Description

Masses of red blossoms with butter centers are presented on this true easy care groundcover rose; simple to grow and easy to maintain with no spraying; cut back to one third in late winter

Landscape Attributes

Flower Carpet Red Rose is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Flower Carpet Red Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Flower Carpet Red Rose will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.