Is there a kind of rose bush that blooms off and on all year? If so, what's the name of it.?

Question

If there's more than one kind, I'd like to know as many as possible. Thanks

Answer 1

I noticed several people mentioned Knock Out. That is an excellent choice. You might also want to consider several other varieties of "Earthkind" roses. Those are roses that require little care and many of them bloom from early spring to late fall or even into the winter. I've planted Knockout and also Livin' Easy and Carefree Beauty. I'm getting ready to plant Metabilis. None should require any fungicide, fertilizer or pesticide spraying.

Answer 2

Pretty much all roses bloom continuously all season Spring through Autumn, but none bloom all year unless you live in a climate that is warm year round. There are roses that bloom only once in a season and those are your ramblers and climbers. However, quite a few of the ramblers and climbers have been bred to repeat flower and you can find this out by reading the description of the rose you like. Here are a couple of my favorite rose breeders and a site that is all about roses.
http://www.davidaustinroses.com/american/
http://www.heirloomroses.com/cgi/browse.cgi?page=item&cat=13&item=248
http://www.helpmefind.com/Roses/

Answer 3

don't know of any that bloom all year. But, when a rose flower is done blooming, pull the head off. It will snap the branch back about 3" Then another shoot will come up and it will bloom again. Just keep pulling off the old blooms and you will make the blooming season last much longer.

Answer 4

My Cecile brunner, Old Blush, Prosperity, and Louis Phillipe are all old garden roses and are repeat bloomers, blooming continuously throughout the growing season.

Answer 5

What you are asking about is remontant roses. These are roses that repeat with a second flush of blossoms or after their first flush have a small series of blooms continuously until frost. Remontancy was introduced with the Asian hybrids made with Rosa chinensis. Roses descended from this line include Bourbons, Chinas, Hybrid Perpetuals, Noisettes, Teas, Floribundas, Hybrid Teas, Climbing Hybrid Teas and remontant Shrub Roses.

For Old Garden roses look at Hybrid Perpetuals like 'General Jacqueminot' (crimson) or 'Mrs. John Laing' but they are prone to black spot. http://www.rdrop.com/~paul/perpetuals/laing.html
'Rose de Rescht' is a Damask perpetual that is only 4' tall. Damask roses are noted for their splendid perfume and this one is exceptional. http://www.pswdistrict.org/text/articles/romnov04.html
My favorite color changing rose is 'Mutabilis' whose single blossoms open with soft orange blooms that first flush to peach and then start to darken with lacquer-red that finishes a deep, muted red. The will be hundreds in all shades blooming at once. I have seen one trained into a tree at Dunn gardens but mine is freestanding at about 11'. Modern color changing roses include , 'Flutterbye and 'Joseph's Coat' .http://www.weeksroses.com/flutterbye.php
http://www.rdrop.com/~paul/chinas/eugene.html

Almost all modern roses are remontant. It is the rare exception like Austin's 'Constance Spry' that is once flowering but it remains a very popular rose. I recommend 'Ann Boleyn', 'Molineux', or 'Pat Austin' from David Austin.
However other rose breeder's produce vigorous and fragrant roses also. Tom Carruth of Weeks has created 'Hot Cocoa', 'Raven', 'Ebb Tide' & 'Midnight Blue'.
Carruth's 'Gourmet Popcorn' is well named with hundreds of tiny white blossoms daintily centered with a dab of butter yellow. http://www.weeksroses.com/FragrantRoses.php

True Tea Roses are most useful in southern climates where it it zone 9 or warmer. Also true with the Noisettes mostly but a few are hardy to zone 8. Crépuscule is easily grown in zone 8. http://www.rdrop.com/~paul/noisettes/index.html

Answer 6

"Knock out" - they bloom continuously are the most disease resistant

Answer 7

"knockout" or "nearly wild"