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Roses
Success
in growing perfect roses lies not in the fussy details, but in the
selection of the proper variety for our climate. Unlike the
typical Hybrid Tea, Floribunda and Grandiflora Roses that require a
climate similar to that of England, we carry varieties suitable to
Charlotte and our surroundings. Five excellent
"care free" choices for the Southern Piedmont include:
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| Knockout
Rose:
With
the Knockout Rose, the cycle of bloom and growth is never ending and
provides a show of color from early Spring well into the hard frosts of
winter. One can't say enough about its maintenance free
lifestyle. It is drought tolerant; surviving and even
thriving in the most devastating of dry summers. Humidity...
bring it on. You'll be hard pressed to find a speck of black
spot on this healthy plant. There is hardly anything which
will stop this rose from blooming. You can expect to have
blooms everyday throughout the summer. We believe that this
is one of the best "flowering shrubs" by far to hit the market in
quite sometime. Extremely winter hardy to zone 4.
Likes the full sun, and reaches 4-5 feet high and wide.
Great used as a hedge, border or in mass plantings.
Varieties include: Radrazz, Blushing, Pink, Rainbow, Double
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Butterfly Rose:
'Mutabilis'
(The Butterfly Rose) is a spectacular rose, whose origin is obscure.
It was once known as 'Tipo Ideale'. The flowers of 'Mutabilis'
dance through a smooth metamorphosis of color. Elegant, single flowers
of a soft buff coloring open from a slender, pointed, firey-orange
colored bud that age to crimson through gradations of copper and
pink. Once in bloom, the shrub displays all of these colors.
It can appear to look like it is covered with a flock of
butterflies of many colors at different stages of flight. Stems
are plum with red metallic tints; leaves and thorns are fine. The
shrub is disease-free, and always flowering. 'Mutabilis' can
tolerate some shade. Cut buds will open gracefully in the vase.
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Fairy Rose: The
Fairy Rose is a dwarf plant, producing single or double flowers with
acute or acuminate petals. There are many kinds, varying in height
from two to eighteen inches, and in flower diameter from one half to one
and one half inches. The plants are perpetual bloomers.
Sometimes confused with them are dwarf variants of the Provence Rose (R.
centifolia var. pomponia) but these may be distinguished from the Fairy
Roses by their round-tipped petals and their habit of flowering
only once a season. The Fairy Roses are unquestionably of
Chinese origin. Loves the full sun and reaches a height and
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Flower Carpet Rose: "Flower
Carpet" is a trademarked name also known (mostly in
European markets) as "NOAtraum" and "Heidetraum." It
is a hybrid cross of "Immensee" and "Amanda" and
hybridized in 1989 by Noack of Berlin, Germany, then introduced by
Pan-Am Northwest, Inc. in 1991.
Most of the hype surrounding "Flower Carpet" came from its
successes in Europe where it won the gold medal at The Hague in 1990.
Most of its disease resistance comes from its parentage. "Immensee"
is a Kordes rose (a 1983 introduction) which itself is a cross between
"The Fairy" (a parent of more than 15 different varieties) and
an unnamed Rosa wichuraiana seedling.
Height: 2', Spread: 3'
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Tips for
Growing Great Looking Roses
At
Planting use:
1/2 Cup of Rose Tone
1/2 Cup of Lime
1 Gal of Fafard Soil Mix
1 Shovel Mushroom Compost
Calendar
of Care:
Feb
- Spray Lime Sulphur on a cold day (below 32 degrees)
Late
Feb - Prune
Begin monthly
fertilizing using Rose Tone when temps are consistently above freezing
through November.
Easter
- Begin bi-weekly spraying of Orthonex until mid-June.
Mid-June
- Treat for Japanese Beetles if needed
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