10 Beautiful New Roses to Grow for 2018

Don’t be surprised if rose catalogs show up in your mailbox before holiday cards. Order soon, and the bare root plants will ship at the right planting time for your area. We're giving you a sneak peek of ten new varieties, but if the rose you want isn't online yet, check the seller's website for updates in January. You'll also find lots of new roses in garden centers early next year.

Combine a fragrant hybrid tea with a disease-resistant landscape rose, and you’ve got ‘At Last,’ a 2018 introduction from Proven Winners. The vigorous shrubs have a rounded growth habit and produce big, sunset-orange flowers almost non-stop until frost. Hardy in zones 5-9, the easy-care plants don’t need spraying. Prune them back by about one-third of their height each year in early spring.

Short on garden space? Need a pop of bright color? Try ‘Plum Perfect,’ a compact floribunda that bears clusters of plum-colored flowers throughout the summer. The double, ruffled blooms measure just under 3 inches long, and they’re backed by shiny, dark green foliage. The plants grow to 3 feet high, tolerate heat and humidity and are hardy in zones 5-9.

‘Imogen,’ a shrub rose from English breeder David Austin, has a button eye like the ones in old roses (a class of roses grown before hybrid teas appeared around 1867). Its lemon-yellow buds open to frilly flowers that gradually become cream-colored. Michael Marriott, an Austin rose expert, recommends growing it alongside soft blue and lilac-colored perennials. This sweet rose smells like a mixture of fresh apples and almonds with a dash of musk and cloves. Grow it in zones 5-9 and expect flowers from early summer until frost.

Spice up your landscape with Oso Easy 'Hot Paprika', an update of an older groundcover rose, Oso Easy 'Paprika'. This new variety bears continuously from summer to fall, with vivid orange blooms on plants that reach one to two feet tall. The low-growing shrubs are disease resistant and very cold tolerant, growing even in zone 3. Don’t worry about deadheading the faded flowers; just cut the plants back by half their height each year in early spring. They're great in containers, borders and beds or as edging plants.