Landscape Roses

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.

Birdie Blye A good, repeat-flowering shrub with double, medium pink, cupped blossoms that reflex slightly. The slightly fragrant blooms repeat well and contrast nicely with the glossy, light green foliage. The shrub is arching and 4- 5' (1904) Chuckles Simple and single, deep pink roses, like wild roses, bloom in clusters all summer on this bushy 2' shrub. The 3.5" flowers are large for a plant this size. The shrub may die back to the snow line. Fairy Dance Tiny, red, double flowers cover the bush almost continuously. This Polyantha is good as a ground cover rose and would make a nice contrast to 'The Fairy' with similar, but light pink, flowers. (1979) Lavender Dream Light bronze-green foliage sets off small, semi-double blossoms that are a medium lavender-pink. Flowers are borne in clusters throughout the summer, and are slightly fragrant. The bush is twiggy and small, at 2'. (1984) Pearl Sevillana (PPAF) One of the Meidiland^® series of landscape roses, this is a beautiful semi-double rose of translucent white brushed with pink. Flowers are freely produced over a long season on a very healthy, 4-6' shrub with dense foliage. Hardiness is listed as zone 5; it is new for us so I can't give you our experience. Sea Foam Creamy white pompoms cover this plant all summer. It can be used as a spreading ground cover, to 6' wide, as a trailer over a wall, or as climber. Foliage is small and glossy dark green. Needs full sun and good conditions for best results. The Fairy One of the most popular roses, 'The Fairy' is a Polyantha that blooms virtually continuously from early summer until frost. Small, double, pink roses are slightly fragrant, and can contribute to a rose bouquet. The small, spreading bush has many uses: for bedding, as a hedge, in containers, as a ground cover, to face down larger shrubs etc. It is also good planted with other small, double roses such as 'Sea Foam' or 'Fairy Dance'. Healthy and hardy, it grows to 2' x 4'. (1932) Eglanteria This makes a marvelous, but large, 8' hedge. See entry under Species Roses. Nevada Somewhat looser in growth, Nevada can hold its own in the shrub border. 6' See entry under Species Roses.

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