Selecting Roses That are Pink
A catch-all term for several hardy, low-maintenance shrub roses, these types of pink roses bloom over a long season:
Pink Home Run – Hot pink
Sunrise, Sunset – Blend of fuchsia-pink and apricot
Ballerina – Small, fragrant pink roses with white eyes
Carefree Wonder – Semi-double blooms of deep pink
John Cabot – Mildly fragrant, double blooms of deep fuchsia pink
These classic hybrid tea pink rose varieties bear large, high centered blossoms on long, elegant stems:
Memorial Day – Classic, orchid pink with old-fashioned fragrance
Pink Promise – Double to full blooms of soft, pale pink
Grande Dame – Very fragrant, deep rosy-pink blooms
Falling in Love – Fragrant rose of warm pink and creamy white
New Zealand – Large blooms of soft, warm pink
Hardy, upright floribundas were created by crossing hybrid teas with polyanthas and produce clusters of large blossoms on each stem:
Brilliant Pink Iceberg – Sweet-smelling roses are a blend of warm pink and white
Easy Does It – Lightly fragrant blooms of honey apricot and peachy pink
Betty Prior – Slightly fragrant, single, pink blooms
Sexy Rexy – Large clusters of cotton candy pink roses, slightly scented
Tickled Pink – Lightly fragrant, light pink, ruffled roses
The tall, vigorous grandifloras were created by crossing hybrid teas and floribundas. These bear roses in large clusters:
Queen Elizabeth – Popular rose with large, silvery-pink flowers
Fame! – Prolific bloomer with raspberry-red flowers
All Dressed Up – Classic, old-fashioned rose with big, medium pink flowers
Miss Congeniality – Double white blooms with pink edges
Dick Clark – Creamy roses edged in vibrant, cherry pink
Polyantha roses that are pink form on compact bushes that produce large sprays of small roses:
The Fairy – Graceful clusters of double, light pink roses
China Doll – Double pom-pom roses of China rose pink; stems are nearly thorn less
Pretty Polly – Massive clusters of deep pink roses
La Marne – Single to semi-double roses of light pink edged in salmon, slightly fragrant
Pink Pet – Nearly thornless plant with double, lilac-pink roses
Pink rose varieties also include climbers: Climbing roses don’t actually climb, but produce long canes that can be trained on a trellis, fence, or other support:
Cecile Brunner – Large sprays of small, silvery pink roses with a sweet, light fragrance
Candyland – Huge clusters of rosy pink, white-striped blooms
New Dawn – Sweetly fragrant, silvery pink blooms
Pearly Gates – Large, double blooms of pastel pink
Nozomi – Climbing miniature rose with sprays of pearly pink blooms
