Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Shady Roses Now Appearing at Nurseries


   Here in California, bare root roses are filling the shelves at area nurseries and garden centers. Most of the roses you may be contemplating need more than six hours of direct sunlight a day to bloom well. 

What's a rose-loving gardener to do with a backyard that has more shade than sun? You can grow that!

     According to Sacramento-based Consulting Rosarian Pam Myczek of the American Rose Society, you may be in luck. She has compiled a list of roses that may be successful in a planting area that gets only four to six hours of sun each day.


As always, all gardening is local. Although these roses will succeed in the Central Valley, Foothills and warmer parts of the Bay Area of Northern California, your luck may vary.  Look for these shade-tolerant varieties on your shopping trips:
 
White roses





Gourmet Popcorn













Iceberg









Sally Holmes








Madame Hardy
Sea Foam
 
Apricot-colored roses




Valencia








Evelyn
Buff Beauty
 
Orange-blend roses



Just Joey 




Bill Warriner








Touch of Class










Victoria Park
 
Mauve roses



Angel Face











Kaleidoscope 
Lavender Lassie
 
Red roses:
 


Asso di Cuori






Mr. Lincoln









Playboy
 







Pink roses





Secret







Baby Grand






Miss Ada










Savoy Hotel
Cape Cod 
Flower Girl
 
Yellow roses
 


Elina





Gold Medal





St. Patrick










Sunsprite

 






Graham Thomas
Mutabilis


Valley rosarian Lance Walheim, author of the books, "Roses for Dummies" and "The Natural Rose Gardener" recommends these hybrid tea roses for light shade gardens: 




Brandy (apricot/orange)









Garden Party (creamy white with a hint of pink)






Voodoo (peach/yellow)

 







Swarthmore (red)


In our own garden, three hybrid tea roses - 







Pink Peace





Fragrant Cloud









Oklahoma









- are doing well on the north side of the house, where they get primarily early morning and late afternoon sun.

For more of Myczek's "shady roses" selections, visit this link. Thanks to Baldo Villegas and the SRS for use of many of these photos.



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