Whether or not you are a fan of them, the Flower Carpet Rose Amber and others in this series of Roses gives a grand show.
I was always very reluctant to try out these Flower Carpet Roses. My concern was that ground cover Roses simply did not appeal to me. If I had taken the time to read about them I would have been aware that they weren’t simply ground hugging plants, in fact I am very pleased to now have a few of them in the garden.
The picture above, is that of the very first bud to open on Flower Carpet Rose Amber, and what beautiful shades of orange, yellow and peach it has.
As you can see above, further into the Summer season the shading of colours were less pronounced but nevertheless still very attractive.
There are a good few of these Roses available, bred by the German Rose breeder Noack Rosen. Amber is one of the next generation flower carpet roses where it is said that the refined breeding has produced improved heat and humidity tolerance on top of its already existing disease resistance. Well I am happy regarding the disease resistance however the heat and humidity thing is of little consequence in Aberdeen, seems to me Noack has introduced a cold resistance tolerance which he perhaps is unaware of.
Below is a list of some of the Flower Carpet Roses available.
Flower Carpet Amber
Flower Carpet Apple blossom
Flower Carpet Coral
Flower Carpet Pink
Flower Carpet Pink Supreme
Flower Carpet Red
Flower Carpet Scarlet
Flower Carpet White
Flower Carpet Yellow
Some of the traditional gardeners who grow Roses may perhaps be a little reluctant about having Roses such as these in their gardens. However, personally I am reminded of the late Gardeners World Presenter, Geoff Hamilton who would refer to
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