SHRUB ROSES
Shrub roses, especially when compared with traditional varieties, are impressive for many reasons: their natural disease-resistance, their willingness to grow in a variety of climates with a minimum of attention from the gardener, their compact growth habit of 4' tall and 4' wide (very little pruning required), not to mention the great beauty of their flowers, which are borne consistently over a very long season.
Coming in all shapes and sizes, shrub and landscape roses work well in any landscape. Landscape roses grow close to the ground, like ground cover, and have a very spreading habit.