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Help me ID this flower bush

3 years ago

These bushes are outside of one of my doctors office building. They are beautiful. They may be some sort of a rose, but I am not sure:




debra

Comments (15)

  • 3 years ago

    Forever Pink?

    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked Helen B. Denver Area 6a
  • 3 years ago

    Looks like Pink KnockOut.



    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
  • 3 years ago

    Difficult to offer a cultivar name (I have a similar one called Smarty) as I am less familiar with rose varieties in the US. Try HelpMeFind...the most useful site for rose ID

    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked rosaprimula UK (Cambridge) Z8/9
  • 3 years ago

    Definitely looks more like a groundcover rose and not a knockout. Forever pink does look very similar.

    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked dianela7analabama
  • 3 years ago

    Looks like Pink Knock Out to me as well. The hybridizer is from this area and Knock Outs are everywhere.

    tj

    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
  • 3 years ago

    The only distinguishing characteristic of a "groundcover" rose is its ultimate height and sprawling, spreading manner of growth. The OP's photos do not really indicate a very compact nor a sprawling habit. They look too tall and upright to be formally classified as a groundcover. To be honest, they could be any of several single or semidouble landscape roses - Pink KnockOuts tend to be the most heavily planted variety.

    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
  • 3 years ago

    Carefree Delight?

    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked smithdale1z8pnw
  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    I thought maybe carefree delight too but knockouts are so popular at commercial loccations because they are lower maintenance. I would wander in and ask the doctor’s office staff if they happen to know. Or maybe they can connect you with the property manager if they rent the space.

    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked kellie_dyslin
  • 3 years ago

    Thanks everyone! If they’re low maintenance, I can see why an office would have them…..they must be somewhat drought resistant as we have not had much rain recently. Either that or maintenance is watering when needed.

    debra

  • 3 years ago

    I have a similar looking small coral rose and it was labeled "Drift Rose". Not sure if it is a variety of Knock Out or not. I should have Googled. I've had it for quite a few years and it blooms all summer, stays pretty much 2' wide by 2" high.

    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked schoolhouse_gwagain
  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    Boy does that rose look like Carefree Delight. It's a great rose, too. I've seen it grown on a 4' fence, filling it about 8' across. That's just one bush, growing up the fence and spreading across it 4' in each direction. It covered both fence sides, but heavier growth was made on the south facing side of the fence. When the spring flush came (and CD was mature), 1000 open blooms plus could be counted.

    I gifted Carefree Delight to an avid gardener friend and she grows it like a climber also, but a little differently than the above CD. Her back deck is covered with wooden slats overhead with gaps between then slats. The rose climbs up the side of the deck, reaches the 'roof,' slats and spreads out. It is quite dramatic! A Sweet Autumn Clematis climbs up to the slt roof from the opposite side and complements Carefree Delight.

    Mosesa

    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked Moses, Pitt PA, cold W & hot-humid S, z6
  • 3 years ago

    Wow! I looked up all three varieties mentioned and I can’t tell them apart!

    debra

  • 3 years ago

    TTherher is a Pink Drift,but the bloom form and growth habit looks quite different.

    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    The flower size of Carefree Delight is small, 2", cupped, edged red with lt. pink petals, and the flower center is prominently lighter, almost white. The flowers come in large cluster, 20+ buds at times.

    Pink Knock Out blooms in clusters, not normally over 8 buds, though. The flower form of CD is refined, cupped and colored distinctively, unlike PKO's blooms that open looser and are self medium pink. They're also twice the size of CD blooms.

    If I had to choose which rose is more refined yet tough as nails, it would be Carefree Delight.

    Moses

    djacob Z6a SE WI thanked Moses, Pitt PA, cold W & hot-humid S, z6