Easy Care Shrub Roses

Shrub roses tend to be easy to care for, fragrant, and add value to any home's landscape. They are often utilized as hedges, screens and in mass plantings. They have also grown in popularity for mass planting to prevent soil erosion. The shrub rose tends to grow quite large and bushy. A few varieties will grow well over eight feet in height. Shrub roses are also exceptionally hardy, pest resistant, and fungus resistant. Many modern day shrub roses are obtained from crossing old heritage rose types with the more modern roses.

Many shrub roses will continue to flower from spring to fall. Others simply flower during a certain time of the season. Most shrub roses produce profuse fragrant blossoms.

Here is a guide to to the five varieties of shrub roses. Inside each of these groups is a wide variety of roses that are considered to be shrubs which produce a diverse amount of blossoms and growth patterns.

1) Moss Roses

Moss Roses are related to the Centifolia rose types. The history of this shrub rose can be traced back more then three hundred years. It has what looks like down on its stalks and sepals which is why it is referred to as a Moss rose. Each type of moss rose has double blooms and a very strong fragrance. These are easy to grow shrubs that give any garden old world charm.

2) Centifolia Roses

These wonderfully fragrant roses are also called Cabbage roses because the blossoms shape and appearance is reminiscent of a head of cabbage. These shrubs are quite historic but they take a great deal of care. The blossom heads tend to be quite heavy and weight the plant down. The shrub cannot be watered with overhead sprinklers or it will flop to the ground in misery. Shrubs in this family also tend to be plagued with insects and fungus.

3) Polyantha

This is a proficient all season blooming flower that sports huge clusters of flowers that are quite fragrant. It is wonderfully hardy and usually grows in three foot compact sizes.

4) Gallica Roses

These French roses are the oldest of all rose bushes. Their history is long and diverse. Across Europe you will find these rose bushes in many historic gardens.

5) Species Roses

Species roses are wild rose bushes. You will find them growing in forests, along roadsides, and riverbanks across the world. They grow large and without any care. Most of these shrub roses sport single blossoms and bright red rose hips. No one knows the exact history of them but they are simply natures beautiful rose that has been created all on its own with no assistance from mankind.

Sources:

http://www.rosetypes.org/shrub-roses.html

http://www.oldhouseweb.com/gardening/kinds-of-roses.shtml