Take It Easy Shrub Rose encourages gardeners to do just that. Thanks to its natural disease resistance and "self-cleaning" nature, there's not much work involved in growing this amazing rose. A first-year free-flowering variety, it produces clusters of elegant pointed buds that open to fragrant, red blooms with a whisper of soft, smoky pink on the reverse. Plants are vigorous and attractive, and exhibit superior resistance to black spot and other common diseases. PPAF