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Miniature
Miniatures are just that–small bushes with small flowers.
Miniature roses have enjoyed a remarkable increase in popularity
over the years. Many factors play into the increase, not the least
of which is their adaptability to small gardens and containers and
their dependability as extremely winter-hardy garden roses. Miniatures
descended from a single dwarf China rose called‘Rouletii.'
Miniatures were very popular with Chinese gardeners and only became
popular in the United States when breeding programs started to blossom
just after World War II.
Miniatures range in height from 3 inches to 18 inches. Most are
continuous bloomers with little or no fragrance. As a class, they
are excellent for containers, borders, rock gardens, and other small
spaces. Miniatures are almost always grown on their own root, not
grafted. As a result, they are extremely winter-hardy. Much of the
hybridization work on miniatures is now done in the United States
producing many of the better contemporary varieties.
A quote from David Austin, a prominent English rose breeder, sums
up the miniature rose revolution: "It is an odd fact that the
miniature roses have received more attention in the land of the‘bigger
and better,' the United States, than anywhere else." Maybe
it's time to think of miniatures not just as plants growing on windowsills
or in clay pots in grandmother's kitchen, but as versatile garden
plants.
Modern Roses:
Hybrid Tea | Grandiflora
| Floribunda | Miniature
Species
Roses | Old European
Garden Roses | Hardy Repeat-blooming
Old Roses | Modern Roses
| Shrub Roses
History |
Selecting Rose Plants | Site
Selection & Bed Preparation | Planting
| Water, Mulch & Fertilizer
| Winter Protection | Pruning
| Disease & Insect Pests
| Different Kinds of Roses | Selected
References | Societies &
Organizations | Mail Order
Sources | Video
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