Right Rose, Right Place (book Layout And Design)

Right Rose Right Place

359 Perfect Choices for Beds, Borders, Hedges 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 App e a l o f Ros e s 7 Pa r t 1 :

1 Ev e ry on e c a n g r o w r os e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

9 Ros e s i n C on ta i n e r s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 9 • Container Roses as Garden Elements

• Planting and Caring for Container Roses

• Choosing the Right Rose Matters a Lot

G r o w i n g Ros e s

• A Few Words about My Garden

Pa r t 3 :

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



• Modern Roses

• Twenty-First-Century Rose Shopping

• Old Garden Roses

• Planting Roses

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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

• A Final Word on Rose Classes • Choosing Roses for Your Garden

Ros e s i n t h e G a r d e n a n d L a n d sc a p e 39 Pa r t 2 :

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

• Watering Roses

• Feeding Roses • Mulch

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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,

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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

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1 3 Un d e r s ta n d i n g P r u n i n g :

B e d d i n g a n d C u t t i n g Ros e s .. . . . . . . . . 1 2 5

• 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 :

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C l i m b i n g Ros e s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 1

T i m i n g a n d Te c h n i q u e s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 7

• 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 gardening challenge after another, roses provide colorful, fragrant solutions.

B ARONNE P R é V OST C l ass:

Hybrid perpetual

Bl oom C ol or: Bl oom S i z e: In trodu ced:

‘BAB Y LOVE’

B A B Y LO V E Class :

Miniature

B lo o m Co lo r : B lo o m Size : I n tro d u ce d :

Yellow

1½"

R epeat B l o o m : He i g ht:

Continuous

18"

Har d i ness :

Pink

4"

Repeat Bl oom: H ei ght:

Reliable

5'

H ar di n ess:

Zones 5–8

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 minimizing this potential problem. ‘Baronne Prévost’ will add a lot of fragrance to a grouping of Canadian Explorer roses or other healthy shrubs. There is a paler pink mutation called ‘Oderic Vital’, which is only slightly less vigorous. R i g h t P l a c e Mixed border.

Zones 5–9

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 uncomplicated blooms also make it at home with most annuals. 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.

‘P l e i ne de grÂc e ’

Low–Medium ‘Linda Campbell’ (page 54) ‘Petite de Hollande’ (page 104) ‘Rosa Mundi’ (page 109) ‘St. John’s Rose’ (page 111) ‘Scabrosa’ (page 113) ‘Simon Robinson’ (page 168) ‘The Countryman’ (page 119) ‘Turbo’ (page 121) ‘White Roadrunner’ (page 122) ‘Wildeve’ (page 122) ‘Yesterday’ (page 123)

Tall ‘Antike 89’ (page 177) ‘Cibles’ (page 47) ‘Hansa’ (page 91) ‘Laura Ford’ (page 183) ‘Lemon Blush’ (page 54) ‘Perle von Weissenstein’ (page 104) ‘Pink Surprise’ (page 56) ‘Pleine de Grâce’ (page 106) ‘Thérèse Bugnet’ (page 121)

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“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

R i g h t Ros e Right Place

Beauty and Fragrance That Work Where You Want Them

The Author SHIPS SEPTEMBER 2009

Peter Schneider has edited the Combined Rose List, the annual directory of roses in commerce, 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 Horticulture, The Gardener, Garden Style, and other

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