If you've never considered growing roses before because you think they require sprays and pampering to keep them in bloom, then you might want to reconsider that decision.
There are three types of roses that are Texas tough. They look good when they are in bloom, and when they are not in bloom they look good as shrubs.
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Skip Richter has your common sense tip on Texas tough roses.
 
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They also make good additions to your landscape and are a part of the Texas superstar collection.
• Knockout is an outstanding rose that gets about five feet tall, at the maximum. It's a good shrub you can prune it to about three feet and keep it there pretty well. The blooms are a hot cherry red color that fades to pink. The Foliage is outstanding; it starts out as a burgundy color and fades to a deep green color. The rose is almost completely disease free rose. You'll never have to spray it because it's an all-American selection that grows well in Texas.
• The second type of Rose is Belinda's Dream. It's the closest thing to the perfect rose. It's a great shrub that is quite disease resistant. It has beautiful typical rose shaped blooms that are a beautiful pink color. They are also quite fragrant.
• The third type is the Marie Daly rose and it's a sport off of the old antique rose called Marie Pavie. The Daly is a pinker form of that makes a smaller bush that could even fit in a large container. It is almost thorn free,
it doesn't have any thorns on the stems but it does have some minor prickles on the backs of leaves.
All three of the roses look good even when they are not in bloom, with health foliage and good shrub form.
