If you really want to avoid pruning, ground-cover, patio and miniature roses can be left to do their own thing without much intervention.

Miniature roses are represented by twiggy, repeat-flowering shrubs ranging from 6 to 36 in height, with most falling in the 12 24 height range.

Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height.

These combine characteristics of larger miniature roses and smaller floribundasresulting in the rather loose classification patio roses.

As a class, they are notable for their inclination to produce mutations of various sizes and forms, including moss roses and some of the first miniature roses (see below).