Step 2: Choosing and Ordering Your Roses

Choosing what types of roses to plant in your space is very important. Once you've considered your space and what you are able to plant, you need to choose your rose types according to where you live (some roses won't grow just anywhere!) and then choose what colors. Once you've decided what kinds and what colors you want, you should make a list.

I recommend ordering your roses from Edmund's Roses so I'll be using just a few examples of different types from their website. Go according to your list, and enter the name of the rose in the search box and it will tell you more about that particular rose.

Listing of Types and colors of Roses from Edmond's Roses
Types and colors	Yellow/Orange	White	Red	Blue/Violet	Pink
Hybrid Tea Roses
Description: Hybrid teas are the favorite of rose gardeners who love to cut long stemmed, large flowers. They have many petals, are usually fairly tall and upright, some have great fragrance, and they work well in formal gardens or in informal plantings.	Strike It Rich	Whisper	Kardinal	Big Purple	Classy Carol
	Elina	Sheer Bliss (tipped with pink)	Lasting Love	Big Purple	Captain Harry Stebbings
	Gift of Life	Moondance	Let Freedom Ring	Neptune	Bride's Dream
	Helmut Schmidt	Full Sail	Olympiad	Royal Amethyst	Belami
	Hotel California	Crystalline	Opening Night	Royal Amethyst	Barbra Streisand
Climbing Roses
Description: Climbers can enhance any garden design since they usually bring with them a nice trellis or arbor, or they dress up a drab fence with bountiful color and foliage. Cover a wall, post or pillar with a climbing rose and add new drama to your landscape.	Cl. Autumn Sunset	Cl. Iceberg	Ramblin Red Climbers	Night Owl	Cl. Pearly Gates
	Cl. Royal Sunset	Cl. Sombreuil	Jacob's Ladder		Candy Land Climber (pink/white swirl)
	Lemon Meringue Climber	Cl. Fourth of July (swirled with red and pink)	Cl. Dublin Bay		Brite Eyes Climber