Roses
Rose Tips & Ideas
Roses in Containers
Don’t forget that roses do well in containers. They make a great impact on patios and decks. Tree roses can be underplanted with blooming annuals for continuous color. Planted in an urn type planter, this would be a very elegant look.
Roses in Borders
Roses don’t have to be in a formal bed. They mix well with shrubs and fit nicely in perennial borders
Remember to remove the tag from your roses. It will cause the branch it is on to eventually die.
LINKS
American Rose Society
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Hybrid Teas
Perfect for the cutting garden! Their shapely blooms sitting atop long single stems look beautiful in arrangements and in the garden.
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Floribundas
Excellent for landscaping, as background shrubs, planted in masses, as hedges and in borders. They are more compact than hybrid teas and produce profuse clusters of blooms throughout the summer months.
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Grandifloras
These produce large blooms of clusters and single blooms. The blooms are usually double and without a striking fragrance. Bushes normally grow to a height of 3 to 6 feet, making it ideal as a background border planting.
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Climbing Roses
Climbers and ramblers can range in size from miniature climbers (6 feet) to hybrid gigantea that can grow 40 feet up a tree. Climbers add grace and interest to every garden where ever you plant them.
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Shrub Roses
Free-blooming with different flower sizes and forms, broadly varying in mature size but have a full bushy habit. They have good disease resistance and hardiness.
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Miniature Roses
Miniature roses produce bursts of color and hide the bare canes of the larger hybrid tea roses. They also make great landscape plantings and can be used for lovely low hedges and borders.
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