How to Care Roses

Roses 'Paul's Scarlet Climber' is a climbing rose cultivar that produces large, scarlet red flowers and forms a dark green bush with almost no thorns. The name of the cultivar refers to its color and growth habit, and it honors William Paul, the famous horticulturist and the breeder of this cultivar.

Highly fragrant, the roses 'Arthur Bell' is a repeat bloomer that produces spectacular yellow flowers. Samuel Darragh McGredy IV bred the roses 'Arthur Bell' by crossing 'Cläre Grammerstorf' with the 'Piccadilly' rose variety. Its name derives from Arthur Bell, the creator of Scotch whiskey.

Roses 'Complicata' produces prolific numbers of single, pink-and-white flowers with golden stamens. Cultivated as a hybrid of other gallicas, this cultivar was ironically named "complicated" despite its simple yet colorful blooms. Roses 'Complicata' continues to delight gardeners with its masses of flowers, light fragrance, and bright colors.

French rose 'Versicolor' is a vigorous climbing French rose, which produces pale pink, sweetly-scented flowers in summer followed by little orange fruits in autumn. The versatile color combination gives rise to this cultivar's name. It is particularly enjoyed for its larger-than-usual flowers. Gardeners should note that it is susceptible to many pests and diseases, however.

Roses 'Blanc Double de Coubert' offers stunning large, fragrant, semi-double pure white blooms with a delicate, tissue-paper texture. It blooms early and reblooms through the summer. This is a cultivar cross between Rosa "Rugosa" and Rosa "Sombreuil". It is often used by gardeners as a showy ornamental.

Unlike its parent plant, 'Félicité-Perpétue,' roses 'White Pet' blossoms in waves throughout the summer and fall. It produces small white double pompom-style blooms with a light, sweet fragrance. Winner of the Golden Merit Award, it’s a versatile cultivar used in containers and flower borders.

With clusters of silvery pink flowers, the roses 'Felicia' emits a strong fragrance that makes it a particularly good cultivar for producing cut flowers. Compared to other cultivars, roses 'Felicia' is celebrating for being especially disease-resistant with a long blooming period. The roses 'Felicia' derives from the 'Trier' and 'Ophelia' varieties, although the meaning of its name is not known. Gardeners love this cultivar for its versatility.

Roses 'Constance Spry' is the first official English Rose. It produces sprays of pink double flowers continuously for about four weeks during the late spring or early summer. The rose-pink flowers are cupped-shaped, similar to some other cultivars in the genus but its myrrh-like fragrance sets it apart.

Stranvaesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae.

Cliffortia is a genus of plants that has been assigned to the rose family, with currently 132 known species. Its species can be found in southern Africa, particularly in the Cape Floristic Region. Cliffortia species are mostly upright shrubs, but some species develop into small trees of up to 5 m high. The stipules have merged with the base of the leaf and form a sheath around the branch. Leaflets may be thin or leathery, broad to needle-shaped, with the margin serrated or entire, and may have a spiny tip. Cliffortia has separate male and female flowers in the leaf axils, which are mostly set individually but sometimes in clusters. One or two achenes may develop in each flower, within the inflating calyx.

The dichotomanthes genus contains the sole species Dichotomanthes tristaniaecarpa, which is a small tree/shrub native to Eastern Asia. This species favors mixed evergreen forest habitats at medium altitudes. It produces late-spring white flowers as well as red fruit cylinders from late summer through fall.

Gardeners can plant drymocallis around trees to create a wild, woody ground cover. The plants have bright or pale green leaves that may be spiked or lobed, and they grow from kidney-shaped seeds. The flowers are small yellow or white blooms.