New 2025 Rose Varieties for NW Gardeners
Every year in February, we receive HUGE deliveries of over 300 rose varieties, including David Austin, Hybrid Tea, Floribunda, Grandiflora, Shrub, Climbing roses - and more! This year, we have several exciting varieties we haven’t carried before, some new to the industry and others new to Sky.
For growing advice and information on different types of roses, check out Sky's rose webpage, which also has the complete list of Sky Nursery roses for 2025. You can search the list by name, type, color or even identify varieties that have been recommended by the Seattle Rose Society.
As always, our team of tree and shrub experts are out in the field, ready to answer any questions and concerns to help ensure that you enjoy thriving, beautiful roses for years to come.
NEW HYBRID TEA VARIETIES
A large blossom on a long single stem. The classic romantic rose. A cross between hybrid perpetual roses and old-fashioned tea roses. They are considered the most popular rose in the world and perhaps the most popular flower. Upright, well-branching habit.
'Angelic Veil'
6 ft tall x 3 ft wide | Upright, Spreading Habit from Weeks Roses
New to Sky this year, is this lovely 'picotee' rose with pale to vibrant pink edges on 3-4” blooms. It has a fruity/citrus scent and makes for a great cut flower. Quite disease-resistant, it will bloom repeatedly from late spring to early fall with good care and the right conditions. Angelic Veil does well in full sun and partial shade and prefers well draining soil.
'Loves Me, Loves Me Not'
5ft tall, 2-3ft wide | Upright Compact Habit from Star Roses
With over 200+ petals per bloom, this full, ruffled rose has a rich deep pink color and a strong scent of gardenia, lilac and pineapple. A repeat bloomer, its compact growth habit makes it a great container or patio rose and a lovely choice for cut flower arrangements. It does best in full sun and well draining soil.
NEW FLORIBUNDA VARIETIES
This variety's small flowers have the appearance of elegant hybrid tea blooms but they are grouped together in clusters instead of one flower to a stem. They are a smaller plant than hybrid teas, but often larger than the shrub roses.
'Time After Time'
2-3 ft tall 3 ft wide | Upright Spreading Habit, from Weeks Roses
This newly minted rose for 2025 has bright green leaves that form a backdrop for full coral pink blossoms in a lovely display that blooms repeatedly from late spring to early fall with good care. Time After Time has a lightly fruity scent and high resistance to powdery mildew and rust, common NW rose stressors. Prefers full sun and slightly acidic soil.
'Garden Flame Sunbelt'
4 ft high x 2-3 ft wide | Bushy, upright habit from Star Roses
This rose has a fun surprise as each bloom ages! Buds start deep yellow and transition though orange into deep red as the colors shift from inside to the outer petal edges. With a profusion of repeat blooming clusters, you'll enjoy an intriguing multicolored effect on the whole bush from spring to fall. Though it has only a slight scent, it makes a great cut flower in home arrangements.
'Preference'
3-4 ft tall x 2-3 ft wide | Very compact habit from Star Roses
Preference offers classic scarlet blooms on a background of dense, dark green foliage. Its compact growth makes it great for containers, patio planters, and those hard-to-reach corners of the garden. It prefers full sun and will bloom all summer in good conditions. This rose has been proving itself since it was first released 2003, but this year is the first opportunity to get it here at Sky.
NEW GRANDIFLORA
Grandifloras are the results of crossing a floribunda with a hybrid tea rose. They're one of the most popular rose types, especially known for large, showy blooms that make great cut flowers. They have the flower form of a hybrid tea rose but in clusters like a floribunda and are generally larger plants than hybrid teas.
'Tiamo'
5 ft high x 2-3 ft wide | Bushy habit, from Star Roses
This old-fashioned, double-bloomer offers classic 'truly rose red' blooms with dark green leaves. Tiamo has great disease and heat resistance and it will thrive in a full-sun location. This rose is also a great choice for cut flower arrangements, as so many grandifloras are, because of its small, upright flower clusters that still provide an overall shrubby/bushy look in the garden.
NEW SHRUB ROSES
Highly prolific roses with shrubby, branching growth habit. Shrub roses are usually the most disease-resistant, hardy, and much lower maintenance than other roses. Excellent in the landscape.
True Bloom Series™
'True Sincerity' - 2-4 ft around
'True Friendship' - 2-4 ft around
'True Love' - 3ft high x 2 ft wide
These three are part of a well-known series that's new to Sky. They've been developed by world-renowned rose breeder Ping Lim to meet a few key characteristics that rose gardeners are always after: lovely looks, an ability to thrive in a variety of climates, and no-fuss care.
All three varieties are repeat bloomers with mild to medium fragrance. 'True Sincerity' is a multicolored rose blooming in shades of yellows and pinks while 'True Friendship' has a cheerful bright yellow blossom and 'True Love,' a classic deep red. They are all fairly compact plants that do best with at least 6 hours of direct sunlight, in well-drained soil with light acidity. They make lovely cut flowers and can be trained easily in borders and hedges.
NEW MINIATURE ROSE
Easy Charmer
20-28 inches | Upright, full bushy habit from Weeks Roses
This one comes to us from the 'Easy to Love' series with clusters of fragrant fuschia-lavender blooms, often described as citrusy or fruity. The blossoms are full, around 1.5-2.5” diameter, and it will continue to bud all summer long. It has excellent disease resistance and, as is true with all mini roses, makes a great container or patio plant. Plant in full sun and well draining soil.
NEW CLIMBING ROSE
Fly So High
10-12 ft | Fast growing, from Weeks Roses
Just released for 2025, we're excited to offer this striking climber with classically shaped blooms streaked with bold painterly splashes of white and magenta. A robust and fast grower with subtle fruity scented blooms you can enjoy from late spring to fall. This variety does well in full sun and even partial shade and is easy to maintain.
For more rose varieties, check our complete rose list - we do our best to have a little something for everyone and every garden. We look forward to seeing you this spring!
Please Keep in Mind - Availability for a large nursery like ours can change on a daily basis. If you see something you like on our site, always feel free to give us a call before coming out to confirm that it's still in stock.