The following are the most popular and most commonly used in the home garden.

The hybrid tea rose is the most popular, blooming more or less continuously from late spring until frost. Excellent for cut flowers and most have fragrance. This type needs winter protection in colder and exposed area.

The floribunda roses give a continuous cluster of flowers from late spring to late fall. They are hardier than hybrid teas and are good for mass plantings or low hedges.

The grandiflora roses are long-slemmed, hardy plants. Growing tall, the grandiflora makes a nice background plant.

Other varieties of interest include miniature, climber, landscape (shrub) and tree roses.