Roses Western Australia
Varieties of Roses in Western Australia
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Shrub Roses are popular large bushes that are often tall and spread with many branching canes. Shrub Roses are ideal to fill garden areas with lots of colour and some will grow 1.2 - 3m high by approx. 1m - 1.8m wide.
Look out for Playboy, Monsieur Tillier, Dainty Bess and Maurice Utrillow.
Some of the colours are amazing raging from pale yellow to pink and crimson as the flowers mature. -
Climbing, rambling and pillar roses - they provide great colours and stunning displays when supported on a frame, growing on a single post or over an arch. There are various sizes available for many uses in a garden.
Climbers have repeat flowers through spring to late autumn.
Iceberg - with white clusters of blooms that are lightly scented are available as a climber and will grow up to 1.4m high and 1.2m wide.
Other climbers are the Climbing Pinkie, Pierre de Ronsard, New Dawn and there is a thornless climber with clusters of white and lemon scented flowers and it can grown up to 3m high x 4m wide. - Ground Covers are low spreading roses - height to 50cm with small flowers. There is an eay to grow ground cover rose called Flower Carpet. It is cut back to the ground with shears each winter. It is available in yellow, white, red, coral and white. (Ask your local nursery)
Iceberg Rose
Some roses that grow in Western Australia include: Multiflora and Dr Huey – they are good rose rootstocks. They grow in heavy or good quality soils that don’t dry out completely.
I love red roses and some that you can grow in WA include Black Velvet (Hybrid Tea), Hot Cocoa (Hedging Rose – Floribunda) and Christion Dior (a Hybrid Tea). There are others available so we recommendthat you, contact a nursery close to you and they will be able to give you some advice on what to grow.
