Key facts
- Growth habit
- Groundcover
- Flowering
- Repeat-flowering
- Breeder
- Noack
- Listed for
- United Kingdom
Overview
Bred by Noack and introduced in 2001, Flower Carpet Coral is a groundcover rose with coral-red flowers and a light scent. It reaches about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in height and spread. It won the RHS Award of Garden Merit in 2012, and UK plant breeders' rights were granted in 2003. Plant several together to cover a bank or edge a path, and cut back in late winter to keep growth compact.
Flower Carpet Coral traits
- Coral-red flowers
- Light fragrance
- About 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall and wide
- RHS Award of Garden Merit, 2012
Good for
- Banks and slopes
- Path edging
- Containers
Compare with other rose varieties
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| Variety | Days to maturity | Growth habit | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flower Carpet Coral this page | — | Groundcover | — |
| Berkshire | — | Miniature | — |
| Bonica 82 | — | Groundcover | — |
| Flower Carpet Amber | — | Groundcover | — |
| Flower Carpet Gold | — | Groundcover | — |
| Flower Carpet Red Velvet | — | Groundcover | — |
| Flower Carpet Scarlet | — | Groundcover | — |
Flower Carpet Coral FAQ
What kind of rose is Flower Carpet Coral?
Bred by Noack and introduced in 2001, Flower Carpet Coral is a groundcover rose with coral-red flowers and a light scent. It reaches about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in height and spread.
How does Flower Carpet Coral compare with other rose varieties?
Flower Carpet Coral: groundcover. Similar rose varieties include Berkshire, Bonica 82, Flower Carpet Amber. The comparison table on this page lists days to maturity, growth habit and type side by side.
What is Flower Carpet Coral good for?
Flower Carpet Coral is grown for banks and slopes, path edging, containers.
Sowing, care and common problems
Sowing times, care and common problems are the same for every rose variety, so they are covered once in the growing guide.
- Rose growing guide
- How to Prune Roses: When to Cut and How Hard
- Types of Roses: How the Group Decides the Pruning
- Rose Problems: Black Spot, Powdery Mildew and Aphids
- How to Care for Roses: Feeding, Watering and Deadheading
- Rose Growing Calendar: What to Do in Each Season
- Overwintering Roses: Protecting the Graft and the Canes
- All 321 rose varieties
Source
Source: APHA (Animal and Plant Health Agency)
The text on this page is our own summary written from the published variety record, not a copy of it.