The Oso Easy® Group is a group of landscape roses released as a Proven Winners® Color Choice® variety. They were developed to be bushy, disease-resistant and hardy and to have repeat blooming. Most are compact bushes between 2 and 4 feet tall and wide, but Mango Salsa and Fragrant Spreader are shorter with a more spreading habit. These roses need fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. Fertilize in spring and summer and apply mulch to control weeds and retain moisture. They will need water during dry spells. Deadheading is not needed. These shrubs have a variety of flowers from single to double in a range of colors, including red, pink, orange, yellow, and lavender. Some of them will produce rose hips if the spent flowers are not pruned off. The glossy green leaves occur on stems with prickles. Use these plants in a border, in groups, as a specimen or a container. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Good disease resistance. See pests of roses to the left. VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for "Trees, Shrubs and Conifers," a plant identification course developed in partnership with Longwood Gardens. More information on Rosa .
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Fills a similar nicheAlliumRosa Explorer GroupRosa Hot Tamale 'JACpoy'
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Soil texture
Clay; High Organic Matter
Soil pH
Acid (<6.0); Neutral (6.0-8.0)
Soil drainage
Good Drainage | Moist
Available space
3 feet-6 feet
NC region
Mountains; Piedmont
Mature size
Height: 2 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in. | Width: 2 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in.
Growth rate
Medium
Maintenance
Medium
Canopy layer
3 - Shrub (3-15 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Erect; Rounded
Texture
Medium
Leaf color
Green
Leaf type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf shape
Ovate
Leaf margin
Serrate
Leaf feel
Glossy
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Dark, glossy green compound leaves with serrated margins
Flower color
Red/Burgundy
Flower value
Long Bloom Season; Showy
Flower form
Solitary
Flower shape
Cup
Flower size
1-3 inches
Flower detail
Single to double flowers in various colors including red, pink, orange, yellow, and lavender. They bloom all season long on new growth. They can occur as solitary flowers in in clusters.
Bloom time
Summer
Fruit color
Orange
Fruit type
Drupe
Fruit size
< 1 inch long, < 1 inch wide
Fruit detail
Some produce rose hips
Stem detail
Green stems with prickles
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Unknown
Attracts
Bees
Food & Medicine
Harvest time
Summer
Fruit type
Drupe
Landscape Use
Landscape location
Container; Patio; Small Space; Walkways
Landscape theme
Cottage Garden; Cutting Garden; English Garden
Design feature
Accent; Border; Mass Planting
Garden tags
#hardy #red flowers #lavender flowers #pink flowers #small shrub #orange flowers #yellow flowers #disease resistant #full sun tolerant #prickles #mass planting #border middle #long bloom time #repeat flowering #shrub rose