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What Kind of Roses?

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Author: vera

Roses can be classified into several different categories. Not every rose is the same, and it is important to know what kind of roses you have in order to properly care for them.

The three main categories of roses are bush roses, shrub roses and climbing roses.

Each of the categories breaks down into classes of roses. Below you will find the main categories of roses and which classes belong to them. Again, knowing what kind of roses you have is very important.

Bush roses are grouped into types primarily according to their flowering habit, winter hardiness, size and type of growth.

Major classes include hybrid tea, floribunda, grandiflora and miniature.

Common classes for older cultivars include polyantha, hybrid perpetual and old-fashioned or heritage.

Mature bushes are 2 to 6 feet tall and miniatures are 6 to 24 inches tall. Hybrid teas are also known as ever-blooming roses because they bloom continually throughout the growing season. They are also the most commonly grown of all roses.

Shrub roses are actually a large group of roses that include wild species, hybrids and cultivars that develop a large, dense type of growth that is useful in general landscaping work.

They are hardy in all sections of the United States. While their flowers are usually smaller and have fewer petals than other types of roses, many shrubs bear very attractive seed pods in the fall. They have fine-textured foliage and some are quite useful for hedges or screen plantings.

Climbing roses include all types that produce long canes and require some sort of support.

They are often trained on fences, walls or trellises, but some are grown without support to cover banks and help prevent soil erosion.

They are becoming more popular as more disease resistant, ever blooming, larger flowered types are developed. Ramblers, large-flowered climbers, over blooming climbers, climbing hybrid teas, climbing polyanthas, climbing floribundas and trailing roses all belong to the climbing rose category.

It is very important to have plenty of free space when planting climbing roses.

Some types can grow and reach up to 20 feet in length. The flowers may not be as attractive as other types, but because of their hardiness, they can be grown on banks or walls where other types of roses would not survive severe winters.









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