Roses and easy care go together when one uses carpet roses. These Knock Out roses bloom all summer.
Roses can be easy
It’s that time of year when bare root roses can still be ordered for spring planting: www.jacksonandperkins.com and www.heirloomroses.com are two places that have fabulous selections, and look to carpet roses for spectacular color all summer and even into fall. They are low maintenance, disease resistant and beautiful. I use carpet roses in big masses for the strong color statement they make. Plant them about 4′ apart. They self dead head, need water in August, and they need to be sheared in the late fall. That is just about all they need. Other colors include pink, white and yellow.
Christine Ellis, Gregg & Ellis Landscape Designs, Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington since 1995
