5 Favorites: A Rose for All Regions, Texas Edition - Gardenista
We’ve all heard of the yellow rose of Texas (many of us have even have burst into song about it). A ‘Spice’ bush rose is $19.95 from The Antique Rose Emporium. For the past 24 years specialists at the Texas A M University AgriLife Extension Service have been laboring in test gardens to... ...create a home gardener s dream rose varieties that thrive with minimal water no pesticides or chemical fertilizers and very little pruning Belinda’s Dream, a shrub rose developed by a mathematics professor in the early 1990s, was the first rose to receive the EarthKind designation. Photograph by Malcolm Manners via Flickr. In the spring and fall (most of Texas is too hot for roses to bloom vigorously in summer) Belinda’s Dream is covered with gigantic flowers from 4 to 5 inches wide; $18.95 from Antique Roses Emporium. Photograph by Ryan Somma via Flickr. The original red Knock Out rose is resistant to black spot a plague in hot humid areas of Texas so it can be grown... ...all over the vast state As Dr George notes people frequently think they can t grow roses because they have been sold the wrong ones Perle d’Or, a small shrub with apricot buds and fragrant golden pink flowers is easy to establish as long as it is not over-watered. Photograph by Malcolm Manners via Flickr. ‘Souvenir de St. Anne’s’ Rose Photograph via Dreaming of Roses. Souvenir de St. Anne’s is a dwarf shrub that grows to about 3.5 feet tall and so is good for small gardens. When selecting EarthKind roses, it is important to make sure they are grown on their own roots and not grafted.