These bright colors make a pot o’ gold look dull. Its bushy compact plant displays lots of pointed buds and large shapely blooms atop glossy green leaves. One of the best! Proven consistent performer.
When it comes to bright glowing red Groundcover roses, this one’s hard to beat. Nicely-sized showy flowers come in large clusters to drape over a wall or spill from a standard. Better yet, that killer color holds to the very end. Clean doubly-dark glossy green leaves round out the display on this super vigorous gem. Very consistent in all climates.
Class: Groundcover
Flower Size: Medium-small, about 2″” diameter, in clusters
Big creamy buds set the ‘beat’ for what’s to become a rockin’ show of colors. Each petal unfurls to reveal a different pattern of striped and splashed burgundy, red and ivory. It’s not just a video for your eyes though. This is a live performance that involves your nose ’cause the fragrance is killer. Deep green leaves set the stage and clothe the bushy full plant. Great for cutting, for smelling or just for enjoying. Rock on! Flower size best in the cool spring and fall.
Unlike any rose you’ve seen, Sally gives huge clusters that resemble Hydrangea heads—filled with buff-colored buds that open to white single flowers. Despite their frail appearance, the blooms last well even in heat. Vigorous, disease resistant and very free flowering. Blooms on new wood. Good in most temperatures. Deeper bud color when cool.
You might think stripes are a new-fangled thing. But it’s the old rose heritage that brings the genetic striping to this spicy scented new-comer. Each petal is as unique as a snowflake—some more burgundy-splashed-white, some more cream-swirled-red—all on the same vigorous plant. The old-fashioned form and fragrance may remind you of its stingy blooming ancestors. Yet the nearly continuous number of blossoms lets you know there’s modern kinfolk in there, too. Distinctive clean quilted foliage. Best color and size in moderate temps. Perfect for potpourri.