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Flower carpet roses
Does anyone have experience with flower carpet roses? I did a search on them
and couldn't find anything negative. They've been recommended to me by a landscaper as low maintenance, natually disease resistant, prolific blooming ground cover. Anyone know how these actually work in the landscape? Are they a good plant? I'm in charge of renovating the landscape at the entrance to our neighborhood and am considering this plant. Thanks, Katie Montgomery County MD Zone 7 |
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Flower carpet roses
"Katie" wrote: Does anyone have experience with flower carpet roses? I did a search on them and couldn't find anything negative. They've been recommended to me by a landscaper as low maintenance, natually disease resistant, prolific blooming ground cover. Anyone know how these actually work in the landscape? Are they a good plant? I'm in charge of renovating the landscape at the entrance to our neighborhood and am considering this plant. A friend in Billings, Montana planted a mess of them and lost them all. Then again, that was on a rocky slope with poor soil, and she didn't water them regularly and long enough, I think, to get them established. (Note that she was in the valley, which is zone 5, not up on the Rims, which is zone 3; also note that with drip irrigation when it's dry, roses do rather well in Billings, what with the dry air most of the year and a relatively mild climate in the valley due to the Yellowstone river.) Just to show you that ANYTHING can be killed with neglect. There are probably other ground-cover roses that would do as well as the Flower Carpet variety -- might get a bit boring if there are a lot of them. Mark., now in zone 8b |
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Flower carpet roses
"Mark. Gooley" wrote in message
... There are probably other ground-cover roses that would do as well as the Flower Carpet variety -- might get a bit boring if there are a lot of them. Mark., now in zone 8b Thanks... the landscape plan includes other plants besides the carpet roses, but they're plants I'm familiar with. I just didn't know anything about the carpet roses. Thanks. Katie |
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Flower carpet roses
In Katie wrote:
They've been recommended to me by a landscaper as low maintenance, natually disease resistant, prolific blooming ground cover. True. Anyone know how these actually work in the landscape? Are they a good plant? They work OK. Not overly pretty except maybe in a rockery situation. A nightmare near paths or kids. Are they a good plant? Try walking through one! |
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