bush and gardener destroyed it. I am now in a new one

Yup, Knockout is the most fail proof.

Not sure what your looking for but rosa rugosa is like a weed here.
Also called beach rose. Pretty in a not in your face kind of way.
Indestructable. When the earth is nothing but a charred cinder, there will be cockroaches, bindweed, and rugosa roses.

I have a lot of Sunny Knockout (yellow) and Pink Knockout and they are very easy if you can keep the Japanese beetles off. I also have carpet roses that do very well--pink is Sweet Drift and white is Icy Drift. The Sweet Drift is twice the size of Icy but still small. I have them cut back each winter like regular roses.

I do have some climbing roses, too. Lady Banks Yellow, but those are a lot harder to take care of. Pretty big.

My grandma used to have climbing roses. The flowers were not big but did look like a carpet hung on the side of the house.

I second the knockout suggestion. If apartment landscapers use them, you can bet they're easy to grow. Prolific bloomers, too.

A house I used to rent had the most gorgeous climbing red roses but I never figured out the variety. They were also easy to grow, but hard to keep control of as they frequently grew past the roofline. Prune your roses in February and they'll love you for it.

I third (...fourth?) the recommendation for KnockOut Roses. I bought a Cherry/Rose Pink KnockOut Rose on clearance last month and it looked pitiful. One month in the ground and it's doubled in size and the blooms are gorgeous.

Those things are foolproof!

[QUOTE=BackyardFarm;507831]I third (...fourth?) the recommendation for KnockOut Roses. I bought a Cherry/Rose Pink KnockOut Rose on clearance last month and it looked pitiful. One month in the ground and it's doubled in size and the blooms are gorgeous.

Those things are foolproof![/QUOTE]

Wait and see if it survives your winters. Our last 2 winters here in upstate NY destroyed roses that were zoned 4, forget 5's and up. Rugosas came thru like champs though. Knockouts, like Austins, whimpered and keeled over. I've never had to do a thing to my rugosas, and they've been there for 10 years.

If you can find them the Ingrid Bergman is perfect. We planted 15 about 20 years ago and they are still going strong. We also planted 20 climbing roses and they are doing well also. Every Feb we prune them and mix in Alfalfa pellets and fertilize with BAYER Rose fertilizer. Works for us

Since you're in the north, I would recommend the Explorer series, which are hardy. There's also the Morden series (developed in Manitoba). I have climbing roses, probably William Baffin, which are as hard as nails. As somebody else mentioned, the Rugosa roses are also very hardy. For small rose bushes, Drift roses are also supposed to be hardy and carefree.

Linda

I have 3 knock out roses my MIL thought I needed. this is the second year thy have been in and I am not as impressed with them as I think I ought to be.I had one flush of blooms this summer and then nothing the rest of the season. I will say it was very dry here and I am sure that contributed to the dearth of blooms, but I would have thought they would have done better. Hopefully next year they will be nicer.

I love polyantha roses. They practically take care of themselves, and easily propagated with cuttings.

Quoted from heirloomroses:

Polyantha - Compact roses that are forerunners of the modern Floribundas. The most prolific bloomers of all roses with large clusters of small flowers similar to ramblers (about 1” wide). Polyanthas are generally 2-3 feet high with foliage that is small, narrow and disease resistant; winter hardy and ideal for small gardens or pots.

More carefree roses:
[url]http://www.pallensmith.com/articles/a-rose-for-every-garden[/url]

the topic of knock out roses makes me cry. We had this gorgeous bush that was maybe five years old and the gardener was told to clean the weeds in the area and took out the entire bush with it. They were gorgeous roses

I have to go with knock outs also. They grow will and flower often up north in the summer and fall, but I see them blooming year around in Florida. That is quite a range of growing conditions. The Weeks roses do similarly well up here, and I have some "Nearly Wild" roses that grow well up at the cottage with little effort.

[QUOTE=Carriehelene;507839]Wait and see if it survives your winters. Our last 2 winters here in upstate NY destroyed roses that were zoned 4, forget 5's and up. Rugosas came thru like champs though. Knockouts, like Austins, whimpered and keeled over. I've never had to do a thing to my rugosas, and they've been there for 10 years.[/QUOTE]

I've had some English Lavenders overwinter all (but that super cold winter two years ago) so I have my fingers crossed and my bale of straw ready.

For easy roses, Knockouts aren't my favorite. I like the Drift roses better because I find them more attractive. Many of the newer Kordes roses like Beverly, Savannah, Fiji, etc... are way more satisfying to grow than Knockouts. I'd also suggest a few others like Belinda's Dream, Tea roses, China roses, etc.., but I'm not sure they would do well up North. It is best to ask someone in your area for more specific answers. I'm in Florida. Cold is not an issue here.

This is my personal opinion. I don't mean to offend Knockout fans. Knockouts do have some good traits.

[QUOTE=amberroses;508196]For easy roses, Knockouts aren't my favorite. I like the Drift roses better because I find them more attractive. Many of the newer Kordes roses like Beverly, Savannah, Fiji, etc... are way more satisfying to grow than Knockouts. I'd also suggest a few others like Belinda's Dream, Tea roses, China roses, etc.., but I'm not sure they would do well up North. It is best to ask someone in your area for more specific answers. I'm in Florida. Cold is not an issue here.

This is my personal opinion. I don't mean to offend Knockout fans. Knockouts do have some good traits.[/QUOTE]

No offense taken but something to consider.
Knockout roses are a care free rose that is practically maintenance free here in Texas.
Some of the other roses you mentioned will drive you crazy here trying to get them to grow and make flowers.
Knockouts are good for the person that doesn't want to spend all of their time fooling with roses.:lol:
At least where I live.
I have tried tea roses and every day there was another hoard of critters eating on them and needed constant watering.

Worth

Are you thinking of hybrid teas or old fashioned tea roses? Tea roses are ones like Anna Olivier, Duchess de Brabrant, and such. Most old tea roses are pretty tough. All roses here require some attention to watering and occasional chilli thrips, even Knockouts. I imagine the roses I mentioned would do even better in Texas than here.

But Teas probably wouldn't tolerate the cold up North, so I can't recommend them for everyone.

[QUOTE=Elliot;489399]I had a knock out rose bush and [B][COLOR="Red"]gardener [/COLOR][/B]destroyed it. I am now in a new one[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Elliot;507894]the topic of knock out roses makes me cry. We had this gorgeous bush that was maybe five years old and the [COLOR="red"][B]gardener[/B][/COLOR] was told to clean the weeds in the area and took out the entire bush with it. They were gorgeous roses[/QUOTE]
I think we have identified the problem. Knockout roses are foolproof. Unfortunately they invented a better fool -- You just need to get rid of him.

Although not a true Rose,but looks like one I was given a Black Swan Desert Rose from our Vietnamese neighbor who has about 200 of different varieties of them.Some are two to three foot tall with basketball sized trunks.Very impressive and the easiest to care for.He has sold the larger ones for up to $1000 bucs each to some real diehard interior designers and photographers.Almost like a Bonsai type looking Rose/Tree.


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I'm having great success with David Austins-Gertrude Jeckyll. Planted bare root in mid May. Now a good 2 feet tall and 6 bulbs.