Shrub Roses Shrub Roses By James E. Klett, Colorado State University, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Shrub roses and old garden roses are gaining national popularity as gardeners realize the excellent floral quality, good disease tolerance, and winter hardiness of these plants. By planting shrub roses, pesticide usage can be minimized and some labor intensive jobs eliminated, such as protecting roses from low winter temperatures. Meidiland series This series of shrub roses is known for good vigor, profuse flowers and hardiness.
Many clones are available with white, pink, red and coral flowers in single or double blooms.
A series of shrub roses developed at Morden Research Station in Canada and all quite hardy. The plants flower freely and appear to have outstanding landscape value. A larger, hardy shrub rose with more blue-green foliage and a maroon tinge. The stems are red and relatively thornless. The single pink flowers bloom in early summer followed by attractive red hips.