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Oso Easy Double Red

Rosa 'Meipeporia'

Also called cherry bonica

Oso Easy Double Red blooms from May through October.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
May–Oct
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Hardiness
Zones 5–9
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Sun
Full sun
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Water
Moderate water
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Mature size
3.5 ft × 3.5 ft
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Type
Rose
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Oso Easy Double Red

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 5–9. Expect it to reach about 3.5 ft tall and 3.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).

No toxicity note is on file for Oso Easy Double Red. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What was checked

Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.

See the 10 sources it was checked against

When to plant Oso Easy Double Red

Plant Oso Easy Double Red in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 7, the middle of its hardy zones 5 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms from May to October.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 7, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 7 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Oso Easy Double Red get?

Illustration of Oso Easy Double Red drawn to scale beside an adult3.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult3.5 ftwide
About 3.5 ft tall and 3.5 ft wide at maturity: waist-high beside an adult.

See Oso Easy Double Red in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Oso Easy Double Red

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Oso Easy Double Red about 3.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
3.5 ft apart
Per 10 sq ft
one needs about 12 sq ft
4 by 8 ft bed
about 2

Add Oso Easy Double Red to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

Where these facts come from

Oso Easy Double Red's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 10 published sources on September 23, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.

  • Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
  • Proven Winnersthe introducer's brand siteheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and diseases
  • whiteflowerfarm.comWhite Flower Farmheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
  • plants.gertens.comGertens (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota), NetPS Plant Finder entryheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
  • NC State ExtensionPlant Toolbox, Rosa Oso Easy Groupheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, soil, diseases and pests
  • RHSPlants database (Rosa [Cherry Bonica] ('Meipeporia') (S))height, spread, bloom months and color, diseases, pests and toxicity
  • Chicago Botanic GardenPlant Finderhardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
  • HelpMeFind Roses'MEIpeporia' roseheight, spread, bloom months and color and trait tags
  • US plant patent (Google Patents)US Plant Patent PP26,298 (Alain A. Meilland; assignee CP Delaware Inc....height, bloom months and color, diseases and toxicity
  • ASPCAAnimal Poison Control, Toxic and Non-Toxic Plantstoxicity

How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.

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