This line of roses really is Oso Easy: George’s Plant Pick of the Week

Here’s PennLive garden writer George Weigel’s Plant Pick of the Week for this week:

* Common name: Rose Oso Easy series

* Botanical name: Rosa Oso Easy series

* What it is: Oso Easy is a line of nine compact and disease-resistant shrub roses introduced by Michigan’s Spring Meadow Nursery.

These are some of the easiest to grow roses, and most stay under two feet tall and less than three feet wide.

They’re also long-blooming – usually starting in June and producing at least some flowers throughout the growing season.

The red-blooming Urban Legend was a strong enough performer in the series to win an American Garden Rose Selection award in five different regions (including the Northeast), while Double Pink and Petit Pink were two Oso Easy varieties that won “Local Artist” awards in