Landscape Roses

After a much different spring than last year, gardeners in this area are looking forward to a different summer too. We can hope for a milder summer .

This year I added a number of landscape roses to our inventory. The idea behind landscape roses is replacing the traditional short bushy plants like Wheelers Dwarf Pittosporum and Indian Hawthorn with bushy plants that bloom all spring, summer and fall.

I have been using Starry Night, a white single, for the last few years. I added Home Run, a single red: Rainbow Knockout, a single coral; Imposter a single pink with dusting of red and Cherry Parfait, a double white with red edge. These are all varieties, with regular feeding, bloom all season long. And you don't have to prune the old flowers off.

Roses can give you the most bloom for your buck. Year after year!