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Katie

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Sep 17, 2003, 2:10:29 PM9/17/03
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Does anyone have experience with flower carpet roses? I did a search on them
and couldn't find anything negative. They've been recommended to me by a
landscaper as low maintenance, natually disease resistant, prolific blooming
ground cover. Anyone know how these actually work in the landscape? Are they
a good plant? I'm in charge of renovating the landscape at the entrance to
our neighborhood and am considering this plant.

Thanks,
Katie
Montgomery County MD Zone 7


Mark. Gooley

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Sep 17, 2003, 2:52:01 PM9/17/03
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A friend in Billings, Montana planted a mess of them and lost
them all. Then again, that was on a rocky slope with poor soil,
and she didn't water them regularly and long enough, I think, to
get them established. (Note that she was in the valley, which
is zone 5, not up on the Rims, which is zone 3; also note that
with drip irrigation when it's dry, roses do rather well in Billings,
what with the dry air most of the year and a relatively mild climate
in the valley due to the Yellowstone river.) Just to show you
that ANYTHING can be killed with neglect.

There are probably other ground-cover roses that would do as
well as the Flower Carpet variety -- might get a bit boring if
there are a lot of them.

Mark., now in zone 8b
goo...@gator.net


Katie

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Sep 17, 2003, 4:05:49 PM9/17/03
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"Mark. Gooley" <goo...@gator.net> wrote in message
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>
> There are probably other ground-cover roses that would do as
> well as the Flower Carpet variety -- might get a bit boring if
> there are a lot of them.
>
> Mark., now in zone 8b
> goo...@gator.net

Thanks... the landscape plan includes other plants besides the carpet roses,
but they're plants I'm familiar with. I just didn't know anything about the
carpet roses. Thanks.

Katie


Daniel Hanna

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Sep 18, 2003, 4:53:27 AM9/18/03
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In <kpKcnXBlwqk...@comcast.com> Katie wrote:
> They've been recommended to me by a
> landscaper as low maintenance, natually disease resistant, prolific
> blooming ground cover.

True.

> Anyone know how these actually work in the
> landscape? Are they a good plant?

They work OK. Not overly pretty except maybe in a rockery situation. A
nightmare near paths or kids.


> Are they a good plant?

Try walking through one!

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