How do I go about identifying roses?

Answer by  lorel (274)

Visit your local rose garden often enough, and you will enter into a first-name relationship with the more common varieties. For less common ones, the web is invaluable.

Answer by  Latin4 (11170)

The best way to do this is buy a rose manual. This will be helpful to determine what roses can be grown in your zone and identify them.

Answer by  Supermom (107)

There are several ways to go about identifying roses. Roses are recognized based on color, size of the bush, fragrance, petal count, size of the bloom, growth patterns, and resistence to fungus. A good book with photos will help, or you can take a clipping to a nursery for identification.

Answer by  Sylvia (759)

It is necessary to determine which family the rose belongs to. Miniatures, climbers, shrubs, tree roses etc. Then review other features such as the cane, with or without thorns, aroma and leaf features and compare this information with a good botanical book.