Not sure if I'm supposed to post this here, but I have a question about this rose. I just bought a Carefree Wonder shrub rose & it seems ...Read Moreto be very thorny. I have never owned a CW rose before so I was wondering if this was normal or symptom of a problem like rosette disease. Thanks in advance
My landscaper planted it this summer, it already grew 3 feet and have a dozen of buds and flowers within a month. I also planted livin-ea...Read Moresy rose as well,they did not bloom like this.
I have these up both sides of my driveway and they do beautifully. I have horrid clay soil but these guys do really well. I have about...Read More 12 of them and did have two go back to graft and one became sterile (after 15+ years) so I dug them out and am in the process of replacing them. I do deadhead them and will be doing a soak with straight Merit this year to keep the Jap Beetles away. GREAT rose!!!
Philipsburg, PA (Zone 5b) | September 2007 | positive
This rose has done very well for me in north central PA. This year (2007) we had a seriously frigid winter followed by an icy cold spring...Read More and then a summer drought - which adversely affected a number of my other roses and perennials, but Carefree Wonder has performed beautifully. Even the (blankety-blank) horde of Japanese beetles couldn't keep up with the blooms.
Purchased bare-root from Park Wholesale's fabulous end-of-spring-season sale in 2006. Planted facing East, protected from the Westerly winds. Fertilized with horse manure and loosely mulched.
Not sure if I'm supposed to post this here, but I have a question about this rose. I just bought a Carefree Wonder shrub rose & it seems ...Read More
My landscaper planted it this summer, it already grew 3 feet and have a dozen of buds and flowers within a month. I also planted livin-ea...Read More
I have these up both sides of my driveway and they do beautifully. I have horrid clay soil but these guys do really well. I have about...Read More
This plant doesn't do as well for me here in clayey Zone 5 Indiana as has Carefree Beauty.
It looked good its first year, ...Read More
This rose has done very well for me in north central PA. This year (2007) we had a seriously frigid winter followed by an icy cold spring...Read More
Bred in France. Won the All-America Rose Selection in 1991, and the Modern Shrub Rose four times from 1999-2001.
Parentage...Read More