Shrub Rosa × 'Korpancom' [sold as Electric Blanket™] [Electric Blanket Floribunda Rose] The Electric Blanket Floribunda Rose is a low-growing, compact plant with abundant salmon-pink flowers from summer through fall. Although generally used as a groundcover, this rose is sometimes trained and sold in a tree form. It has good resistance to powdery mildew, but good cultural practices are important in order to prevent other diseases and other pests, such as black spot and rust. Avoid wetting the foliage when watering, place the plant in an area…
Shrub Rosa × 'Meiboulka' [sold as Oso Easy® Cherry Pie] [Oso Easy Cherry Pie Rose] The Oso Easy Cherry Pie Rose is a low-growing, mounded plant that produces an abundance of single, cherry red flowers. Although this variant has good disease resistance and is relatively low maintenance, proper cultural practices are still important. Avoid wetting the foliage when watering, place the plant in an area with good air circulation, and remove dead or diseased plant matter as soon as possible. Branches are covered with thorns, making pruning difficult.
Shrub Rosa × 'Nearly Wild' [Nearly Wild Floribunda Rose] 'Nearly Wild' is a lower mainenance, Floridbunda rose that produces pink, single flowers throughout an extremely long bloom period (May to frost). Its spreading form makes 'Nearly Wild' good for mass plantings. Susceptible to black spot, but generally not enough to seriously affect the plant. Good cultural practices are important for roses in order to prevent disease and other pests. Avoid wetting the foliage when watering, place the plant in an area with good air…
Shrub Rosa × 'Scrivjean' [sold as Oso Easy® Honey Bun] [Oso Easy Honey Bun Rose] The Oso Easy Honey Bun Rose is a low-growing, mounded plant that produces fragrant, semi-double flowers in a variety of colors, from pale pink, pastel yellow, and creamy white. Although this variant has good disease resistance and is relatively low maintenance, proper cultural practices are still important. Avoid wetting the foliage when watering, place the plant in an area with good air circulation, and remove dead or diseased plant matter as soon as possible. Branches…
Shrub Spiraea × bumalda [Bumald Spirea] Flowers heavily in June (on new growth) and then continues intermittently through August. Annual pruning results in better foliage and flower effect. Tolerant of widely different soils and exposures, but tends to do best in full sun with adequate moisture and a pH of 6.0-7.5. Avoid very wet sites.
Shrub Spiraea × bumalda 'Anthony Waterer' [Anthony Waterer Bumald Spirea] 'Anthony Waterer' Japanese Spirea is a cultivar of Spiraea japonica that originated from the original cultivar of Spiraea x bumalda (hybrid of S. albiflora and S. japonica), as many other cultivars of Spiraea. This condensed shrub reached 3 to 4' in height and roughly 4-5' in width at maturity. Flowers reach 4 to 6" in diameter, flat topped, deep carmine-pink inflorescences that bloom through the summer months. New leaves emerge a rusty-brown and change to…
Shrub Spiraea japonica [Japanese Spirea] Flowers heavily in June (on new growth) and then continues intermittently through August. Annual pruning results in better foliage and flower effect. Tolerant of widely different soils and exposures, but tends to do best in full sun with adequate moisture and a pH of 6.0-7.5. Avoid very wet sites.
Shrub Spiraea japonica 'Dolchica' [Dolchica Japanese Spirea] 'Dolchica' has deep pink flowers and interesting crinkled and cutleaf foliage. Flowers heavily in June (on new growth) and then continues intermittently through August. Annual pruning results in better foliage and flower effect. Tolerant of widely different soils and exposures, but tends to do best in full sun with adequate moisture and a pH of 6.0-7.5. Avoid very wet sites.
Shrub Spiraea japonica 'Genpei' [Genpei Japanese Spirea] 'Genpei' (also seen sold as 'Shirobana' and 'Shibori') is an excellent, mounded cultivar that produces flower clusters that can be pink, deep rose, or white, or a combination. Flowers heavily in June (on new growth), and then continues intermittently through August. Annual pruning results in better foliage and flower effect. Tolerant of widely different soils and exposures, but tends to do best in full sun with adequate moisture and a pH of 6.0-7.5. Avoid very…
Shrub Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame' [Golden Japanese Spirea] 'Goldflame' is known for foliage that rotates between different golds, yellows, and bronzes throughout the seasons. In the spring, the foliage emerges bronze-red, followed by yellow-green foliage in the summer, and finally becoming golden yellow to orange in the fall. Flowers heavily in June (on new growth) and then continues intermittently through August. Annual pruning results in better foliage and flower effect. Tolerant of widely different soils and exposures, but tends to do best in…
