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Roses are generally regarded as full-sun plants and aren’t considered for shade gardens.
Pale-petaled beauties that can look washed out in bright sunshine will seem to glow inpartial shade.
Read on to see which roses tolerate shade.
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What’s in a Name?
The mainRosagenus is divided into four subgenera, and its main subgenus is also calledRosa.
Roses are usually called by their subgenus and cultivar name, for example,Rosa’Peace.'
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Therefore, a Peace rose may also be called “RosasubgenusRosa,Hybrid Tea ‘Peace.'”
A pleasant, mild fragrance and a second bloom in late summer add to its appeal.
‘Anthony Meilland’ is a bushy, mounded plant ideal for borders, hedges, and mass plantings.
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It can also be trained as a beautiful small climber.
It has a pleasant scent and looks and smells lovely along a fence.
It is one of the most floriferous climbers, with equally attractive deep green foliage.
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This plant also goes by ‘Pierre de Ronsard’ or ‘Meiviolin.’
J. Grootendorst,’ also called Grootendorst roses, are a classic, carefree grower.
Small, puckered, leathery leaves offset clusters of double, bright red blossoms.
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Although the original Grootendorst is red, it has produced pink and whitevarieties.
They all make great specimen plants that can easily grow as tall as 6 feet.
It blooms heavily in midsummer and then sporadically through fall.
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Its name comes from the bright yellow blossoms that seem to flower continuously.
With a honey-like fragrance, the blossoms make excellent cut flowers.
This climber looks equally nice against walls or structures.
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It blooms profusely over a long period and does not seem to mind a little shade.
It is an easy-care ground cover rose.
Beautiful white, pompom-shaped blossoms are shaded with a soft pink.
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‘Iceberg’ Rose
Rosa floribunda’Iceberg' has long been the standard for measuring other floribundas.
It lives up to the floribunda category with many icy-white buds that open into double rose blossoms.
This Knock Out rose, also known as Radrazz orRosax ‘Radrazz,’ is disease-resistant and easy to grow.
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It is also drought-tolerant, surviving and even thriving in the most devastating dry and humid summers.
It is a tangerine-colored blooming machine.
Blooming will not be so abundant in partial shade, but it should not disappoint.
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This compact, everblooming plant is ideal for low borders or as a specimen in any landscape.
It blooms from early summer through fall.
It makes a lovely, bushy shrub with large (4- to 5-inch) blooms.
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Expect ‘New Dawn’ to bloom in the spring and again in late summer.
It can be grown as a shrub or as aclimbing rose.
It is a relatively new rose that first attracted attention because of its provocative name.
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A continual blooming floribunda, ‘Passionate Kisses’ has salmon-colored blossoms that light up in part shade.
This compact rose is a good candidate for borders andcontainers.
‘Playboy’ Rose
Some rosarians say this is the best shade-tolerant rose next to the Knock Out.
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Glossy green foliage offsets the large, orange-scarlet, semi-double blooms.
A 1989 Gold Medal winner, the Playboy has very good disease resistance.
It is sometimes known by another trademark namedRosa’Cheerio.'
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‘Seafoam’ Rose (Rosa floribunda ‘Seafoam’)
Rosa floribunda’Seafoam' was first developed in 1963.
It is used as mounding ground cover or landscape rose but can also be trained as a short climber.
The persistent mass of white blooms gave rise to its name.
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It is extremely cold hardy and adaptable.
‘Seafoam’ works great as an edging plant or in mass plantings.
Its canes can be easily trained and trellised.
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Deep cerise-pink blooms and an old-fashioned rose fragrance have kept this Bourbon climber growing in gardens for decades.
Although it accommodates shade, it is prone to fungal problems in high humidity.
Growing Tip
Roses need the sun to produce flowers.
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Miniature roses prefer full sun and can only tolerate partial shade.
They require at least four hours of full sun to produce roses.
A Quick Guide to Pruning Roses.University of Maryland Extension
Rosa ‘Zephirine Drouhin’.Missouri Botanical Garden
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