Carefree Spirit™ Bare Root Rose Bush

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

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About Carefree Spirit™ Bare Root Rose Bush

Rosa ‘MEIzmea’ PP 20,175 — Carefree Spirit™
🌹 A reliable, low-maintenance shrub rose bred by Meilland

Carefree Spirit™ is a vibrant, hardy, and garden-worthy shrub rose that brings bright, cheerful color to landscapes, borders, and mixed beds with effortless ease. Its bold cherry-red blossoms, glossy dark foliage, and generous blooming habit make it a standout — offering beautiful impact season after season with little fuss.

💐 Plant & Flower Traits

🎨 Color: Deep cherry red with a contrasting white “eye” and a white reverse often suffused with cherry-pink, maturing to a deep pink under heat.
🌸 Bloom Form: Single, open-faced blooms (4–8 petals), produced in generous clusters.
📏 Bloom Size: ~2.5" / ~6 cm across.
🔁 Flowering Habit: Repeated flushes throughout the growing season — bloom after bloom.
🌿 Foliage: Glossy dark green, clean, and disease-resistant — a perfect backdrop for the bright flowers.

🏡 Growth & Garden Habits

🌱 Growth Habit: Medium, mounded shrub rose with an elegant, naturally rounded shape — great for beds, borders, and groundcover-style plantings.
↕️ Height: Up to ~5 ft (≈ 150 cm) under good conditions.
↔️ Width: Fills out to approximately the same spread — ideal for cottage gardens and informal landscape designs.
☀️ Sun Requirements: Full sun yields the most prolific bloom and strongest color.
🌎 Hardiness Zones: USDA Zones 4b–9b — performs reliably in a wide range of climates.

🛡️ Health & Suitability

💪 Performance: Excellent vigor, strong bloom frequency, and reliable bloom display even under heat or varied conditions.
🌼 Landscape Use: Perfect for beds and borders, cottage gardens, pollinator-friendly plantings (open blooms attract bees and butterflies), and mixed shrub plantings.
✂️ Care: Simple — minimal pruning needed, and thrives with standard garden maintenance. Blooms freely with little fuss.

💖 Why Grace Rose Farm Loves It

“Carefree Spirit™ lives up to its name — carefree, vibrant, and endlessly generous with its color. Its scarlet bursts pop against glossy foliage, and it just keeps going, season after season. A perfect pick for gardeners who want beauty without bother.”

Whether planted along a sunny border, in a buzzing pollinator garden, or as a cheerful companion in mixed beds, Carefree Spirit™ brings effortless joy and dependable performance.

🌿 Growing Recommendations

Planting Site: Full sun exposure for best bloom intensity and frequency.
Soil: Well-draining, rich soil — enrich with compost if needed.
Spacing: ~3–4 ft apart to allow room for full growth and airflow.
Routine Care: Light spring pruning, standard watering until established, and optional deadheading to encourage fresh flushes.

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.