The ground cover or carpet roses label was created by those marketing them for sale but are quite fitting labels for them.
Carpet roses care.
Ground cover rose bushes are fairly new and are actually in the official classification of shrub roses.
Easy erosion control.
Like other types of roses carpet roses require pruning to maintain a tidy form.
Learn more in this article.
Beautiful in containers or in mass plantings in the landscape.
The blossoms are fragrant a first for the flower carpet series of easy care groundcover roses.
Flower carpet roses have a tiered root system smaller roots by the surface to get any surface water plus deeper more established roots that supply moisture in drier conditions.
A profusion of soft red rosebuds open to lovely semi double peachy amber blooms that fade to a seashell pink as they age.
Enter flower carpet rose often referred to as a groundcover rose.
Some cultivars of carpet rose have an everblooming habit while others bloom only in spring.
Carpet roses also known as groundcover roses feature vigorous canes that grow nearly prostrate and only have slight upward growth or mounding.
However using an easy care plant like flower carpet on your bank can add loads of season long colour with minimal work.
Excellent heat and humidity tolerance.
Plantings on banks and slopes to control erosion can be as complex or simple as you d like.