It upsets me that this rose is not more widely grown in my area. I see tons of Knock Outs in every garden center and I have NEVER seen a Living Easy when its by far the most outstanding performer here, putting all the Knock Outs to shame!

Hi, you are not wrong your rose plant looks like Easy Does it to me. I have only six roses and limited experience. I had both roses and my living easy died due to winter in 2014. Easy Does It blooms a lot and it has mixed pink tones. Living easy stays orange and blooms less than Easy does it rose. Living easy blooms have little cup shape like English roses. Easy does it has more of hybrid tea look. Living easy stems look thin and Easy does it stems looks hybrid tea. Below two pictures are of living easy and the last one is easy does it plant.

No matter which one it is, it's beautiful!

Living Easy did not do well here... D. Knockout does...

LE lost a lot of leaves to blackspot and Anthracnose here so

had to SP it... I've heard LE performs great in some areas but not others... I

really liked that rose too!

I've never grown Living Easy, but I do have Easy Does It and I like it very much, except for one thing--it's one of the most cold tender roses I grow. It 2014, it got knocked back so badly from the cold, it's still not the size it was when I first planted it. I got smart and cold protected it this year. Diane

Easy Does It

SoFL - you can still brag! Great pics no matter what the name!

Diane, that is beautiful!

Jim, Livin' Easy (aka Fellowship) also blackspots a bit here but not that bad to have made me think about getting rid of it. Gives such a wonderful show - the colour is so intense!

Living Easy might bloom better in warmer weather. SoFl your rose plant is beautiful.

Diane and Sharlene very nice pictures of your roses.

Jasmine, you are very perceptive--more than I am. I posted those two pics late last night, and got to thinking the first one didn't look right. The second photo is, indeed, Easy Does It, but the first photo has got to be Augusta Luise, accidentally filed incorrectly. AL has more petals, frillier petals, and the real tip off is the opening bud in the first pic, which is way too frilly and doesn't look a thing like Easy Does It buds.

My apologies to all of you. Diane

Another shot of Easy Does It. Diane

All great pics of everyones roses! :-)

Livin Easy... Ours was own-root from RU... Grew very quickly into a 4 ft x 4ft bush by end of second season.

OUR EASY DOES IT: ownroot from RU

No Problem Diane. Thank you for introducing another beautiful rose to me. I just started growing roses and I spend way too much observing my few roses. I was thinking may be my Easy does it blooms differ because of soil or fertilizer I use. Now I will look for adding your beautiful AL rose to our little home garden. I miss my Living Easy rose as it died. I have added Eden and Cherry Parfait roses. Looking forward for spring. Post more pictures and I will add more roses.

Nice pictures Jim and Diane.

Thanks, Jasmine for your nice words. It appears that "Easy Does It" should be called "Easy Mixup It". Both Easy Does It and Augusta Luise have really variable coloring for me--from almost orange to light apricot blends. I hope Augusta Luise becomes available again for those who want it. It was sold by Palatine for a short time at the end of 2015, and then it disappeared and doesn't seem to be available anywhere else (except Europe, of course).

I just want to say that all these photos are gorgeous, both Livin Easy and Easy Does It. Which do you like better, Jim, EDI or LE? I realize you don't have LE anymore, which is a shame. Is Easy Does It susceptible to cold damage for all of you in cold zones? Mine is pretty delicate, cold-wise, which has surprised me. But isn't it a Harkness rose? I've read they aren't very cold hardy. Diane

EDI is more cold hardy, continuous bloom, heat tolerant. Stems stay mostly green and thick, not for vase. My rose bed is north facing and receives more afternoon sun. I bought by EDI as potted plant. Tall bush than LE.

LE is less cold hardy, repeat bloom, weak stems, fades badly in afternoon sun. But blooms are orange and pretty and little cup shape like English roses. I did not protect it so it died.

EDI gets more attention because of no of blooms and continuous bloom better than knockouts. JB's love both same.

My LE is very hybrid tea like in form for a short while. Then it opens to a frilly shape that's reminiscent of semi double blooms which is also attractive. I'm very smitten with it mostly because no other rose has performed as well in South Florida as of yet. And I grow over 150 varieties

Nanadoll,

I've only had our Easy Does it one season so have no idea how cold hardy yet. Only time will tell...

I'll answer your do I like LE or EDI best question in about 2 years...lol

Thanks for clarifying SoFl. I assumed it was indoor lighting and/or camera that caused this rose to appear differently.

Living Easy is a tangerine bloomer here. The color of a dark Halo tangerine.

I planted one Easy Does It in 2014, which was the standout best bloomer of my garden. It had no winter protection other than snow, which of course was substantial last year, and it does make for very good insulation. The result was that my EDI was cane hardy.

I was so impressed that I bought more in 2015, and I was surprised that the nursery, which specializes in hardy plants, cautioned me that these would need winter protection.

Yes, ratdogheads, it is puzzling about Easy Does It and cold hardiness. I noticed it was mentioned that Living Easy was less cold hardy that EDI earlier in this thread, but my EDI is one of my most tender roses, right behind Angel Face, which needs to be replanted more deeply in another spot. I only have about five roses that I consider tender: both my Love Song, Easy Does It, Augusta Luise, Angel Face, and to a lesser degree, Frederic Mistral, and Young Lycidas, which I never protect. So I'm surprised how well your EDI does in your zone 5 garden, ratdogheads. EDI got knocked back last year so badly, with no protection, that it's still smaller than when I first planted out of the pot. Diane

I have 4 EDIs now and I'll be interested to see how they do this year. When I told the folks at the nursery that mine had been so hardy they looked dubious, so it did make me question if my experience was unusual.

When I had LE it went through two winters...Had roughly 6"-10" of cane left after those winters... Seemed to grow back fast though...

I'll let everyone know how our EDI does through winters here.

I found one more orange/pink combo Mardigras rose plant also looking like Easy does it in some pictures. I do not know if is cold hardy. Anyone in cold zones grow it successfully?

ratdogheads.....My EDI's have come back every year without protection. Got mine the first year they were available.

Easy does it is also one of my favorites. It is always blooming

Sometimes it is really orange and sometimes more pink and orange but always beautiful

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I've never grown Living Easy but it is beautiful as well. I love those unfussy roses

I had LE several years ago. Same outcome as that described by Jim ( above). Too much black spot defoliation. Even with spraying ( this was some time ago).

I have two easy does it , one on each side of my entry way . this year one of them looked like it has rosetta desease . i cut that cane off at ground level. hoping i caught it in time . i might have to replace it this year. we will see . love that rose!