Groundcover Rose

A whole new breed of landscaping roses came about with the advent of shrub roses, which offers beautiful ways to fill in borders and cover bare earth. The low-growing groundcover roses are useful for mass planting in a border or under a tree, and to mix colorfully with perennials or shrubs, line a path, cover a slope, or to be planted in hanging baskets or window boxes for a bloom-spilling display.

To reinvigorate groundcover roses every year, cut back the plants by two-thirds while they are still dormant in early spring.

Light:

Sun, Part Sun

Zones:

5-9

Plant Type:

Rose

Plant Height:

1-3 feet tall

Plant Width:

To 4 feet wide

Landscape Uses:

Containers, Beds & Borders, Slopes

Special Features:

Attractive Foliage, Attracts Birds, Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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Flower Carpet Amber rose

(Rosa 'Flower Carpet Amber') produces fragrant, golden-apricot flowers over glossy, dark-green foliage. The lush foliage is quite disease resistant. It grows 2 1/2 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Zones 5-10
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Flower Carpet Coral rose

(Rosa 'Flower Carpet Coral') features soft, coral-pink single blooms that cover the glossy dark-green foliage in large clusters of 20 to 30 blooms. The lush foliage is impervious to disease. Plants grow up to 2 1/2 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Zones 5-10
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Flower Carpet Pink rose

(Rosa 'Flower Carpet Pink') blooms prolifically for five or more months. The white-centered, pink blooms develop in clusters 6 to 8 inches across, with as many as 18 flowers in each. Plants grow up to 3 feet tall and 4 feet across. Zones 5-10
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Flower Carpet Pink Supreme rose

(Rosa 'Flower Carpet Pink Supreme') produces hot pink blooms all summer and fall on a low-growing, disease-resistant plant. It grows 3 feet tall and wide. Zones 4-10
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Flower Carpet Red rose

(Rosa 'Flower Carpet Red') bursts forth with masses of rich red flowers from late spring to late summer. It grows 3 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Zones 5-10
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Flower Carpet Scarlet rose

(Rosa 'Flower Carpet Scarlet') bears loads of scarlet, semidouble blooms that develop in clusters on a vigorous plant. Foliage is a glossy, dark green and impervious to disease. Plants grow up to 3 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Zones 5-10
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Flower Carpet Yellow rose

(Rosa 'Flower Carpet Yellow') is a disease-resistant variety that blooms from late spring to fall with yellow flowers. It grows 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Zones 5-10
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