(Oso Happy™ Rose, Shrub Rose)

Roses in the Oso Happy® Series are bred to be heavy-blooming, disease-resistant, and Minnesota-hardy.

Compound leaves with glossy deep-green leaflets cover the thorny branches of these compact shrub roses. Clusters of small roses open in flushes from spring to fall. Two Oso Happy® cultivars have been introduced: Petit Pink, with double pink flowers; and Candy Oh, with single red blooms. Both were bred by Minnesota hybridizer David Zlesak.

Oso Happy® roses do best in full to partial sun...

(Prickly Rose, Prickly Wild Rose)

Don't confuse the much more abundant prickly wild rose with the common wild rose when you take hikes in forests and meadows. The prickly wild rose has numerous spines and bristles on its sienna-brown twigs. This rose species is nearly circumboreal in its natural distribution. It's found across the northern half of North America, northern Europe, Siberian Russia and across Kazakhstan, Korea, Japan, China and Mongolia in Asia. Although a deciduous shrub, the mature size and habit of the prickly wild...

(Crimson Damask Rose, Gallica Rose, Official Rose, Provence Rose, Red Rose of Lancaster)

One of the most famed and ancient of cultivated roses, Gallica rose has been grown since early times for its fragrant flowers that were used medicinally, to flavor food, and to make perfume. European in origin, this vibrant pink-flowered shrub rose is relatively compact, very thorny and may sucker. It was commonly grown during medieval times but is still cultivated and valued today. The foliage is quite robust and disease resistant.

Rosa gallica has relatively dense stems lined with...

(Gallica Rose, Tuscany Gallica Rose)

One of the most famed and ancient of cultivated roses, Gallica rose has been grown since early times for its fragrant flowers that were used medicinally, to flavor food, and to make perfume. European in origin, this vibrant pink-flowered shrub rose is relatively compact, very thorny and may sucker. It was commonly grown during medieval times but is still cultivated and valued today. The foliage is quite robust and disease resistant.

Rosa gallica has relatively dense stems lined with...

(Gallica Rose, The Apothecary's Rose)

Highly fragrant, semi-double flowers of crimson pink are the highlight of this regal old-fashioned rose. One of the most famed and ancient of cultivated roses, the apothocary's rose has been grown since early times for its fragrant petals that were used medicinally, to flavor food, and to make perfume. European in origin, this vibrant pink-flowered shrub rose is relatively compact, very thorny and may sucker. It was commonly grown during medieval times but is still cultivated and valued today. The...

(Gallica Rose, Rosa Mundi)

Highly fragrant, semi-double flowers with candycane stripes of crimson pink and white are the highlight of this regal old-fashioned rose. One of the most famed and ancient of cultivated roses, the apothocary's rose has been grown since early times for its fragrant petals that were used medicinally, to flavor food, and to make perfume. European in origin, this vibrant pink-flowered shrub rose is relatively compact, very thorny and may sucker. It was commonly grown during medieval times but is still...

(Baby Rose, Multiflora Rose)

A parent of the Polyantha roses and numerous "rambling" roses, this large rampant deciduous shrub from East Asia is a troublesome weed in the United States and numerous other locales. The long, arching, clambering stems of this hardy shrub are armed with vicious curved thorns which enable it to cling to and engulf other plants as large as medium-sized trees. Compound leaves with 5 to 11 toothed oval leaflets alternate along the stems. A fringed, caterpillar-like stipule with long hair-like teeth...

(Rugosa Rose)

Cold hardy, beautiful and tough, rugosa rose is a dense, thorny shrub rose native to eastern Asia. It is admired for its beautiful flowers and fruits as well as its resiliency to cold, high winds, ocean salt and drought. It has been introduced to North America and has naturalized across a large area of the northeast and Alaska.

The canes of rugosa rose are thickly covered with small, sharp thorns and compound rosaceous leaves with coarse, green leaflets that turn yellowish gold or bronzy shades...

(Rugosa Rose, White Rugosa Rose)

Highly fragrant, single, clear white roses don the branches of the white rugosa rose. Flowering can occur all season but is most prolific in the first flush of spring. The rugose leaves of this tough shrub rose are brighter green than those of pink forms and quite resistant to fungal disease. Very large pomegranate-like hips of deepest orange grace the branch tips later in the season. This naturally occurring variety has been in cultivation since the late 19th century and has received the Royal Horticultural...

(Frau Dagmar Hartopp Rugosa Rose, Fru Dagmar Hastrup Rugosa Rose, Rugosa Rose)

Large, single, shell-pink blooms are the highlight of the tough rugosa rose, 'Fru Dagmar Hastrup.' These are only moderately fragrant. Bright orange-red hips appear in profusion by fall.

Cold hardy, beautiful and tough, rugosa rose is a dense, thorny shrub rose native to eastern Asia. It is admired for its beautiful flowers and fruits as well as its resiliency to cold, high winds, ocean salt and drought. It has been introduced to North America and has naturalized across a large area of the northeast...