Hybrid Tea

• Hybrid tea roses are among the most common types of modern rosebushes, but may only be semi-hardy in Oklahoma. These roses start flowering in May and continue until the first frost. Protect hybrid tea roses from winter weather to preserve their beauty for the next year.
  
  

Floribunda

• These roses look much like smaller hybrid tea roses, but are much hardier against Oklahoma winters. They also need significantly less maintenance, producing a vigorous bush that blooms prolifically. Use these roses in beds, as a shrub border or in pots.
  
  

Tree Roses

• As their name implies, these rose bushes are roughly tree-shaped. Made from a heavy rootstock with a bush cultivar grafted on several feet above the ground, these roses are only semi-hardy in Oklahoma. They work well in containers, however, and can simply be taken indoors for the winter.
  
  

Grandiflora

• Grandiflora roses offer a flower that looks like a hybrid tea rose, but on shorter stems and in large clusters. Grandiflora roses work well in mass plantings and for cut flowers, and produce large, vigorous plants with good hardiness.
  
  

Polyantha

• According to Oklahoma State University, these roses are well-adapted to Oklahoma growing conditions and produce small, vigorous bushes with big clusters of flowers only about an inch across. Polyantha roses require little maintenance to stay attractive and healthy.
  
  

Ramblers

• These roses grow enthusiastically, producing up to 20 feet of new climbing growth per season. They have small clusters of dainty flowers on the previous season's growth. These roses are hardy in Oklahoma winters, but need careful attention to prevent mildew damage.
  
  

Pillar Roses

• Also called everblooming climbers, these roses grow more slowly than ramblers. A good choice for smaller gardens, pillar roses flower heavily in the spring and sometimes again in fall. Pillar roses are disease resistant and hardy in winter.
  
  

Ground Cover

• These roses produce long canes like climbing varieties, but tend to trail on the ground. They produce small, strongly fragrant blooms in the late spring and are quite hardy. Ground cover roses require regular trimming to keep them from overflowing their beds, but work well when planted along walls and banks.