Flower Carpet® Scarlet Rose (2024)

FAQs

How tall does rosa Flower Carpet get? ›

Flower Carpet roses will typically grow into a low, dense and compact bush, taking up a slightly flattened 3ft once established.

Carpet Roses are a great way to add lovely color with little maintenance. They love the sun and require a minimum of 6 hours of full sun and look great in containers, in borders, mass plantings, in urban gardens, and as ground cover. They will bloom for you spring through fall.

Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Good disease resistance but watch for rust. powdery mildew and rose black spot. See pests of roses to the left. Deer and rabbits will browse the plant.

Flower colors include white, pink, coral, red and yellow. Floribunda ground cover roses are commonly referred to as carpet roses due to their low and spreading growth habit.

Roses can be pruned during late winter when growth is just resuming, usually mid-February in the south, but in northern and colder areas wait until March.

In full sun, these Flower Carpet shrub roses will produce masses of large, classic, fragrant rose blooms. From early spring through to the first frosts, you'll have many rose blooms either to enjoy in the garden or pick for a vase indoors.

These roses do have some thorns; if this is an issue, plant back from the edge of pavement by a foot or so to allow for a snag-free journey.

Typically known for their disease resistance and long flowering season, the carpet roses have become a household name. Now, we have one of our favourite colours as a climber! Perfect for growing through a hedge, a trellis, arch, just about anywhere!

A simple cut-back each spring, a good mulching, watering as needed and some fertiliser is all it takes to keep it blooming all summer long! Flower Carpet roses bloom in full sun to partial sun (at least 6 hours a day).

The main reason roses don't bloom is they aren't getting enough direct sunlight. You may think your plants are in full sun, but they need at least 8 hours of direct sun daily. If a tree or building is nearby, they might not be getting enough light. Also, don't go heavy on the fertilizer.

Can you train Carpet roses to climb? ›

You can do this by pegging, or in this case, by directionally attaching the canes to a support. (However, groundcover roses are bred to produce flowers freely all over the plant, so do not require this kind of treatment. I simply trained it in this fashion to get it out of the way of the window.)

It is best to prune the damaged canes just below the munched off part. As the rose recovers, refrain from applying large amounts of fertilizer as the shrub is in stress. Don't worry, in most cases your rose will begin to flourish again in no time.

A simple cut-back each spring, a good mulching, watering as needed and some fertiliser is all it takes to keep it blooming all summer long! Flower Carpet roses bloom in full sun to partial sun (at least 6 hours a day).

Fast growing; reaches 2 to 3 ft. tall, 3 to 4 ft. wide.

You can do this by pegging, or in this case, by directionally attaching the canes to a support. (However, groundcover roses are bred to produce flowers freely all over the plant, so do not require this kind of treatment. I simply trained it in this fashion to get it out of the way of the window.)

The Guinness World Record for the largest flower carpet of the world is for Jardines of Mexico, in Teotihuacan, where an 18,000 m² (190,000 sq ft) flower carpet was made on 8 December 2018.