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Landscape Rose
Roses can be lovely features in the overall garden picture. They can form a hedge to edge a patio, to keep out the neighbor's dog, to form a background for a garden area, or to lead our eyes along to another view. As part of a shrub border they can bring color at a certain time of year. Often the roses that excel at these functions are termed 'landscape roses'. Though large or small, they should be compact in growth to form a pleasing shape and/or a barrier down to the ground. Their foliage should be healthy so as not to require spraying. For a lovely display of color their roses should be well-distributed on the bush, and, for a cleaner look, their petals should drop by themselves. Ideally, they will also have a lovely crop of hips for fall interest. Some landscape roses produce blooms we can cut to bring indoors, but the majority have flowers with short stems that are quite awkward to manage in a vase.
Pruning of landscape roses may be necessary to remove damaged wood. It is best done in winter when it is easier to see the stems. Pruning for shaping should be done immediately after flowering.
Landscape roses are great for the novice gardener. They are disease resistant, and require a little bit less maintenance. Hybrid teas are not good for the novice.
When it comes to long-blooming, reliable performance, the 5 landscape roses are the ones to turn to! They have proven to be exceptionally succesful as landscaping Roses, delightful in flower, foliage, and multi-season appeal. They are easy to care for and utterly irresistible!
Rose Livin' Easy: Large, fully double, magnificent 3-inch blooms with an enticing fruity fragrance are spectacular in garden or vase! this long-blooming wonder grows 4 to 5 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide, with flowers to spare for months on end! They open a rich apricot, mellowing to orange as they age. They are very adaptable to a wide range of climates.
Rose Knock Out: Fire-engine red blooms with a luscious Tea Rose fragrance and superb year-round interest makes Knockout one of the finest landscaping Roses ever grown! The blooming period continues from summer well into fall, followed by showy persimmon-orange hips that keep the color coming into winter! The fall foliage is rich burgundy-violet! Knockout needs only 2 to 3 hours of sun a day, making it an excellent choice for the semi-shaded garden, where other Roses are, generally, not happy. These roses are pest resistance and have excellent heat, humidity and drought tolerance power, and never needs deadheading!
Rose Topaz Jewel: These 4-inch blooms with multiple layers of ruffled petals emerging from long, pointed buds, are simply magnificent. This plant reaches 5 feet tall and 7 feet wide, with bushy, dense, arching and crinkly foliage. Their sweet scent carries beautifully in the early-summer heat. And then, they repeat, all season, for a super-long show of color! They are extra-hardy and highly disease-resistant. As it self-cleans, you don't have to deadhead the thorny canes! It's really difficlut to get easier than this!
Butterfly Rose: You'll get a collection of colors in this rose; orange buds open to yellow flowers to progress through the shades of orange, to rich pink and finally, deep crimson. The pleasingly fragrant flowers appear together in all stages of maturity for a show-stopping, season-long display. This Rose's attractive exhibition lasts well into midfall. The 3-inch single blooms darken with age. They thrive in high humidity, displaying a cheerful, light, open habit with very healthy foliage and silk-textured flower petals and are splendid for the mixed border. This compact and full plant grows to 6 feet.
Rose Carefree Wonder: A 1991 winner of the All-America Rose Selection, and one of the least demanding Roses to grow, it blooms prolifically and maintains its neat, compact habit even if you don't prune it at regular intervals. Carefree Wonder gives a showstopper performance of spectacular bloom from spring til frost. Vivid, rich pink on the face of the petal combines with creamy white on the reverse petal to create a mass of bright color on 4-inch semi-double blooms. The gorgeous pink deepens with cooler weather, and the glossy green foliage and orange hips in fall and winter augment the glory of this easy-care Rose. Disease-tolerant and a vigorous grower, it is 3 to 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide, but not leggy.
