Ground Cover Roses

Some Groundcover Carpet Roses

Rose, Fairy Pink Cushion

Ground Cover Roses grow low to the ground, spread out, and require very little to keep them beautiful. These groundcover carpet roses are ideal for a massed planting. They are hardy, no-fuss roses that are low-growing, but can spread 4-8 ft, depending on the variety. They can quickly cover an area with attractive blooms.

They bloom over a long period of time, with a wide variety of colors available. They have shallow, spreading roots that help prevent eroision, while beautifing the area. Often Rambler roses will be used for this purpose, to help stabilize soil on slopes.

These roses are noted for their lavish blooms, abundant healthy foliage, and good disease resistance.

Some of the favorite ground cover roses include the Meidiland series of roses. These are Floribunda roses that have a low growth habit, and are hardy, easy to care rose plants.

Red Ribbons Rose

A very colorful rose! It requires so little care, that it is often used in street plantings! Small flowers (2 inches wide, with 17-25 petals) are born in clusters. The plants grow 2-3 feet tall, and can spread 4-5 feet in every direction. It would be best to space plants 8 feet apart for the best coverage. The foliage is glossy bright green, and impervious to disease. Although

Deadheading is not necessary, you will get lots more blooms if you do. Hardy zones 4-10

Bonica Rose

Bonica® is a compact rose, just 3 to 5 feet high in mild climates (a bit shorter farther north, taller farther south and west), with a spread of about 4 feet. It is upright and arching, with excellent branching. It's not as dense as the Knock Outs®, looking more like a hybrid tea that somehow keeps blooming month after month after month. The foliage is mid-green, small and fine.

The blooms are a light, clear pink, held in perfect hybrid tea symmetry, and boasting anywhere from 40 to 70 petals. They release a sweet fruity scent, particularly strong in warm weather, and hold up well on the shrub. Cut all you like for nosegays or buttonholes; more will be along shortly! The blooms are followed by bright orange-red hips, which please the birds and keep the bare shrub handsome into winter.

Bonica® improves with each passing year. Once it feels at home in your garden, it will tolerate even poor soils, and is impervious to unusually cold or warm winters. Few roses are cold-hardy through zone 4; Bonica® is with ease. It is a good choice for small gardens and tight places, because unlike most roses, it does not mind being a bit crowded. Hardy zones 4-9


Baby Blanket Ground Cover Rose

A super-floriferous groundcover rose with large, fragrant pink blooms. 'Baby Blanket' has it all! Great disease resistance, superior heat tolerance, a compact spreading habit, and nonstop flowers all summer! These semi- to fully double blooms arise in giant clusters of up to 15, each 3 inches wide and packed with soft pink petals tinged with peach and salmon. Subtly scented, they last very well on the plant, even in extreme summer heat and humidity. And as quickly as they pass, new buds arise, keeping this shrub colorful throughout the summer months. Own Root. #1 grade bareroot. Zones 6b-10

Some good choice Ground Cover Roses

More good choices

Electric Blanket Glowing coral/pink blooms in small clusters on short, strong stems. Repeat bloom is very fast. Bush spreads 3 feet across Hardy zones 4-10

Gourmet Popcorn White miniature is a highly rated groundcover. Bears large clusters of white blooms. Hardy zones 4-10

Cape Cod Large, single petaled light pink flowers bloom profusely all summer. Hardy zones 4-10

First Light This light pink shrub rose has small single flowers and purple stamens, Hardy zones 5-9

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