Groundcover
Coral Drift
Coral orange · repeat-blooming · Zones 4-11
Groundcover Rose
Oso Easy Cherry Pie
Cherry-red single blooms, disease-resistant.
A red member of the groundcover & drift roses group, Oso Easy Cherry Pie is grown for its long succession of blooms and its resilience in the garden. Below you'll find a full profile of Oso Easy Cherry Pie — its characteristics, how to grow it, where to use it in the garden, and answers to the questions gardeners ask most.
About Oso Easy Cherry Pie
As one of the groundcover & drift roses, Oso Easy Cherry Pie carries the traits gardeners look for in the group — small single or double flowers borne in profuse clusters. Its low, spreading shape makes it as much a landscape plant as a flower, carpeting ground that would otherwise need mowing or mulch.
In flower, Oso Easy Cherry Pie is red and fills the plant with bloom in wave after wave, carrying a light, pleasant fragrance. It is hardy across USDA zones 4-9, so it suits a wide range of gardens with the right seasonal care.
Characteristics and form
Oso Easy Cherry Pie makes low, wide-spreading, mounding plant, typically around 1 to 3 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet wide. The blooms are small single or double flowers borne in profuse clusters, small in size, set against small, glossy, and healthy foliage. Knowing a rose's habit and mature size is the key to placing it well: give Oso Easy Cherry Pie room to reach its full spread without crowding its neighbors, which also keeps air moving through the plant and disease at bay.
How to grow Oso Easy Cherry Pie
Plant Oso Easy Cherry Pie where it will get at least six hours of direct sun a day in fertile, well-drained soil with good air movement around it. In cold climates, set the graft union — the swollen knob where the variety joins the rootstock — at or just below the soil line; in mild climates, keep it at soil level. Once planted, water deeply and less often to encourage deep, drought-resistant roots.
- Light: Full sun, six hours or more; morning sun is best because it dries dew early and limits disease.
- Soil: Rich and well-drained, slightly acidic at about pH 6.0–6.5. Improve heavy or sandy soil with plenty of compost before planting.
- Water: Deep, infrequent soakings at the base rather than frequent light sprinkling; more in heat, sandy soil, or containers.
- Feeding: A balanced rose fertilizer in early spring, repeated after the first flush to fuel the next.
- Pruning: Prune it in late winter to an open, outward-facing framework, then deadhead through the season.
Bloom habit: Repeat (recurrent). Oso Easy Cherry Pie blooms in repeated flushes from late spring until the first frost. Deadhead spent flowers to bring on the next wave.
Where to use Oso Easy Cherry Pie in the garden
Oso Easy Cherry Pie suits slopes and banks, edging, the front of borders, large containers, and weed-suppressing ground cover. Plant it in drifts of three or five, or let it spill over a low wall or the rim of a container. For more ideas, see our guide to companion plants for roses.
Common problems and care
Groundcover roses are among the most disease-resistant of all roses and are usually self-cleaning. Watch for the usual rose troubles — black spot, powdery mildew, and aphids — and head them off with good air flow, base watering, and a tidy autumn clean-up. See our full guide to rose diseases and pests for identification and treatment.
Oso Easy Cherry Pie — frequently asked questions
How big does Oso Easy Cherry Pie get?
Oso Easy Cherry Pie typically grows about 1 to 3 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet wide, forming a low, wide-spreading, mounding plant. Its final size depends on your climate and how you prune it.
Is Oso Easy Cherry Pie fragrant?
Oso Easy Cherry Pie has a light, pleasant fragrance; it is grown more for its red color and habit than for perfume.
Does Oso Easy Cherry Pie bloom more than once a season?
Yes. Oso Easy Cherry Pie is a repeat-blooming rose that blooms in repeated flushes from late spring until the first frost, especially if it is deadheaded and fed through the summer.
What hardiness zones does Oso Easy Cherry Pie grow in?
Oso Easy Cherry Pie is hardy in USDA zones 4-9. That range describes the winter cold it can survive; gardeners colder than zone 4 should give it winter protection or grow it in a movable container.
Is Oso Easy Cherry Pie easy to grow?
Groundcover roses are among the most disease-resistant of all roses and are usually self-cleaning. Give Oso Easy Cherry Pie full sun, well-drained soil, and the ordinary seasonal care any rose appreciates, and it is a straightforward rose to grow.
How and when should I prune Oso Easy Cherry Pie?
Prune Oso Easy Cherry Pie in late winter to an open, outward-facing framework, then deadhead through the season — see our step-by-step guide to pruning roses for the full method.