Roses can be a beautiful, easily-grown addition to any yard that has lots of sun and room for them to grow. (To thrive they need a minimum of 6-8 hours sunshine per day.)

Bourbon roses, known for their amazing, heady fragrance, can be large shrubs, climbers or smaller more manageable bushes.

But within the rose family there are different groups and classes, and if you understand these, you’ll have a better understanding of which roses will work best in your yard, and which ones will give y...