Roses aren’t just beautiful—they’re fun, versatile, fragrant, and can transform any garden into a showstopper. Choosing the right types of roses and planning how to use them in your landscape will help you create a garden that blooms beautifully all season.
🌿 Landscape Roses: Reliable Color & Easy Maintenance
Landscape roses are hardy, low-maintenance, and perfect for adding consistent color and structure. Some popular varieties include:
Apricot Drift® Roses
Compact, spreading roses with beautiful apricot blooms, ideal for small spaces, garden edges, or container planting.
Cathedral Bells™ Rose
Showy light pink, old-fashioned blooms in clusters with a strong lavender fragrance. Compact, disease-resistant shrub ideal for garden beds or containers.
Design Tip:
Line your walkways or patio edges with landscape roses and mix in seasonal annuals or perennials for layered color. Using Calloway’s Premium Tree & Shrub Garden Soil ensures strong roots, while Calloway’s Blooming Shrub Food or Epsoma® Rose-tone keeps blooms vibrant all season.
🌸 Climbing Roses: Vertical Drama
Climbing roses add height and elegance, making ordinary structures into focal points. Popular varieties include:
Peggy Martin
Soft pink flowers and vigorous growth make it ideal for walls and pergolas.
Lavender Crush™ Rose
Unique lavender blooms with a strong fragrance, perfect for adding a soft pop of color to trellises, fences, or garden arches.
Design Tip:
Combine climbing roses with trailing vines for a lush, layered effect. Prune regularly to maintain shape and maximize blooms.
✂️ Roses for Cutting: Bring the Garden Indoors
Hybrid Tea roses are perfect for bouquets and indoor arrangements because of their long and strong stems. Look for varieties like:
Dancing in the Dark™
A modern rose with stunning intense deep red blooms, lovely matte green foliage, and upright growth.
Julie Andrews™
Highly fragrant pink-fuchsia blooms with a bright yellow heart, perfect for striking bouquets.
Marc Chagall™
Compact shrub rose with large pink and yellow variegated blooms, known for its strong fragrance and disease resistance.
Design Tip:
Plant Hybrid Tea Roses in a dedicated bed near your home for easy access. Group by bloom time so you always have fresh flowers to bring indoors.
🌟 Landscape Inspiration
Romantic Pathway
Line walkways with Drift® Roses for color and structure.
Vertical Escape
Train Peggy Martin or Lavender Crush™ climbing roses on an arbor for a stunning garden entrance.
Mixed Flower Beds
Combine landscape roses with shrubs like Sunshine Ligustrum and Fringe Flower for texture and seasonal interest.
Container Gardening
Even small spaces can enjoy roses—plant them in Calloway’s Premium Tree and Shrub Soil and feed with Calloway’s Premium Flowering Shrub Plant Food for long-lasting blooms.
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🌹 Join Us for a Free Rose Garden Talk!
Take your rose garden to the next level! Join us in-store on April 11th from 10:00–10:45 AM at all Calloway’s and Cornelius locations for a FREE Garden Talk led by Texas Certified Nursery Professionals. Learn how to care for your roses, make them thrive, and enjoy tips on planting and design. Plus, attendees can enter for a chance to win an exclusive giveaway valued at over $175! One lucky winner at each location, you must be present to win! You can RSVP for free through EventBrite!
How to Grow Roses in Texas
Landscape roses like Knock Out® or Drift® roses are perfect for beginners. They’re low-maintenance, disease-resistant, and bloom continuously with minimal care.
Roses thrive in full sun, which means at least 6–8 hours of direct sunlight each day. The more sun they get, the more blooms you’ll enjoy.
In North Texas, early spring and fall are ideal planting times. This allows roses to establish strong roots before extreme summer heat or winter cold.
Roses prefer deep, consistent watering about 2–3 times per week, depending on weather conditions. Always water at the base to keep foliage dry and prevent disease.
Yes! Pruning helps promote healthy growth and more blooms. Most roses benefit from a good prune in late winter or early spring, with light trimming throughout the season.
Use a balanced rose fertilizer like Espoma® Rose-tone or a blooming shrub food to encourage strong roots and vibrant blooms. Feed regularly during the growing season for best results.
Absolutely! Many roses, especially compact varieties like Drift® roses, do great in containers. Just make sure your pot has good drainage and use high-quality soil for best results.
Deadhead spent blooms, fertilize consistently, and ensure proper sunlight and watering. Choosing repeat-blooming varieties will also keep your garden full of color from spring through fall.
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