Different Types Roses
Roses that may be in your garden..
When I provide rose care services, I have discovered that in our local area there are many types of roses growing in residential gardens and community rose gardens. Below is a list of the different types of roses available and what they may look like.
Bush Roses
Bush roses are compact rose and make look like a shrub. They can be used for hedges or borders around the garden or property. And many people grow them as single individual bushes throughout their gardens. Hybrid Teas and Floribundas are quite popular bush roses.
Weeping Roses
I have seen quite a few gardens with Weeping roses growing. Unfortunately, I have also seen how some weeping roses are very overgrown, badly pruned or not pruned at all. Weeping roses are also used as climbing roses. The canes on weeping roses sweep downward and they are long and quite flexible. When they are pruned the right way and grow well and full of bloom, they can look very spectacular in a garden.
Standard Roses
Standard roses have been grafted onto tall straight stems, which is why some people call them stem roses. They are normally grafted onto stems around 60 to 90cms in height and when you see them in the garden, they look fantastic when cared for the right way. They take on a shape that resembles a lollipop. You can have these lined up along a driveway or pathway in the garden. One thing to remember is to give them space to breathe and grow.
Half Standard Roses
The name sounds very strange indeed. But Half Standard roses are similar to Standard roses. Instead of being grafted at the longer length of the stem, they are grafted to the middle height at around 70-75cm.
Climbing Roses
Climbing roses look fantastic when they have been trained to grow over trellises, fences, walls or arches. I have had the chance to pruned climbing roses that have grown up along a trellis close to the house. The canes are long giving you the ability to train them to grow the way you want them to grow. Climbing roses are not grafted on to long stems, you train them.
Rambling Roses
If you decide to have a Rambling rose you need a lot of space for them to grow. They grow vigorously, they have long canes and if cared for or pruned the right way they will look fantastic. Unfortunately, some of the rambling roses I have had the chance to prune have been left to grow without any care and when it comes time to care for them, the canes crossed over and some have become very thick and hard to prune. Rambling roses flower once a year around spring to summer and it looks like a mass of small colourful flowers.
Miniature Roses
Miniature roses are fantastic for small areas like patios, small courtyards or if you live in a rental property, you can have beautiful roses in pots. If you are looking for a rose that you can grow in a pot, varieties such as Mandy, Dwarf Fairy, Snow Kiss and Lupo are known for their compact size and repeat flowering. Some miniature rose varieties grown no higher than 50cm and are great for containers, borders and small spaces.
