Oso Easy Double Red® Rose
Shrub
- Fill your garden with stunning red blooms!
- Reblooming- enjoy fresh flowers all season long.
- Easy to care for! No spraying or deadheading.
- Grown on its own roots - not grafted. No special protection or fussing required.
- Zones 4-9, sun, 4' tall x 4' wide at maturity.
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Description
Double Red® makes a pleasing mound growing 3' tall and wide. This sister seedling of Double Knock Out® rose has green foliage that stays attractive all season long. In early summer, buds open up to striking double red blooms the rebloom well into fall without any work from you. Warm, fiery red blooms give your garden design a lift while being tough and hardy in the landscape. Many roses on the market require a lot of regular fertilizing and spraying, but not the Oso Easy® Series. These roses are perfect for those looking to enjoy stunning blooms without the work typically required to achieve them, just sit back and enjoy the show!
Oso Easy Double Red® was developed by noted rose breeder Alain Meilland of France and considered one of the best in terms of strong disease resistance. Thousands of rose plants were evaluated under the harshest of conditions until finally, one was selected that lived up to the high standards for inclusion in the Proven Winners-Color Choice Lineup. With its disease resistance, ease of growing, and blooms that are self-cleaning and fade-resistant, this long-blooming rose should be on the top of your must-have shrub list.
Details
Patent #: PP 26,298
Common name: Rose
Zone: 4 - 9
Sun exposure: Sun (6+ hours sun)
Height x width: 3-4' tall x 3-4' wide
Flower color: Red
Foliage color: Green
Season of Interest: Summer-fall
Bloom time: Summer
Features: Proven winners, heat tolerant, container plants, cold tolerant, best sellers, best for beginners
Uses: Accent border, container or cottage gardening, ground cover, hedge, massing
How to Grow
Light: Sun (> 6 hours sun)
Water: Try to keep the soil evenly moist, especially in their first growing season. Never allow the foliage to remain wet into the evening; water early in the day.
Spacing: 3 - 4 ft.
Fertilizing: To keep the flowers coming, feed your roses with a fertilizer blended especially for roses. This can be done after each bloom cycle.
Winterizing: Spread a layer of composted manure, compost, or shredded leaves over the base of the plant in late fall after the ground freezes. Covering these mounds and the lower parts of the bushes with evergreen boughs will add protection. Pull the mounding material away from the stem as new growth emerges in spring. Prune injured branches over when new buds emerge in spring.
Maintenance & pruning: Prune to remove deadwood, to control or direct growth, and to promote flowering. Wait until growth breaks in early spring before pruning. Every 2 or 3 years, remove about one-third of the old branches to stimulate new, fresh growth. Remove faded flowers to encourage blooming.
Plant spacing is based on the ultimate width of the plants. This figure is normally given as a range; for example, 3-5’. If you live in a cold climate and/or want plants to fill in more quickly, plan to space at the shorter end of the range. If you live in a warm climate, are on a limited budget, or are willing to wait longer for plants to touch, use the higher end of the range. Using the larger number is recommended when calculating distance from a building or structure. There’s really no such thing as "maximum spacing": if you don’t want your plants to touch, you can space them as far apart as you’d like. All plant spacing is calculated on center, or in other words, the centers of the plants are spaced one half of their eventual width apart:
Unless you are planting in a straight line, as you might for hedges or edging, space your plants in a staggered or zig-zag pattern for a more interesting and naturalistic look:
Not sure just how many plants will fit in your garden? Our calculator gives you the exact amount of plants required for your space. Simply update the values and the calculator will re-calculate accordingly. Spacing information can be found in the 'How to Grow' tab on each plant's page.
These are so pretty against my black fence. Blooms and limbs are larger than the pinks (Rosa).
2nd summer. 1st year planted in June/2025 and had flowers last year, too
The OSO is by far the best double knockout in my garden. I have one that I planted 2 yes ago and it is already 4ft tall and 5 feet wide. I just added 2 more. The OSO is the best!
I’m including pictures of the roses. I purchased 26 plants last year. I thought they would thrive and be low maintenance…not so! They are a disappointment to say the least.
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They have been doing great and even though they are small, they are now blooming some and I know they’re going to be gorgeous!
It hasn’t bloomed yet
This rose is fantastic! Beautiful red - blooms over and over. I already had another one. Was happy to find it again from Great Garden.
Wonderful plant. No problems with them at all. Beautiful blooms.
Beautiful already have flowers
Perfectly shipped and all plants bloomed as soon as I planted them!!!
Have been buying from GGP for several yrs--some have come small but once planted , took off and showing great growth. My OSO EASY rose seemed small but now in the ground and going gang busters ! First cold spring in yrs. Yellow climbing rose came looking more robust and it also is full and happy. Grasses from last yr -same issue but they are alive and doing very well. Most pleased
The plant was dried out and crispy on arrival. It has not recovered despite any resuscitation efforts.
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One came broken but seems to be getting new shoot.
Great
Arrived in perfect shape. Planted them at my church. Praying they survive
Very healthy plants
Arrived fine and has several roses on them. Easy care and looks great already!
Oso Easy Double Red® Rose
When first arrived 2 plants in real good condition and 1 was yellowed with some green. Here it is 27th of July, and the 2 have really grown and the stunted one has put on new growth and appears to be taking off.
I am already pleased with my rose! Even though it is still tiny is has several beautiful blooms. I have high hopes because it is in a bed with 2 that I got last year & they are big bushes now & continually blooming. I expected them to take a couple years. Next year I anticipate that all the be spectacular.
I very like my Oso Easy Double Red roses because it keep blooming like crazy. I feel so joyful every time I go outside.
After settling into the garden in full sun, this rose bush has beautiful foliage and is full of buds and blooms. Although the blooms on the bushes were originally fushia w/a blue cast right out of the box, the new blooms are a true red. They are very small roses but nicely shaped. I've been able to move them to my originally planned location now that the red doesn't clash.
Blooms atelier g lasting on the plant and they resemble old-fashioned globural roses with light fragrance.Only in the long run i will be able to tell how decease resistant they are?
Thanks for your feedback! We love this rose and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Happy gardening!
Hi, Is this rose resistant to Rose Rossette Disease?
Unfortunately, there are no varieties of roses on the market that are resistant to rose rosette disease. You can help prevent it by following the guidelines laid out in our blog all about growing roses here:
https://blog.greatgardenplants.com/questions-answered-series-roses-rosa/
I am looking for red roses that I can put in containers in front of my house (Zone 7B) Any suggestion as to which would fit the bill?
Hello! Take a look at Petite Knock Out Rose. They bloom for over four months and are an ideal plant for containers!
https://www.greatgardenplants.com/collections/all/products/petite-knock-out-rose
do you have a red vine rose
Yes, we do! Below is a link to the red vine rose we offer:
Are these seedlings that can be planted and how many do I get
It is one plant that is in a quart sized pot (4in x 4in) and it is about 8-10 inches tall depending on the time of year!
Are they safe for pets? Do they have thorns?
Yes, this rose has thorns which means it's not safe for pets to eat. Check out our blog post all about roses for more information: https://blog.greatgardenplants.com/questions-answered-series-roses-rosa/