Uses
In full sun, masses of flower clusters cover each rose bush from Spring to late Autumn. The foliage is dense, green and glossy on a bush with a good, mounded shape. Plant Flower Carpet roses into mixed garden beds for a cottage garden or perennial border look; into large containers; as a loose low hedge; or in low-maintenance high-end commercial landscapes.
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Care
These roses thrive in most climates and soils but perform best in well-drained crumbly garden soil with added organic matter. Flower Carpet roses will typically grow into a low, dense and compact bush, taking up a slightly flattened 3ft once established. However, each one is different and growing conditions will also affect the plant's mature size. As for pruning, once a year in late winter or early spring, all you need is a pair of garden shears to cut them back by a third any which way.
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Hardiness Zone
Zones are indicators where various permanent landscape plants can adapt. If you want a shrub, perennial, or tree to survive and grow year after year, the plant must tolerate year-round conditions in your area.
Flower Carpet Roses can tolerate harsh winters from zones 4-8.
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Dormancy
Stop deadheading roses by August or September to allow the stems to harden and form hips. If you deadhead too late, the frost can kill the stem. If you have a dry year, be sure that the rose is well watered going into fall. Cover the base of the shrub with mulch, leaves or straw to protect the crown, which is just above where the roots meet the soil. This way, even if you have an unusually cold winter that causes dieback, your roses will come back the following year. Since roses are grown on their own root, they will grow back beautifully, even after the worst of winters.
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