Floribunda, Shrub Rose 'Bonica'

I've had the Bonica for several years, each year I prune it lightly. This year, I guess I didn't prune it enough: it is so loaded with bl...Read Moreooms that it's collapsed onto the rest of the garden. When it rains the branches nearly touch the ground. I've tried tying it up, but it just keeps growing and budding, so I can't cut off all the buds. Would it take a hard pruning this fall and still live? Has anyone else had this problem? Otherwise, the most indestructible (and always-blooming rose) in my garden. Just wish it had a stronger scent.

A tough, vigorous rose. Relatively pest-free and flowers with abundance from late spring until frost. Hips are attractive in winter. Sh...Read Moreould be cut back and shaped in early spring to maintain good form.

I love this rose. I wanted a rose that would make a shrub border in front of the house. This has been a problem area, since it only gets ...Read Moreabout 3 hrs of sun in the late afternoon. I had tried ballerina which is suppose to be very shade tolerant. It did okay, but the color of the rose turned out to be almost white when it is usually a nice medium pink. I then tried Bonica and it has done very well, blooming consistently beautiful pink flowers. It may get a few less flowers in this area but not enough to make a difference in the beauty of the bush.

My rose bush has been blooming all spring! It's July and I still see buds forming. Love watching the rose open and the bloom is beautiful...Read More.

Quickly becoming my favorite rose to photograph and to grow (edging out my Mae!)

A terrific shrub rose. Very good disease resistance, cold hardiness and vigor. An attractive plant with pleasing small pink roses. Near...Read Moreest thing to a plant it and forget it rose.

From HGTV.com's list of carefree roses by Mary C. Weaver

'Bonica': A sweetheart of a rose, 'Bonica' combines both virtue a...Read Morend popularity. It was the first cultivar in the shrub group to win AARS honors (in 1987), and its success helped create a market for the many easy-care shrubs now available. The green-apple-scented blooms are small, cupped, double rosettes with medium-pink centers and lighter edges, borne in graceful clusters. If not deadheaded, 'Bonica' sets hips in fall. She's constantly in bloom, with small, dark, semiglossy, disease-resistant foliage. Give her some afternoon shade in warm climates: blooms fade to white in hotter regions. Hardy to Zone 4 or 5. Vigorous, upright, somewhat spreading shrub, reaching 3 to 5 feet in height.

This is a gorgeous rose bush that performs all summer long with multiple blooms. My rose bush has had so many blooms at once that you ca...Read Moren't see the foliage.