359 Perfect Choices

Right Rose for Beds, Borders, Hedges

Right Place and Screens, Containers,
Fences, Trellises, and More

Peter Schneider
Editor of the annual Combined Rose List
4 Pa r t t i t l e t k
C O N TE N T S • Choosing the Right Varieties

Introduction

T h e V e r s at i l i t y a n d
Pa r t 1 :
9 Ros e s i n C on ta i n e r s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 9
App e a l o f Ros e s 7 • Container Roses as Garden Elements
• Planting and Caring for Container Roses
1 Ev e ry on e c a n g r o w r os e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
• Choosing the Right Rose Matters a Lot
• A Few Words about My Garden Pa r t 3 : G r o w i n g Ros e s 205

2 A r os e f o r e v e ry P u r pos e .. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 10 G e t t i n g S ta r t e d :
• Species Roses B u y i n g a n d P l a n t i n g R o s e s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 6
• Modern Roses • Twenty-First-Century Rose Shopping
• Old Garden Roses • Planting Roses
• A Final Word on Rose Classes
• Choosing Roses for Your Garden 1 1 T h e B a s i cs o f C a r e :
Fo o d , W a t e r, a n d M u l c h .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 0
Ros e s i n t h e G a r d e n
Pa r t 2 : • Watering Roses
a n d L a n d sc a p e 39 • Feeding Roses
• Mulch
3 r os e s t h at c a n s ta n d a l on e .. . . . . . . . 4 0
• Choosing a Site 1 2 D e a l i n g w i t h P r ob l e m s : I n s e c t
a n d A n i m a l P e s t s, B l i n d S h o o t s,
4 g r o w i n g Ros e s i n H a r m on y and Diseases. ................................... 227
w i t h O t h e r P l a n t s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 • Insects
• Roses in Beds and Borders • Blind Shoots
• Solving Problems with Roses • Diseases
• Choosing the Right Spot • Animal Problems

5 B e d d i n g a n d C u t t i n g Ros e s .. . . . . . . . . 1 2 5 1 3 Un d e r s ta n d i n g P r u n i n g :
• Choosing a Site for a Bedding Garden Bed Layout W h e n , H o w, a n d W h y .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 0
• Enjoying Roses as Cut Flowers • General Pruning Guidelines
• Choosing Bedding Roses • Rose Pruning Specifics
• Root Pruning
6 M i n i at u r e Ros e s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 1
• Using Miniatures in the Home Landscape 1 4 P r e pa r at i on f o r W i n t e r :
T i m i n g a n d Te c h n i q u e s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 7
7 C l i m b i n g Ros e s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 1 • Protective Mounds
• Convincing Climbers to Bloom Their Best • Other Methods
• Support Structures • Protecting Tender Roses
• Climbers as Ground Covers
• Choosing Climbing Roses App e n d i x .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 1
• Glossary
8 T r e e Ros e s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 3 • Resources
• Types of Tree Roses
In d e x .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 6
‘ Wind r us h ’ , shrub/David Austin ‘Q u een Elizabeth ’, grandiflora ‘Th érèse Bu g n et’, rugosa

‘ B ellad o n n a’ , old garden rose/damask

‘Al e x a nde r’, hybrid tea

‘Plein e d e Gr âce’, shrub

‘Mam an T u r b at’, polyantha

6 Pa r t t i t l e t k
 CHAPTER 1

Ev e r y on e C a n
G r o w Ros e s

The roses that you often have seen grown in beds by themselves were
very likely hybrid tea roses. They look good grown this way, and it makes
them easier to care for. Fortunately, there is no need to segregate the
rest of the rose kingdom. Climbers, miniatures, old garden roses, and
the many kinds of shrub roses are made for growing among perennials,
evergreens, and other plants. What other genus offers examples that can
grow tidily in a pot on your deck, provide months of nonstop color in
the perennial border, form an impenetrable hedge, or send a cascade of
bloom down from the tree it has been trained to climb? For one garden-
ing challenge after another, roses provide colorful, fragrant solutions.
 B ARONNE P R é V OST
C l ass: Hybrid perpetual Repeat Bl oom: Reliable
Bl oom C ol or: Pink H ei ght: 5'
Bl oom S i z e: 4" H ar di n ess: Zones 5–8
In trodu ced: Desprez, France, 1842

One of the most dependable old garden roses, this

hybrid perpetual belongs in every garden because
1) it has the beautiful, full-petaled form of the classic
old garden roses 2) it offers repeat bloom as swiftly as
any modern roses 3) it takes up no more room than
a hybrid tea 4) it has a wonderful fragrance, and 5) it
requires no special care.
Generally, the hybrid perpetuals became less winter
hardy as they were more extensively hybridized. As an
early hybrid perpetual, ‘Baronne Prévost’ winters just
fine. Its one fault is a susceptibility to black spot, where
that disease is a problem, but this is no worse than with
most contemporary hybrid teas. Planting it away from
disease-prone roses will go a long way toward minimiz-
ing this potential problem. ‘Baronne Prévost’ will add
‘BAB Y LOVE’ a lot of fragrance to a grouping of Canadian Explorer
roses or other healthy shrubs.
B A B Y LO V E There is a paler pink mutation called ‘Oderic Vital’,
which is only slightly less vigorous.
Class : Miniature R epeat B l o o m : Continuous
R i g h t P l a c e Mixed border.
B lo o m Co lo r : Yellow He i g ht: 18"
B lo o m Size : 1½" Har d i ness : Zones 5–9
I n tro d u ce d : Scrivens, England, 1992

Bright yellow single-petaled blooms smothering a

compact 18" plant make this the perfect tuckable rose,
fitting seamlessly into a bed of perennials. Its uncom-
plicated blooms also make it at home with most annu-
als. Plant ‘Baby Love’ anywhere you’d like a continuous
display of yellow blooms, and just snip old ones off to
hurry along a new batch.
A descendant of Rosa davidii, ‘Baby Love’ is one of
four modern roses that appear completely immune to
black spot in my garden. (The others are David Austin’s
dusky pink ‘The Mayflower’, the original pink ‘Flower
Carpet’, and its paler sport ‘Appleblossom Flower
Carpet’). Because it is so healthy without spraying and
maintains such an attractive compact habit, ‘Baby Love’
makes a terrific accent plant in berry patches and near
vegetable gardens.
R i g h t P l a c e Mixed border of perennials or annuals;
accent plant near edible gardens; container planting. ‘B ARONNE PRÉ VOST ’
 ‘Flo w er C ar p et’

ROSES F OR HEDGING
Whether used along a property line or to divide areas of the garden into separate
rooms, these roses will make a dense and colorful barrier.

Low–Medium Tall
‘Linda Campbell’ (page 54) ‘Antike 89’ (page 177)
‘Petite de Hollande’ (page 104) ‘Cibles’ (page 47)
‘Rosa Mundi’ (page 109) ‘Hansa’ (page 91)
‘St. John’s Rose’ (page 111) ‘Laura Ford’ (page 183)
‘Scabrosa’ (page 113) ‘Lemon Blush’ (page 54)
‘Simon Robinson’ (page 168) ‘Perle von Weissenstein’ (page 104)
‘The Countryman’ (page 119) ‘Pink Surprise’ (page 56)
‘Turbo’ (page 121) ‘Pleine de Grâce’ (page 106)
‘White Roadrunner’ (page 122) ‘Thérèse Bugnet’ (page 121)
‘Wildeve’ (page 122)
‘P l e i ne de grÂc e ’ ‘Yesterday’ (page 123)

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 Beauty and Fragrance That
Work Where You Want Them

R i g h t Ros e
Right Place
“Right Rose, Right Place is not to be missed. Peter
Schneider introduces the reader to hundreds of varieties
that he has personally grown over the past thirty years in
his Ohio garden … a complete, valuable, well-indexed,
well-referenced compendium of rose information. And
it is also just plain fun and pleasant reading as well. ”
— Dr. John Dickman, Editor,
Questions & Answers column, American Rose magazine

The Author
Peter Schneider has edited the Combined Rose
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SEPTEMBER List, the annual directory of roses in commerce,
2009 since 1992. He is the author of Peter Schneider on
Roses and editor of Taylor’s Guide to Roses. His
articles and essays about roses have appeared in
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publications. With his wife, Susan, he grows 1200
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