Best English Roses for Pots and Containers
Container Gardening, Best English Roses
Container gardening is a very pleasant and easy way to grow English roses. Their dazzling beauty and seductive fragrance are right up to eye and nose level for your guaranteed pleasure. Containers are also a fabulous option for those rose enthusiasts lacking garden space or facing soil and drainage issues.
English roses are not only sumptuous and fragrant, they also have the great advantage of repeat flowering in flushes, producing exquisite blooms time and again, over a long season extending from late spring through to the first frosts. They also enjoy a particularly strong disease resistance, which, coupled with their graceful, slightly arching, bushy habits, make them ideally suited to be grown in large pots and containers.
The care requirements of potted roses are identical to those of landscape roses except for extra watering and fertilizing. Simply place your pots or containers in any sunny location such as your deck, terrace, balcony, patio, or rooftop garden, where you will be able to enjoy their fabulous blooms and perfume daily.
The following English roses are mostly recommended for pots and containers. As you will note, most of them won the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society.
Guide Information
Hardiness |
4 - 9
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Plant Type | Roses |
Plant Family | Rosa - English Roses, Rosa - Roses |
Exposure | Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Season of Interest |
Spring (Late) Summer (Early,Mid,Late) Fall |
Water Needs | Average |
Maintenance | Average |
Soil Type | Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand |
Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained |
Characteristics | Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Plant of Merit, Showy |
Attracts | Butterflies |
Landscaping Ideas | Beds and Borders, Patio and Containers |
Garden Styles | City and Courtyard, Formal Garden, Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden |
Photo courtesy: David Austin Roses (www.davidaustinroses.com)
While every effort has been made to describe these plants accurately, please keep in mind that height, bloom time, and color may differ in various climates. The description of these plants has been written based on numerous outside resources.
Guide Information
Hardiness |
4 - 9
|
---|---|
Plant Type | Roses |
Plant Family | Rosa - English Roses, Rosa - Roses |
Exposure | Full Sun, Partial Sun |
Season of Interest |
Spring (Late) Summer (Early,Mid,Late) Fall |
Water Needs | Average |
Maintenance | Average |
Soil Type | Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand |
Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained |
Characteristics | Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Plant of Merit, Showy |
Attracts | Butterflies |
Landscaping Ideas | Beds and Borders, Patio and Containers |
Garden Styles | City and Courtyard, Formal Garden, Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden |