Growing Roses in Zone 7
I often suggest growing roses to my landscape customers. This suggestion is sometimes met with great protest because roses sometimes have a reputation of being high maintenance. Not all roses require extra care though. There are six main types of roses for zone 7 gardens:
Hybrid tea Floribunda Grandiflora Climbers Miniature Shrub roses
Hybrid tea roses produce florist and show quality roses. They are the type that require the most care and maintenance but often offer gardeners the greatest reward. Shrub roses, which are what I often suggest to my customers, are the lowest maintenance roses. While the flowers of shrub roses are not nearly as showy as hybrid tea roses, they will bloom from spring until frost.
Zone 7 Rose Varieties
Below I have listed some of the most common hardy roses for zone 7 gardens and their bloom color: Hybrid Tea
Arizona – Orange/Red Bewitched – Pink Chicago Peach – Pink/Peach Chrysler Imperial – Red Eiffel Tower – Pink Garden Party – Yellow/White John F. Kennedy – White Mr. Lincoln – Red Peace – Yellow Tropicana – Orange/Peach
Floribunda
Angel Face – Pink/Lavender Betty Prior – Pink Circus – Yellow/Pink Fire King – Red Floradora – Red Golden Slippers – Yellow Heat Wave – Orange/Red Julia Child – Yellow Pinnochio – Peach/Pink Rumba – Red/Yellow Saratoga – White
Grandiflora
Aquarius – Pink Camelot – Pink Comanche – Orange/Red Golden Girl – Yellow John S. Armstrong – Red Montezuma – Orange/Red Ole – Red Pink Parfait – Pink Queen Elizabeth – Pink Scarlett Knight – Red
Climbers
Blaze – Red Blossom Time- Pink Climbing Tropicana – Orange Don Juan – Red Golden Showers – Yellow Iceland Queen- White New Dawn – Pink Royal Sunset – Red/Orange Sunday Best – Red White Dawn – White
Miniature Roses
Baby Darling – Orange Beauty Secret – Red Candy Cane – Red Cinderella – White Debbie – Yellow Marilyn – Pink Pixie Rose – Pink Little Buckeroo – Red Mary Marshall – Orange Toy Clown – Red
Shrub Roses
Easy Elegance Series – includes many varieties and many available colors Knock Out Series – includes many varieties and many available colors Harrison’s Yellow – Yellow Pink Grootendorst – Pink Park Director Riggers – Red Sarah Van Fleet – Pink The Fairy – Pink
