Favorite Garden Roses

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Favorite Garden Roses
from: Lawn and Garden Magic



Roses have been around for a long time and continue to be one of the most popular plants for gardeners. Roses are a symbol of love and prosperity everywhere in the world and you know a bouquet of roses will bring an ear to ear smile to anyone who receive one.

You have a huge variety of vibrant and vigorous roses available to choose from. Some are best suited to different climates but roses are grown on every continent in the world. Of course, roses have been a popular choce for any gift giving occasion for many years.

Most gardeners have a favorite based on care and appearance. While each type of rose has differences, they can all create a wonderful and attractive displays of the best that nature has to offer.

Hybrid teas may be the most popular roses of all. Americans are enthusiastic lovers of hybrid teas partly due to the way they bloom into several huge clusters if blooms at one time. These roses create vivid and full displays of lengthy fine buds and large fragrant flowers. Roses do require some help through the cold temperatures of winter but are well worth the effort.

Very little maintenance is needed for abundant blooms, providing gardeners a great return for their efforts. These roses have an elegan shape and and reach a height of 2 1/2 - 6 feet. Hybrid teas provide blooms throughout the entire growing season, but do need some protection during the long winter months.

If you're a gardener who doesn't have much time for pampering, Floribundas are a smart choice. They're strong plants and with some protection, can live during the winter without much loss. Floribunda roses will bloom in bunches from individual to groups of double flowers.

Many gardeners favor Grandifloras since they bring charming petals and grown to great heights while continuously bloomoing during the season. They bloom as lusciously as hybrid tea rose clusters, growing to a height of about six feet. Grandifloras are quite showy and produce white petals and bloom in late spring and they're a cross between Floribundas and hybrid teas. Gladifloras are a tall and studious that breeds what would be considered classic clusters of flowers.

Rugosas grow just about any where and can handle soil that is less than perfect soil. In addition, they only require only three hours or so of daily sunlight. Thus they're especially suitable for the lower numbers in the hardiness zones.

Climbing Roses have lengthy, reaching canes full of blooms. You can train your trellis to weave their way over fences as well as archways.

Landscape Roses work definitely raise the level of your lawn or garden. They grow as hedges and have a way of enriching the color scheme of your garden. Their size varies and they can produce a full, robust bloom in the autumn. Theses roses should be pruned during the winter to eliminate old wood and to help their shapeliness once they've flowered.

Standard Tree Roses are made of tough root stock that connects to a long stem that grafts to a rose bush at the tip of the stem. Tree roses look marvelous along the side of the house since they reace a good height. They should have some form of covering during the winter months.

English Roses combine the fullness of bloom with tangy aromas that are a lot easier to grow and maintain than hybrid teas because of their high resistance to diseases. However, be aware that some can become short climbers if they're pruned regularly. English Roses will remind you of antique roses and will require some help getting through the cold winter months.

You can't get away from it, but Tea Roses do need lots of tender loving care. Their name comes from their distinctive scent. They're decedents of roses grown in mild climates, so there's a possiblity they could grow fragile blossoms in the hardiest zones. They're quite demanding roses that aren't very good at withstanding bad weather. However, if you decide to grow them you won't be disappointed. There are many who consider these the best of the best.

Miniature Roses are adorable plants that are perfect for dressing up your dirveway, deck or patio. They're always popular because people are enchanted by these amazingly cute little versions of larger roses. They're perfect accent flowers that can beautify any area of your home.