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Roses That Bloom In The Shade
Roses For ShadeRoses that bloom in the shade, sometimes can be hard to find, however, here are great examples of roses for shade and roses that tolerate shade. Few roses are happy in half shady places, but there are a few that will thrive in such areas and with less than 4 hours of sun per day. Most are very fragrant and they all have an old-fashioned charm. The roses below are the most shade tolerant roses available, and ready to be planted in your less
than sunny garden area.
'Penelope'Rose
Penelope rose is a modern large, arching, shade tolerant shrub rose, with vigorous and disease free foilage. It repeat blooms all season and produces a lovely show of rose hips in winter. The large clusters of beautiful, delicate light pink blooms fading to white as they age, have a sweet old rose fragrance. Penelope rose makes a great informal hedge and is also useful for growing over fences or walls.
'Erfurt' RoseOne of the shrub roses that bloom in the shade, Erfurt rose has a trailing, bushy habit and leathery, rich bronze-tinted disease-free foilage. It flowers continuously despite a large crop of medium-sized round hips that turn from green to orange-red and which are produced after the first flush of flowers. The blooms are a beautiful pinkish pale lilac hue with yellow stamens, a very pretty combination. The hips
are very attractive and make great indoor decorations. The hips last for several month on the bush and they
don't seem to get eaten by the birds. Zones 4-9.
'Buff Beauty' RoseA modern shrub rose,and one of the roses for partial shade, is favored by rose enthusiasts. A very desirable garden plant even when it's not blooming, because of it's pleasing rounded growth habit and it's ample foilage of dark shiny leaves. In late spring-summer and again in fall, it grows large clusters of gorgeous pale apricot colored blooms that really show up against the dark foilage. There is a lovely rose fragrance. It grows to an average height or more, is great in flower borders or
planted against a low wall or fence and it's very disease free. Zones 4-9.
'Cornelia' RoseCornelia rose is another shrub rose for a shady garden. A modern shrub that has been popular since it first was introduced in 1925. The color of it's blooms range from apricot, to salmon-pink or strawberry flushed yellow, a very lovely color hue. The flowers are small, very double and rosette shaped, and they come in large clusters. There is a lovely musky rose fragrance. Cornelia rose is a great. strong-growing shrub that repeat blooms all season long. This is a thornless rose,
with dark green disease free foilage. Zones 4-9.
'Kathleen' RoseKathleen, one of the roses that bloom in the shade, has light pink repeat flowering blooms. They are small single, charming flowers with yellow stamens, that come in large clusters, the overall effect of apple-blossoms. There is sweet, sort of musky rose fragrance. The growth habit is of a larger than average height and sprawling. It can be trained as a small climber,
especially in warmer climates. Zones 4-9.
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