A Morning's worth of rose dead-heading

Flower Carpet Roses

Don't know why it took us so long to appreciate these sensational plants, but better late than never and, now that we've gotten to know them, we love them. They've got everything you look for in a rose, a wonderful range of colors, a season-long bloom period and high disease resistance. If I were to nit-pick, my one objection would be that they lack the stately architectural presence of many of the larger growing shrub roses. But then, most of these larger beauties don't bloom nonstop form spring till fall!

ROSA 'Flower Carpet Coral'Low and spreading, 1-2ft. tall by 5-6ft. wide.with coral colored flowers.

ROSA 'Flower Carpet Pink Supreme'Low and spreading, 1-2ft. tall by 5-7ft. wide with hot, fuschia pink, semi-double flowers.

ROSA 'Flower Carpet Red'Low and spreading, 1-2ft. tall by 6-8ft. wide with bold, bright red, single flowers.

ROSA 'Flower Carpet Yellow'2½ft. tall by 4-6ft. wide with lemon-yellow, double flowers.

Additional Shrub Roses

ROSA carolina New 3-6ft. tall stems sucker freely to form colonies. 2½ in. flowers in varying shades of pink during June and July. Very hardy, native. Zone 4. 

ROSA 'Centennial'Dense, round form, 2-3ft. tall and wide with high-centered, double flowers that open apricot with yellow tones and then fade to creamy, white as they age. Flowers occur in clusters. High resistence to black spot and mildew. Zone 4.

ROSA 'Double Knockout'More compact than 'Knockout', with a dense, rounded form, 20-3ft. tall by 3-4ft. wide and loads of deep, pinkish-red, double flowers all summer. High disease resistance. Zone 4.

ROSA 'Home Run'  This shrub rose has inherited the legengary disease resistence of its parents, 'Knockout' and ''HomeBaby Love'. Forms a shrub 3ft. tall and produces bright scarlet-red, single blooms all season. This is the reddest rose I've ever seen; unbelievably, intensely red.

ROSA hugonis (Father Hugo Rose)  The Father Hugo rose grows 6 to 8' tall with an upright arching habit and finely textured foliage. The single flowers are a lovely canary yellow, 2½" wide, profusely borne in May-June. Tolerates poor dry soil. Intoduced in 1899. Hardy to zone 4.

ROSA 'Knock Out' (1999) This 2000 AARS winner is aptly named, with continual clusters of deep cherry red flowers throughout the summer. Plus, drought tolerant, disease resistant, Japanese beetle resistant, and cold hardy! Compact form.

ROSA 'Pink Knockout'   Begins to bloom in late May with single, bright pink flowers that just keep coming without deadheading until fall. 3-4' tall and wide, with deep green, shiny, disease resistant foliage. Excellent hardiness, zones 4-10.

ROSA 'Oso Easy Paprika' New Low and mounding, 1-2ft. tall with loads of spicy, reddish-orange, single blooms accentuated with a bright yellow eye. Glossy green foliage emerges with a hint of red in the new growth and exhibits exceptionally high resistance to mildew and black spot. Zone 5.

ROSA 'Red Fairy'   Just a tough, vigorous and disease resistant as 'The Fairy', except the flowers are deep pink to cherry-red. Reputed to have the longest, most abundant bloom of any rose. It's always in bloom! Compact growing, 2ft. tall by 3ft. wide.

ROSA 'Ruby Heart' NewDense, extremely compact habit. In late spring, attractively pointed, cherry-red buds open to double, cherry-red flowers that refuse to fade even in the sunniest locations. Bloom repeats throughout the summer. 2-3ft. tall and wide. Zone 4.  'Ruby Heart' is part of the Pink Ribbon Plants™ series , a portion of whose sale is donated to the fight to find a cure for breast cancer.

ROSA'The Fairy' A polyantha rose unsurpassed as a carefree rose. Small, pink flowers, ( no fragrance), cover the shrub through summer. Grows just 3ft. tall and spreads 3-4ft. Extremely disease resistant.