Patio roses grow bigger and bushier than miniatures (about 14 -24 inch high) yet are perfectly formed. Patio Roses are easy to grow and can be useful in many garden locations.
Easy Places to Grow Patio Roses
Edging plants in front of other plants or in a narrow border on their own.
Some varieties make an attractive small hedge.
They all look well planted in groups 3-5-7 of each variety.
They are not house plants and are as hardy as larger roses.
Patio Roses are great for tubs and containers but remember to feed, water and mulch them.
Combined with summer bedding plantsthey will flower all summer long.
Growing Tips
Minimum pruning in late February or March will help keep them tidy.
Plant in full sun for the best show.
They are of course totally hardy and being perennials will appear year after year.
Roses are outdoor plants and do not survive in the house.
Top Ten Repeat flowering
varieties providing a great display of colour include:
- Loving Wishes A free flowering rose with good disease resistance and scented, scarlet-red blooms
- Golden Wishes The flowers are golden yellow with a slight fragrance and 14″ tall
- Flower Power produces peach-salmon blooms with a spicy scent
- Golden Anniversary Large fragrant golden rounded flowers with yellow centres from summer to autumn. Upright bush habit.
- Red or Yellow Sunblaze,
- Sweet Dreams, or Sweet Magic,
- Charmant,
- Flirt,
- Diamond Wishes
- One of the smaller varieties is not surprisingly called Peter Pan.
There seems to be a named patio rose for most birthday and anniversary event if you shop around – that is modern marketing for you.
More information from Amazon in ‘Growing Miniature and Patio Roses’ by Dawn and Barry Eagle £6.99
See also Top Ten Old Roses
