Bush Roses Varieties
Beautiful, Fragrant and Timeless
Roses allow you to express yourself in the garden in so many ways. While roses have a traditional feel, they are actually very versatile and can add the perfect touch to whatever feeling you are hoping to evoke in your garden. Roses are the key element to mediterranean gardens, cottage gardens, container gardens and the list goes on. Roses are no longer a plant to fuss over - they are disease resistant and have moved to the "Easy To Care For" catagory. The color, the beauty and fragrance of a rose is simply a must for California landscapes.
These classic beauties, strong and intense with sweet fragrance, come in an array of colors. Choose from hybrid teas, floribundas and grandifloras. Please Note: selection may vary by location
Weeks Roses
- Hybrid Teas
- Floribundas
- Grandifloras
- Miniatures
- Rose Gardening Essentials
- Planting and Care
- 5 Things To Consider When Selecting A Rose
- Grandiflora vs. Floribunda vs. Hybrid Tea
Hybrid Tea Roses
New This Year! - Chantilly Cream
Petal-packed flowers the shade of rich cream with a hint of butter yellow. The buds open into fully double flowers with a zesty citrus scent.
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- Intro Year – 2022
- Hybrid Tea
Brandy
Large lovely classically-formed flowers with the richest of apricot color.
- Flower Size – Large
- Intro Year – 1982
- Available in a Bush and Tree
- Hybrid Tea
Chris Evert
Nothing subtle about this rose – orange-yellow with a scarlet blush at the finish and a deep red in the beginning. Strong, consistent color.
- Flower Size – Large
- Intro Year – 1997
- Hybrid Tea
Chrysler Imperial
An idyllic rose that offers a powerful rich rose fragrance and velvety red petals.
- Flower Size – Large
- Intro Year – 1953
- Available in a Bush and Tree
- Hybrid Tea
Double Delight
An eye-catching color combination with an ever-pleasing fragrance that has topped the charts for years. Maintains incredible color in warm days and cool nights.
- Flower Size – Large
- Intro Year – 1977
- Available in a Bush and Tree
- Hybrid Tea
Henry Fonda
Immensely popular, this rose boasts distinctly deep yellow blossoms surrounded by deep green and clean foliage. It shows remarkable vigor.
- Flower Size – about 4½ inches in diameter
- Intro Year – 1996
- Hybrid Tea
Ingrid Bergman
One of the top 10 roses in the world because of crisp red flowers, stunning landscape appearance, disease resistance and vigorous reputation.
- Flower Size – Medium
- Intro Year – 1958
- Hybrid Tea
John F. Kennedy
A tribute to a popular President, this slow-opening fragrant rose offers has a greenish cast at bud stage but illuminates to a beautiful white.
- Flower Size – Large
- Intro Year – 1965
- Hybrid Tea
Just Joey
An immigrant from England, Just Joey is a vigorous rose in our California landscapes with large ruffled apricot flowers and a fruity fragrance.
- Flower Size – Large
- Intro Year – 1972
- Available in a Bush and Tree
- Hybrid Tea
Mister Lincoln
The powerful damask rose fragrance and velvety red petals tell a story of a rose that has vigorously graced many landscapes throughout our country.
- Flower Size – Large
- Intro Year – 1965
- Available in a Bush and Tree
- Hybrid Tea
New Zealand
Beautiful pink color, and irresistible fragrance, deep green foliage, and amazing fragrance, disease resistant and did we mention the lovely fragrance!
- Flower Size – Fully Double
- Intro Year – 1995
- Hybrid Tea
Perfume Factory
This is an aromatic superstar of strong and spicy-fruity scent adds bold color of magenta-plum blooms to sunny borders.
- Intro Year – 2021
- Hybrid Tea
Pope John Paul II
Among the finest, most fragrant white roses of all time. With a fresh citrus fragrance, this rose produces large and luminous pure white blossoms.
- Flower Size – up to 6 inch diameter
- Intro Year – 2013
- Available in a Bush and Tree
- Hybrid Tea
Pretty Lady Rose™
Inspired by Lady Rose and with characteristics such as elegance and strength, this lovely rose is a must for any garden.
- Flower Size – large, 4 to 5 inches in diameter
- Intro Year – 2016
- Available in a Bush and Tree
- Hybrid Tea
Sugar Moon™
If you are looking for pure white roses with impressive, contrasting foliage and a scent to go wild over, Sugar Moon is the rose for you.
- Flower Size – Large, up to 5-inch diameter
- Intro Year – 2012
- Hybrid Tea
Tiffany
Tiffany’s pure pink colors glow with the yellow light in the heart of the large well formed flowers. Super-sweet fragrance.
- Flower Size – Large
- Intro Year – 1955
- Hybrid Tea
Grandiflora Roses
Fragrant Plum
As the name suggest, a wonderfully fragrant rose with the prettiest of plum colors that only brighten in the heat.
- Flower Size - Medium to Large
- Intro Year - 1990
- Grandiflora
Twilight Zone
Big fat buds open to very double old-fashioned flowers of deep velvet purple. Strongly scented with a combination of clove and lemony citrus.
- Flower Size - Medium to Large
- Intro Year - 2013
- Grandiflora
Floribunda Roses
Easy Spirit™
Add a touch of class with these white flowers surrounding a cream base. Disease resistant!
- Flower Size – Large, around 3½-4½ inch diameter
- Intro Year – 2018
- Floribunda
Ebb Tide™
Dusky deep purple buds swirl open to very double old-fashioned flowers of velvet plum. The intense clove fragrance will nearly bowl you over.
- Flower Size – medium 3 to 4 inch diameter
- Intro Year – 2006
- Available in a Bush and Tree
- Floribunda
New This Year! - Forever Amber
Bright and frilly, these full bodied clusters of roses will provide incredible pops of color in your garden and pleasing, fruity scent.
- Flower Size – Medium
- Intro Year – 2022
- Floribunda
Iceberg
Of the top ten roses of the world and the best landscape white around, Iceberg is extremely disease resistant, vigorous and floriferous.
- Flower Size – Medium
- Intro Year – 1958
- Available in a Bush and Tree
- Floribunda
Julia Child
Just before our wonderful American icon left us, she selected this exceptional rose to bear her name. Julia loved the even butter gold color, the licorice candy fragrance.
- Flower Size – Medium up to 3 ½ diameter
- Intro Year – 2006
- Available in a Bush and Tree
- Floribunda
New This Year! - Sweet Madame Blue
This rose is a show-off with clusters of flowers that offer long-lasting color of bluish lavender and a moderate fragrance that is sweet and spicy.
- Flower Size – Medium up to 3 ½ diameter
- Available in a Bush and Tree
- Intro Year – 2022
- Floribunda
Miniature Roses
New This Year! - Midnight Fire™
Smoky purple with a heart of fire, this miniature rose’s sunset coloring magically shifts from a yellow center to orange overlay to purple to blue. A constant parade of small yet fully double blooms covers the neatly mounding plants. Showcase this novel rose in a patio container, a garden border or in small bouquets.
- Mild tea fragrance
- Intro Year: 2022
- Miniature
5 Things To Consider -
When Selecting A Rose For Your California Landscape
- 1. Location and Space – The size of the rose you can grow depends on the amount of space you can devote to it. If the space you have is large or would benefit by a rose as a focal point, Grandiflora varieties would be a great choice for you. Smaller areas or areas that are limited by space, Floribunda or Hybrid Teas would be a good fit. Perhaps you have an area that could use a little extra height – 36” Tree Roses are always stunning. Smaller spaces, such as a patio, balcony, container garden, a 24” Patio Tree Rose will make a statement. And finally, if you are looking for a rose that is low growing, consider carpet roses for ground cover, borders, mass plantings, or in containers.
- 2. Climate – While we only carry plants that will do well in the Bay Area, we do experience micro-climates so a rose that might do well in one area, may not be the best choice for all areas of the South Bay. Talk with our trusted garden advisors to find the rose that will thrive in your garden.
- 3. Color – While this is more of a personal preference and for aesthetic purposes, selecting a rose based on color is important. We have an incredible selection of roses so finding the rose to match you, should be a breeze.
- 4. Scent – This may a pleasant perk to narrowing down your rose choice. Some roses have a strong fragrance, while others have little or no scent at all.
- 5. Care and Maintenance – Roses these days are not like your Grandma’s roses of yester-year, they are disease resistant and with a little fertilizer and pruning, they are easy to care for. However, there are some varieties that are simply carefree and colorful. If this is a quality you prefer, Knock Out® Roses and Carpet Rose Varieties are the selection for you.
Rose Gardening Essentials
SummerWinds Potting Soil
Our SummerWinds Potting Soil has received the CDFA (California Department of Food and Agriculture) seal of approval. Formulated for the Bay Area and comprised of the very best Natural and Organic ingredients to give your trees, shrubs, perennials, edibles, and more an incredible start in your garden landscape and containers - indoor and out.
- 1.5 cuft. Bag
Rose & Flower Food
E.B. Stone Organics Rose & Flower Food 5-6-3 is suggested for roses, perennials, and other flowering plants. Long lasting, slow-release nitrogen. Registered cdfa. Use with E.B. Stone Organics Rose Grow Planting Mix and E.B. Stone Naturals Soil Sulfur.
- E.B. Stone Organics
- 4 lb. Package
Rose & Flower Potting or Planting Soil
This is a versatile mix that can be used as both a soil amendment or as a ready-to-use potting soil. It is a 100% natural organic soil mix that was blended for growing flowers and roses. This soil is slightly acidic and contains just the right ingredients to get your lovely flowers off to a good start. Ingredients: Aged Fir Bark, Aged Redwood, Composted Chicken Manure, Pumice, Earthworm Castings, Peat Moss, Alfalfa Meal, Dolomite Lime (pH Adjuster) Oyster Shell Lime (pH Adjuster), Bat Guano, and Kelp Meal.
- E.B. Stone Organics
- 1.5 cuft. Bag
For More Rose Care Solutions
Grandiflora vs. Floribunda vs. Hybrid Tea Roses
Grandiflora
The Grandiflora comes as a result of crossing a Floribunda with a hybrid tea rose. They are on the large side, growing to heights of 4 to 5 feet tall. Grandifloras are often thought of as the most popular variety of rose. The grandiflora rose bush likes to grow tall and will usually exceed all other roses in height other than the climbers, of course.
Floribunda
Just as the name suggests, they produce an "abundant" of blooms. They may have single or semi-double flowers that can be either cup shaped or flat. Plant it in a slightly acidic soil and give it plenty of love and you will enjoy beautiful blooms for years to come. Most Floribundas are smaller than Hybrid Teas
Hybrid Teas
The hybrid tea rose’s blooms are usually what come to mind when most anyone thinks of roses. These beautiful high centered classic beautiful blooms. Hybrid tea roses grow from 3 to 7 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide, depending on the cultivar.
Planting and Care:
- Plant in full sun (an area that receives a minimum of 6 hours)
- Don’t crowd your roses when you plant - they prefer some airflow which will help to prevent diseases
- Much mulch appreciated. A couple of inches of mulch over the soil and the roots of your soil will help to deter weeds, keep diseases from splashing up on the leaves of your roses and holds moisture.
- Compost - A healthy layer of organic material such as compost will encourage beneficial microbes and improve and maintain the health of your roses
- Check out our How-To-Videos for additional information on How To Plant your roses
