Help me ID this gas station rose

18 years ago

This hedge of roses seemed to bloom non-stop all summer. At one point there were so many blooms I could hardly see the foliage. The gas station owner doesn't know what kind they are. They survive our zone 4a winter with no protection, and seem to be completely disease resistant. They also have tons of hips that turn orangish red.

I thought they might be Prairie Joy?

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kristin_flower
Original Author
18 years ago
....or might it be Carefree Beauty?
garden2garden
18 years ago
It sure does look like my Katy Road Pink (aka Carefree Beauty). The bloom color, leaves, growth habit, the disease resistance and the very orange hips. In fact I had never seen the bloom of KRP when I bought it, I fell in love with the hips.
I'm in z8 and I see you are in z4, so I looked it up and almost all the places I looked say it is hardy to z4 and maybe beyond.
I love the pictures of that Prairie Joy. I will have to look into that one. KRP does so well for me, that one looks like it might too.
I noticed that KRP has Prairie Princess as the pollen parent and Prairie Joy has it as the seed parent.

Here is a link that might be useful: KRP at HMF
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kristin_flower
Original Author
18 years ago
Garden2garden - I believe you are correct about it being KRP aka Carefree Beauty. I'm going to add this rose (or a few) to my garden next spring. Prairie Joy seems like an excellent rose as well. I'm surprised no one seems to mention it much on the Rose forums.
garden2garden
18 years ago
Kristen flowers- In case you haven't seen it yet, there's a thread at the Rose Gallery you'll be interested in. Pictures and information from a gal who's growing some gorgeous cold hardy roses in z4 NH, including a lovely pic of Prairie Joy. I've included the link here.

Here is a link that might be useful: cold hardy roses