Shrub Rose, Groundcover Rose 'Flower Carpet Scarlet'

Very giving rose. She gets "spidery" though. She works in my garden because I pick up her legs and rest them against my water fountain. T...Read Moreons of vibrant red blooms all summer long! She has been in my garden for year. I live in Southeastern, MA

A very good rose that tends to grow 2-2.5' tall by 3' wide here in Central Illinois. It has healthy looking leaves and nicely colored fl...Read Moreowers. It should be mulched heavily the first winter to protect the crown in our area. My experience has shown it capable of surviving our winters here once established without a problem. Flowers open slightly orange and age to a scarlet color.

I'm growing this rose in Vermont for 2-3 years and it's now blooming so profusely that it's become a traffic stopper on our street! I cu...Read Moret it back in the early spring, and then it just blooms and blooms right through our early Vermont frosts. Also, I have other roses (mostly shrub roses) in my yard that are covered with Japanese beetles and have been pretty much destroyed, but so far they haven't touched the Flower Carpets for some reason.