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Rosa Flower Carpet 'Ruby'

Flower Carpet Rose 'Ruby'

A vibrant, easy-care rose that blankets the garden with ruby-red blooms from early summer until autumn.

Supplied as an established plant in a 3 litre pot

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Rosa Flower Carpet &

Aspect

Full sun

Hardiness

Hardy across the UK, RHS H6

Flowers

June - October

Soil

Chalk, clay, loam, sand

About this plant

A carpet of velvety red, all summer long

  • Description

    Rosa Flower Carpet 'Ruby' is a low, spreading ground-cover rose grown for its large sprays of semi-double, velvety dark red flowers with golden stamens. Freely borne from late spring right through to autumn, the lightly scented blooms cover a dense, arching mound of glossy dark green foliage. Tough, self-cleaning and exceptionally disease-resistant, it needs very little care, making it ideal for carpeting borders, banks and large containers, or as a low informal hedge, while its nectar-rich flowers draw in the bees.

  • Why we like it

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    'Ruby' is about as easy as roses get. It carpets the ground with velvety dark red blooms from late spring to autumn, shrugs off the diseases that trouble many roses, and cleans up its own spent flowers, so it needs little more than an optional annual trim. Superb for covering banks and awkward spaces, weaving through the front of a border, or spilling over the edge of a large pot, and the bees love it.

Key features

What makes it special

Good for cutting

Loved by bees & pollinators

Fully hardy — comes back every year

Specs & details

The particulars

Botanical name
Rosa Flower Carpet 'Ruby'
Common name
Flower Carpet Rose 'Ruby'
Supplied as
3 litre pot
Flower colour
Red
Eventual height
60cm
Eventual spread
60cm-1m
Flowering period
June - October
Habit
Low-growing spreading shrub
Life cycle
Deciduous shrub
Hardiness
Hardy across the UK, RHS H6
Aspect
Full sun
Soil type
Chalk, clay, loam, sand
Moisture
Moist but well-drained
Position
Front of border, ground cover, patio container
Plant spacing
Space around 60 to 75cm apart for ground cover.
Growing skill
Easy to grow

Plant calendar

When to plant, when it performs

 
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Planting
Flowering

Plant bare-root roses from late autumn to early spring, and container-grown roses at any time the ground is workable. Flowers repeatedly from late spring into autumn.

Planting & care

Help it thrive

Planting guide

Plant in fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny position. Mix compost into the planting hole and water thoroughly after planting. Space plants well to allow airflow and reduce disease risk.

Care tips

Feed in spring with a balanced rose fertiliser and mulch annually to retain moisture. Deadheading is not essential but can help keep plants looking tidy. Water during prolonged dry periods.

Winter care

Hardy throughout the UK. In late winter or early spring, lightly trim back to maintain shape and remove any dead or damaged growth.