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.
