Roses
'Fourth of July' climbing rose Rosa 'Fourth of July' is an award-winning variety with semidouble, ruffled red- and white-striped flowers. Blooms repeat continually and yield to large orange hips in fall. It climbs 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide in milder climates but will remain shrubby in colder regions. Zones 5-10
'Eden' climbing rose Rosa 'Eden' is becoming an instant classic for its huge, romantic blooms that appear profusely throughout the season. The flowers are composed of up to 100 petals tinted in shades of pale pink, cream, and soft yellow. Extremely hardy, the plant lends itself well to arbors, trellises, and fences in colder climates. It climbs 10 feet tall by 6 feet wide. Zones 5-9
'Don Juan' climbing rose Rosa 'Don Juan' is an all-time favorite red-flowered climber. It seems to have it all: plush, hybrid tea-style blooms with a tart citrusy fragrance; glossy, disease-free foliage; and reblooming vigor. Foliage color is a velvety dark green, and the open blooms are cupped. It climbs 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide. Zones 5-9
Credit: MICHAEL MICHAEL 'America' climbing rose Rosa 'America' won the 1976 All-America Rose Selections award. Large, pointed buds unfurl to many-petaled, coral-pink blooms that show their 'Fragrant Cloud' heritage. The flowers are produced in sprays and have a spicy fragrance. Upright, disease-resistant plants can be slow to start climbing. They grow 8-16 feet tall and are hardy in Zones 6-9.
Reliable Repeat-Blooming Rose pink double KNOCK-OUT rose bush Beautiful Knock Out roses are truly some of the easiest plants you can grow in your garden. They bloom almost continuously through the summer and are virtually disease free and hardy to boot. Shown here is Pink Double Knock Out; the series also includes red, double red, single pink, yellow, and more.
AKA Mexican daisy or Santa Barbara daisy would look good with roses. Latin American fleabane grows in the foreground of a perennial bed in Santa Cruz, California. Plant Latin American fleabane in front of taller-growing perennials like common yarrow (Achillea millefolium), red valerian (Centranthus ruber) or Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia).
Flower Carpet White Rose. Growing tips: “Moisture control and healthy soil are super important for maintaining healthy roses. Healthy plants start with healthy soil, so doing soil testing prior to designing and planting will reward you in the long run,” Baran says. She adds that keeping a close eye on the plants, even ones that are considered low-maintenance, is important for long-term success. Additionally, “overhead irrigation should always be avoided,” Baran says. Where it will grow: Hardy to minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 26.1 degrees Celsius (zones 5 to 9) Water requirement: Medium Light requirement: Full sun Mature size: 2½ feet tall and 3 feet wide
Flower Carpet White Rose (Rosa ‘Noaschnee’) Why this rose: “[It’s] an extreme bloomer. They make a huge visual impact in small spaces when planted in a mass. Yet, it is still noticeably delicate and looks sweet as could be hanging over a terrace wall,” Baran says. Special features: “These roses are known for disease resistance, and we find this to be true when they are cared for properly. While we tend to deadhead roses on a regular schedule for maximum flowering and overall plant and bed hygiene, the Flower Carpet rose is self-cleaning and lower maintenance for home gardeners,” Baran says.
‘Sally Holmes’ Rose (Rosa ‘Sally Holmes’) Loved by: Margie Grace of Grace Design Associates in Santa Barbara, California Why this rose: “It looks like a wild rose — five petals and a burst of stamens,” Grace says, adding that it has an “old-timey” and “unpretentious” look. Special features: “The buds are a lovely pale pink,” with the petals turning white as they age, Grace says. The rose hips, which form after the flowers, also are decorative. This climbing shrub is also known for its subtle spicy scent. Growing tips: Grace doesn’t offer any specific tips for growing ‘Sally Holmes’, stating that “it’s tough and unfussy.” Where it will grow: Hardy to minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 26.1 degrees Celsius (zones 5 to 9) Water requirement: Medium Light requirement: Full sun to partial shade Mature size: Climbs to 15 feet; can be trained as a shrub
‘Gruss an Aachen’ Rose(Rosa ‘Gruss an Aachen’) Northern California Why this rose: “[It] has beautiful pink flowers with the largest bloom in spring, and then repeat blooms several times through late fall,” Batemen says. Special features: “This rose makes a lovely flowering shrub with dark green healthy foliage, and is disease- and drought-resistant,” Batemen says. Growing tips: “I do not prune them unless they need shaping or when they are starting to outgrow their location,” Batemen says, adding that she doesn’t prune most of her roses. When she does prune ‘Gruss an Aachen’, she does so in winter. “I do not fertilize my roses,” she adds. “I raise my roses organically using permaculture and regenerative gardening practices.” Where it will grow: Hardy to minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 31.7 degrees Celsius (zones 4 to 9) Water requirement: Medium Light requirement: Full sun to partial shade Mature size: Up to 4 feet tall and wide
6. ‘Strike It Rich’ Rose (Rosa ‘Strike It Rich’) Why this rose: “The color is an amazing golden amber with pink edges; [this rose also] is abundant with flowers in June, and will repeat bloom later in the season. The foliage is a dark green, and it is quite resistant to diseases,” McCabe says. “It has a nice spicy, rich fragrance, making it a lovely addition to the garden — great for cutting too.” Special features: In addition to its stunning flowers, continuous bloom and distinct scent, ‘Strike It Rich’ is also considered to be naturally vigorous and disease resistant. Growing tips: “When initially planting, I dig a very generous hole, adding an organic slow-release fertilizer along with green sand,” McCabe says. Once the rose is in the ground, McCabe surrounds it with plenty of compost and then waters it well with a seaweed-and-fish-emulsion fertilizer. “I continue to fertilize my roses with a diluted liquid seaweed-and-fish-emulsion solution about every two to three weeks,” she says. Where it will grow: Hardy to minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 26.1 degrees Celsius (zones 5 to 9) Water requirement: Medium Light requirement: Full sun Mature size: 4 to 6 feet tall and 2 to...
Iceberg. Growing tips: “Make sure to have well-draining soil and fertilize every six weeks in the spring,” Halper says. Where it will grow: Hardy to minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 26.1 degrees Celsius (zones 5 to 9) Water requirement: Medium Light requirement: Full sun Mature size: 3 to 5 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide
. White ‘Iceberg’ Rose (Rosa ‘Iceberg’) Why this rose: “They are prolific bloomers and have a low tendency to get fungus,” Halper says. Special features: This floribunda rose is known for its crisp white blooms and vigorous, bushy shape. Medium-size flowers produce a light fragrance.
New Dawn. Growing tips: “These are some of the easiest climbing roses to grow,” Lehnert says. His biggest gardening tip: “Keep them watered!” Where it will grow: Hardy to minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 26.1 degrees Celsius (zones 5 to 9) Water requirement: Medium Light requirement: Full sun to partial shade Mature size: 8 to 12 feet tall and 3 to 6 feet wide
‘New Dawn’ Rose (Rosa ‘New Dawn’) Why this rose: ‘New Dawn’ has a long growing history and is considered one of the best repeat-blooming climbing roses. It “can soften arbors [and] trellises and add a lot of dimension and texture throughout the year,” Lehnert says. Special features: This vigorous grower produces clusters of medium-size light pink flowers on glossy green foliage. It’s known for its disease resistance and sweet, fruity
‘At Last’ Rose(Rosa x ‘HORCOGJIL’) Why this rose: “They have finally bred a landscape shrub rose which is hardy and also has a cupped bloom like the English roses and finally has fragrance,” “This is a rose worth cutting and putting in a vase to fill the room with a delightful fragrance,” she adds. Growing tips: “This is an easy, low-maintenance rose with a repeating bloom and disease resistance. You couldn’t ask for more,” Martin says. Light watering and sun.
Where it will grow: Hardy to minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 26.1 degrees Celsius (USDA zones 5 to 9; find your zone) Water requirement: Moderate Light requirement: Full sun Mature size: 3 feet tall and wide; can grow larger in warm climates
‘Olivia Rose Austin’ Shrub Rose (Rosa ‘Olivia Rose Austin’) Loved by: Noelle Johnson of Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting near Phoenix Why this rose: As part of a test, Johnson grew this newer David Austin English rose in her Phoenix-area garden to see how it would handle the low-desert climate. “It outperforms all other roses in my garden in that it handles the intense heat of summer better than the others,” she says. Special features: “While most roses stop blooming in summer, ‘Olivia Rose Austin’ blooms further into summer than others I have grown,” Johnson says. “I also enjoy its disease resistance.” This repeat-flowering David Austin rose is also known for its blush-pink blooms and intense fruity scent.
Viburnum plicatum 'Marieslii'
clematis and roses
Sally Holmes shrub rose
White Drift roses (Rosa ‘Meizorland’ along with limbed up Limelight hydrangeas
Shrub Rose
sage and lavender
Roses edges with lavender would be nice and a butterfly bush would look good.
Snowdrift Rose, Rosa Snowdrift. zones 5-9 and booms most of the year.
Formal rose garden
Carpet Rose California
Deadheading. Rambling and climbing roses. The flower clusters are called trusses, and many people like to leave some in place because they turn into rose hips, which birds enjoy eating. For deadheading rose bushes and climbing roses, use hand pruners that are sharp enough to avoid tearing the plant. Make sure that you cut down to a node (the joint in the stem where a bud, branch or leaf starts to grow), which will then form side shoots for more flowers. Some varieties aren’t repeat-flowering, but doing this small amount of cutting back will still energize the plant. Make all cuts at a 45-degree angle to prevent water from getting in and damaging the plant, which may lead to fungal disease. To prevent “balling,” where the flower bud stays closed like a ball due to rain, remove the outer layers of petals to allow the bud inside to open.
Deadheading. Floribunda rose. For floribunda roses, which bear clusters of flowers on a stem, you can cut off the faded flowers from behind the head and then trim the stem to about 6 inches. Repeat-flowering roses do best when you cut back the entire cluster to 6 to 9 inches, as this will ensure a more vigorous second bloom.
Deadheading. Hybrid tea rose. For tea roses, which bear one flower on a stem, cut back the flower stems to a five-leaflet leaf, retaining at least two five-leaflet leaves on each stem. Make an angled cut just above an outward-facing shoot that is pointing in the direction you wish the rose to grow.
This looks like the rose I have. Oso Happy Petit Pink's refined, mounded habit combines with strong reblooming and good disease resistance to make it a low-maintenance choice for the perennial garden. 2.5-3.5' (0.75-1 m) tall and wide. Full Sun. USDA Zones 4-9.
This sweet landscape rose is covered with loads of perpetual blooms, producing large sprays of single, candy apple red flowers. 3-4' (0.9-1.2 m) tall and wide. Full Sun. USDA Zones 4-9
The bright pink flowers pop against the glossy,dark green foliage on this continuously blooming rose. 2.5-3' (0.75-0.9 m) tall and wide. Full sun. USDA Zones 5-9.
Home Run Pink is makes rose gardening easy with high levels of resistance to black spot and powdery mildew, along with heat tolerance. 3.5-4' (1-1.3 m) tall and wide. Full sun. USDA Zones 4-9.
The large, double flowers are self cleaning and contrast wonderfully against the glossy dark green foliage. 1-2' (0.3-0.6 m) tall and wide. Full sun. USDA Zone 4-9
Clouds of strawberry pink blooms transform to cream on Oso Easy Strawberry Crush. 1-2' (0.3-0.6 m) tall and wide. Full sun. USDA Zone 4-9
Peachy Cream This lovely low-mounded rose delivers clouds of blooms that emerge peach and transform to cream. 1-3' (0.3-0.9 m) tall and wide. Full sun. USDA Zones 3-9
The low-mounding Oso Easy Paprika rose shines as a mass planting. 1-2' (0.3-0.6 m) tall and wide. Full sun. USDA Zones 3-9
The ruby-red, continuous blooms of Oso Easy Mango Salsa cover its tidy form. 2-3' (0.6-0.9 m) tall and wide. Full sun. USDA Zones 4-9
Flower Carpet® Amber Groundcover Rose Roses in containers add warmth, romance, and color to sunny spots and this one is notable for it’s tolerance to heat and humidity (southern gardeners, rejoice!). Soft red buds yield a profusion of fragrant, semi-double peachy amber flowers, fading to seashell pink. Zone: 4 – 10
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