Carefree Delight™ Bare Root Rose Bush

$35.00

$49.00

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Bare Root - Bush - 2 Year Budded - Grade #1

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About Carefree Delight™ Bare Root Rose Bush

Rosa ‘MEIpotal’ — Carefree Delight™
🌹 A shrub rose from Meilland / Meidiland breeding

Carefree Delight™ is a radiant, low-maintenance shrub rose that lives up to its name — offering delightful, single to semi-double pink blooms clustered across spreading, glossy green foliage. Its gentle charm, reliability, and easy care make it a wonderful choice for borders, mixed beds, containers, or cottage-style gardens where effortless beauty is desired.

💐 Plant & Flower Traits

🌸 Bloom Color: Soft salmon-pink to rose-pink petals, with a subtle white eye and bright yellow stamens — giving each blossom a fresh, delicate look.
🌿 Bloom Form: Single to semi-double, cupped-to-flat flowers born in loose clusters on short stems.
📏 Bloom Size: Typically 2–3 inches wide (about 5–7 cm).
🔁 Flowering: Reliable and abundant — blooms in flushes from late spring through fall, often producing clusters repeatedly with minimal intervention.
🌿 Foliage: Glossy medium-green leaves that stay healthy and attractive, giving a clean backdrop to the soft pink blooms.

🏡 Growth & Garden Habits

🌱 Growth Habit: Dense, spreading shrub with arching stems — forms a generous mound and works beautifully as a ground-hugging rose or informal hedge.
↕️ Height: Approximately 2–3 ft (60–90 cm) tall at maturity.
↔️ Width / Spread: 3–5 ft (90–150 cm) wide — ideal for filling space, edging beds, or creating a soft rose carpet effect.
☀️ Sun Needs: Full sun — for best bloom production and healthiest foliage.
🌎 Hardiness: Reliable in a broad range of climates (USDA zones ~5–10), adaptable and garden-tough in many regions.

🛡️ Health & Suitability

✅ Disease Resistance: Known for good overall disease tolerance — remains healthy and low-maintenance even with minimal care.
🐝 Wildlife Friendly: Its open, single blooms attract bees and pollinators, making it a great choice for pollinator-friendly gardens and cottage-style plantings.
🎯 Versatile Usage: Great for beds and borders, foundation plantings, container gardening, informal hedges, or casual, mixed-plant landscapes

💖 Why Grace Rose Farm Loves It

“Carefree Delight™ is the kind of rose that truly lives up to its name — soft pink charm, reliable blooms from spring to frost, and a forgiving, easy-going habit that invites you to enjoy the garden, not fight it.”

Whether tucked along a walkway, used as a natural hedge, planted in a pollinator-friendly bed, or set in a container on your patio, this rose delivers effortless color and garden joy.

🌿 Growing Recommendations

Planting Site: Choose a sunny spot with 6+ hours of direct sun for best results.
Soil: Rich, well-draining soil amended with compost or organic matter if your soil is heavy.
Spacing: Plant roughly 3–4 ft apart to allow full spread and air circulation.
Care Tips:
- Minimal pruning: remove old or weak canes in early spring to encourage fresh growth.
- Deadhead lightly or leave spent flowers — either way, it reblooms generously.
- Water thoroughly during establishment; once settled, it remains hardy with moderate water needs.

About Our Roses

We are pleased to announce that our garden roses have achieved Carbon Neutral International Standard Certification from the United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC). For more information, please read here.
Furthermore, our ethically cultivated garden roses have received certification from Florverde Sustainable Flowers, recognizing our commitment to Social and Environmental Standard Practices. To learn more, please read here.
Your roses are freshly cut to order by our passionate and skilled growers, who tend to each bloom with love and expertise. Each stem is processed with care and nestled in specially designed packaging that ensures their safe journey to you. To maintain the vitality and beauty of the roses, the thorns are intentionally left intact, adding a touch of natural elegance. Our farm takes pride in empowering women, with over half of our dedicated team being female. We invite you to explore our unwavering commitment to enhancing the overall well-being and success of our workers, as they bring the beauty of these roses to life. Read more here.
For protection during transit, the roses are securely packaged in corrugated cardboard. Upon unwrapping, you can create your own floral arrangements.
Please follow the care instructions for your garden roses here.
We kindly ask that you allow two to four days for your roses to open from bud to bloom. For detailed information regarding bloom progression, please refer here.
If these roses are intended for a specific event, we recommend selecting a delivery date approximately two to three days prior to the occasion to ensure that your roses will be in full bloom by the time of your celebration.
Please note that vases are not included with the arrangements.
Our garden roses are a gift from nature, and we make every effort to ensure that the right roses are blooming in time for your order. While we cannot guarantee that the exact colors depicted in the photographs will be available, we are dedicated to shipping the highest quality roses in colors that closely match those shown on our website. We assure you that your garden roses will be freshly harvested and beautiful, and we hope that you or your recipients will experience the joy infused into each bouquet.
These roses are lovingly and sustainably grown by Alexandra Farms for Grace Rose Farm. To learn more about our commitment to sustainability, please visit our blog.