Oso Easy Paprika Rose was awarded the Gold Medal for Best Groundcover Rose at the Rose Hills International Rose Trials at The Pageant of Roses Garden located at Rose Hills Memorial Park outside of Los Angeles. Roses are evaluated in a landscape setting for such qualities as health and vigor, growth habit and foliage, beauty of the flowers at all stages, and freedom of bloom.

After a two year evaluation, Paprika was awarded the highest score of all roses entered in the shrub/groundcover category.  The judging panel includes industry professionals from a variety of sectors, including wholesale nurseries, retailers, landscape curators, and gardening and horticultural writers. Oso Easy Paprika is one of the new great shrub selections in the Proven Winners Color Choice Shrubs program, and we're happy to be able to offer Oso Easy Paprika Rose and Rosa Oso Easy Cherry Pie as part of our expanded shrub growing program at Stargazer Perennials for the Spring 2009 shipping season. The Oso Easy roses are outstanding disease-free plants for groundcover and containers, and are particularly suitable for landscapers to use for low maintenance mass plantings.