Episode: Seven
Air Date: 11th of October 2008
Presenter: Neville Passmore
Story Title: Sensational New Release Plants

Neville introduces a brand new plant with lots of colour, that will really brighten up your garden this year, and shows you how to look after and maintain your plant.

Featured Plant

Flower Carpet Amber

• It is a tough, high-performance groundcover rose.
• A true easy-care ground cover rose, simple to grow and easy to maintain
• Masses of golden amber blooms
• Glossy green foliage
• Attractive compact bush shape and appearance
• Easy-care maintenance
• Disease-resistant
• Early flowering
• Suggested Uses - Use in flowerbeds, mass plantings, large containers and as a standard tree rose. A perfect commercial landscaping plant for low-maintenance color.
• Growth Habit - Bushes are low growing and compact, with dense glossy green foliage.
• Flower Size - Small to medium flowers 2 to 21/2 inches diameter.
• Mature Height - Grows to 28 to 36 inches.
• Mature Width - Grows to 36 inches wide.
• Spacing - Plant 2-3 per square yard, for ground cover. For a stunning display, plant 13 in 3 square yards. Plant 24 inches apart to establish boundaries. Can be planted anytime during Spring, Summer or Fall.
• Hardiness - Will thrive in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 11. In cold zones, protect over the first winter. In zones 5 and below, continued winter protection is advised. In areas of intense heat (for example Phoenix, AZ), protect by planting in semi-shade (with plenty of filtered light), keeping well-watered.
• Flowering Period - Produces masses of flowers all season long in full sun. In partial shade (4-5 hours of sun per day), still blooms, though in reduced numbers. Performs satisfactorily with a full day of filtered light. Amber flowers early and is one of the first Flower Carpet to bloom in Spring.
• Number Of Flowers - Flowers produced in clusters up to 12 inches across from a single stem. Clusters comprise up to 11 smaller clusters of 3 to 5 flowers and developing buds. Up to 45 flowers and developing buds can be produced on a single stem.
• Flower Color - New flowers are orange yellow with brighter yellow center ageing to soft pink.
• Fragrance - Light sweet fragrance.
• Foliage - Dark glossy green, medium sized leaves.
• Pruning/Pinching - No fancy pruning needed. Cut back by ⅔ annually in late winter or early spring. Trim to shape anytime of year, if desired. The bush is self-cleaning with few rose hips, no dead-heading required, petals fall away cleanly.
• Light Needs - For best blooms, grow in full sun. Grows well in partial shade (4-5 hours of sun per day) with reduced blooms. In areas of intense heat and sun, semi-shade/filtered light.
• Soil Needs - Can thrive in a variety of soil conditions. Performs best in well-drained friable garden soil with added organic matter.
• Water Needs - When planting in the landscape, water in well particularly during hot conditions and continue to water regularly until the plant is established. Flower Carpet roses are very tolerant of dry conditions once established.
• Disease Tolerance - Very tolerant of common rose blights such as black spot and mildew. It does not require routine chemical spraying and dusting in the landscape, apply only if needed.

Contact
Anthony Tesselaar International Pty. Ltd.
327 Monbulk Road, SILVAN. Vic. 3795, AUSTRALIA
Phone: +613-9737-9568
Fax: +613-9737-9899
e-mail: contactus@tesselaar.com

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