Fire Safe Gardening

Posted By Firefox on February 26, 2009

It seems that there is no lack of new and beautiful rose varieties out there! I was jsut at the nursery where row after row was jam packed with all sorts, many I had never seen before.  But not all roses are well suited for all gardens.

Lots of us have limited time to spend out in the garden and we need roses that will perform, giving us masses of blooms, but without lots of work.  Of course, roses are an ideal additional to the fire safe garden. They are actively growing in summer, have high moisture content, do not develop masses of dead wood and can be somewhat drought tolerant when grown properly

One new rose, Pink Drift, from the Drift series by Meilland seems to stand out, literally!  I picked it out initially because, even though it is only February, Pink Drift was in full leaf.

The label describes it as a repeat blooming ground cover rose ideal for hanging baskets and pots. This suits me fine since I am always looking for places to add easy, color without a lot of fuss. In Big Sur, I tend to prefer my roses either very compact, as the Drift Roses claim to be, or long and arching like many of the David Austin English Roses are.  So I will try Pink Drift and see how disease resistant and tough it really is and report back. Mine is newly potted in a large terra cotta pot at the edge of the vegetable garden path.

Categories: Roses
Tags: big sur, organic gardening, Roses