Rose?

[Sheal]

I need some help please and this is probably aimed more so at our American friends here.
I've been searching the forums for a rose and it's like looking for a needle in a haystack! I have seen it in a few of your gardens but for the life of me can't remember which ones.

It is a red shrub rose that tends to do it's own thing in a sprawling kind of way and needs little attention. It looks like a drift (ground) rose but I believe it grows to normal height, possibly 4 to 5ft high and has a good spread. I'd be grateful for any clues.

 

[marlingardener]

Sheal, could it be Crimson Cascade? We have two, and they fit your description. A very hardy rose with the height and spread you mention.

 

[waretrop]

Oh @marlingardener What a shot....I love that....

 

[Sheal]

Thank you very much @marlingardener, it's beautiful! I remember the picture now but couldn't remember who it belonged too. I wanted to identify it as a plant suggestion for my daughter-in-law in Ohio.

I thought it was a shrub rose but apparently it's a climber although it seems happy enough covering your fence. How much pruning does it need please?

 

[marlingardener]

Sheal, the Crimson Cascade needs very little pruning. We take out the canes that bear few leaves, and those that interfere with mowing, which aren't but perhaps a dozen canes. No fertilizer, no pruning other than removing whatever is in the way, no dead-heading, and it blooms and reblooms.
I don't think it is a climber but more of a shrub. We have had the CC for four or five years, and find it to be totally satisfactory. Your daughter-in-law will be thrilled with the CC, as long as she understands that it gets big, really BIG!

 

[Sheal]

It sounds perfect for my daughter-in-law Marlingardener as it needs very little attention. She's got an acre of garden to play with so anything that helps to fill it is a bonus. Thanks for the information.