The deer love them.
Flower carpet rose deer resistant.
These low growing sprawling shrubs are actually not a class of their own like many other rose types.
Groundcover roses are one of the newest trends in roses.
But no matter what they are these plants excel at filling space with nonstop blooms.
That plus their good manners and low growing habit makes them just the ticket for a flowery softly scented tidy hedge around a pool.
Werner noack of noack rosen a german rose breeder famous for his commitment to disease resistant hybrids.
As these shrubs send out new blooms the spent blossoms drop neatly to the ground.
Its parents are a flower carpet rose and another of noack s earlier hybrids named after his wife r.
Yes the deer do love roses and it does not seem to matter if the roses are the popular knockout roses drift roses hybrid tea roses floribundas miniature roses or the wonderful david austin shrub roses.
Supposedly the new growth tastes best to the deer but it is more likely that the deer prefer it because of the softness and the increased amount of nutrients in new growth.
Easy erosion control.
For added security around swimming pools these roses create a lovely showy barrier at a time of year when the pool becomes the garden s hub.
There is also one bicolor known as moore s.
Flower carpet roses produce wave after wave of blooms for months.
Flower carpet roses bloom in full sun to partial sun at least 6 hours a day.
Snapdragons bloom most profusely in the cooler weather of spring and fall and come in a variety of cultivars ranging from dwarf and trailing varieties to lofty 3 foot hybrids with densely packed blooms such as the.
Plantings on banks and slopes to control erosion can be as complex or simple as you d like.
This rose is the final product of a 35 year breeding program by dr.
Generally what people consider groundcover roses are just low growing shrub roses.
The rose though a very sloppy graft is the only thing that lived.
Colors of deer resistant roses.
They graciously replaced the geraniums that sprouted and then died twice.
Even roses with terrible thorns have susceptible new growth before the thorns have had time to harden.
These roses also tend to be extremely disease resistant and low.
However using an easy care plant like flower carpet on your bank can add loads of season long colour with minimal work.
White light to dark pinks yellow and reds.
Most rugosas are highly fragrant and come in all your standard rose colors.
Flower carpet amber along with pink supreme and scarlet belong to the collection of next generation flower carpet roses where refined breeding has produced improved heat humidity tolerance on top of its existing disease resistance.
Dramatic spikes of flowers in almost every color imaginable make snapdragons a stunning addition to a deer resistant garden.
As an extra bonus they re also self cleaning.