Gorgeous queens of the garden: Discover five vigorous and easy-to-grow roses!
It is said that roses are the queens of flowers, and in fact they manage to capture everyone's attention and are greatly admired by most. Generally, we are enchanted by roses with spectacular red and velvety petals, but even those of other colors can often become truly sensational focuses of the green areas of our homes.
There are also rose varieties that are particularly vigorous and easy to grow, suitable for forming impressive bushes or for covering pergolas, gazebos and fences. Here are some that are worth discovering:
Rosa banksiae
Also commonly known as Lady Bank's Rose, this is a plant that is not only very vigorous, it also grows rapidly with rapid: it is used to cover pergolas, gazebos and fences and, if positioned and cared for in the right way (it needs very little care), a single plant can cover even very large surfaces.
Another peculiarity of this plant is that it has no thorns, so it is also very convenient to manage when the time comes to prune it - not to mention that the cuttings that are obtained from the take root very easily.
Like all roses, it prefers a sunny exposure, which will encourage it to cover itself with a cloud of yellow roses in clusters: it is somewhat reminiscent of the double and "frothy" flowers of flowering cherry trees, only the flowers have a delicate creamy, yellow color. It is one of the very first roses to bloom in early spring and although it does not re-flower during the blooming period, it is truly a sight to be seen in your garden.
Albéric Barbier Rose
The Albéric Barbier rose belongs to the sarmentose family, which is a type of climbing rose that reaches larger sizes than the other modern versions. Compared to these, they must be helped to cling to their supports, but in any case, they can end up covering large areas. Like the rose describe above (Lady Bank's Rose), this one too does not re-flower, but its bloom is truly splendid and, above all, the flowers are very fragrant.
The contrast between the creamy white flowers and the darker, shiny leaves is extremely attractive, and the plant is very robust, capable of recovering even from an accidental over- aggressive pruning when it is a mature adult.
Buff Beauty rose
Buff Beauty is an ancient rose belonging to the Muscat Hybrid group. It forms very large bushes and is filled with large, petaled flowers that often cause the branches to bend under their weight. The petals are colored somewhere between yellow and apricot hues, and give off an intense and pleasant scent. Flowering is continuous through the year.
It can also grown in shaded areas, although it needs several hours of sunshine a day to flower and give of its best. It can also be grown in pots and has been awarded the Gardening Merit Award by the Royal Horticultural Society.
Ghislaine de Feligonde rose
Also commonly know as the goldfinch rose, this is a climbing plant but can also be grown as a shrub. Equally vigorous and quite fast growing as the previous rose described, its flowers are clusters of buds that sprout in a color somewhere between apricot and orange and when opening fully, they lighten almost to white. This means that when the plant is full of flowers at various stages of maturity it is extremely colorful, and is very attractive against the background of its dark leaves.
Mermaid rose
If yeilding double flowers are not a priority, you may also be fascinated by the Mermaid rose. It is an ancient Bracteata rose with fragrant yellow petals, which sprout from golden brown stamens. It is continuously in bloom all summer and has very large leaves. It can manage to grow even in northern or partially shaded areas (but flowering is always better when it receives some direct sunlight). But beware of the thorns, which are numerous and wickedly curved.
Do you know of, or have you grown, any of these roses?
