Coral Flower Carpet® spreads 5 to 6 feet while staying only 1 to 2 feet tall, which covers more ground per plant than most groundcover roses. Rosa Flower Carpet Coral grows in full sun, hardy from Zone 5 through Zone 8.
Single coral-pink flowers with open centers cover the foliage from late spring through fall, produced continuously rather than in flushes. Bees come to the open flowers for pollen.
The foliage is glossy and holds up through humid summers, and the plant needs no deadheading and no spray program.
Flower Carpet roses were bred in Germany for landscape performance rather than cut-flower form: a low spreading habit, continuous bloom, and enough disease resistance to go without spraying. They are self-cleaning, so no deadheading, and they fill in to the ground rather than going bare at the base.
Full sun gives the heaviest bloom, and it tolerates heat and drought once established. Cut back by about a third in early spring. Space 4 to 5 feet apart, since one plant covers real ground. Shipped on its own roots.