Customer Comments

"I just wanted to send pictures of my Carpet Roses. As you can see they just love it in my yard. In Minnesota where I live it gets colder than 20 degrees below in the winter. I just tuck some leaves around them in the fall and prune back in the spring what looks dead. Mine are quite old already. I got them when you first put them on the market. I have every color too. Can't wait to see what is coming out next. Thanks."

P. M., Minnesota, May 2008

COLORFLASH: BREAKTHROUGH IN FOLIAGE Washington Gardener magazine’s January/February issue profiled Color Flash Lime and Color Flash as top picks for 2006. Under the heading, “Breakthrough in Foliage” the magazine ran pictures of both varieties and gave a full description of the newest variety including key features such as “lime green foliage edged in darker green, which literally lights up the landscape,” and “pleasing inflorescences of small blush-pink flowers.”

Washington Gardener magazine Jan/Feb issue

"For those with a hankering for something colorful, easy-care and exotic, take a look at a remarkable new canna Tropicanna that has been introduction nationwide this spring. The effect is dazzling, especially when sunlit from behind".

Ponca City News

"Tropicanna's dramatic, multi-hued foliage is a backdrop for its tall, large flowers which bloom in a rich shade of orange."

Neil Sperry's Gardens

"Canna Tropicanna is a tip-top performer, provides long seasons for color, is easy to grow, and a real looker."

Scottsdale Progress Tribune

"I want to plant out an area about 10 metres by 5 metres and thought a fabulous display of your Tropicanna surrounded and broken up with Dianella perennials would make a fantasitic display."

K.S., USA

Regarding Tropicanna - "I think this multicoloured foliage is gorgeous - subtle and splashy all at the same time".

Evansville Courier

"Tropicanna is its name, and for me it was love at first leaf".

Evansville Courier

"I planted the Coral Flower Carpet rose this spring, which I purchased from Lowe's. I want to thank you for the most carefree rose bush I've ever owned! I was also impressed because you included a packet of starter fertilizer that fed the plants for the entire season!! I am so pleased that I could plant and feed in one step and just enjoy the lovely blossoms. Thank you very much for a superior product!"

L.G., Ohio

"Last year we purchased 5 of your Coral Flower Carpet roses from our local Walmart...we LOVE your product!"

L.G., USA

"My bushes get lots of hips and have been very hardy, in spite of our difficult and inconsistent Chicago winters. We love the gorgeous pink impact our 27 carpet roses make around our circular driveway."

Sheila - Chicago, Illinois (May 2006)

"We are a grower of fine perennials and unusual seasonal plants for our location, Astilbe 'Colorflash' is the best new plant I've seen in 10 years, thanks. Forget all the Heuchera's..."

Chuck Engel Craig Bergmann's CountryGarden

“I purchased Volcano perennial phlox from Home Depot and I love it!! It has the best smell and I have never had so many butterflies in my garden. Thanks for such a wonderful plant!!!

P.V.,USA

"I’ve also seen Flower Carpet roses thriving in the medians of the West Side Highway/12th Avenue. The city has planted them in huge swaths of single colors. With all the cars and the winds off the Hudson, I can’t imagine a worse environment for roses, but they’re in bloom all summer and seem to come back in spring just fine."

B.C., New York, May 2007

"Those Flower Carpet roses are unbeatable…possibly “the perfect plant.” No mildew or black spot, no watering once established, bloom all summer and thrive in lousy soil. We’ve used Flower Carpet Red in vacant lots in Yonkers and they’re like Energizer bunnies. No dieback either, even with stiff winds off the Hudson. The Red stays low and spreading while the yellow grows taller and more erect for us."

A.M., New York, May 2007

"Having lived all of my life in the city prior to moving to Bridgewater, NJ, I never cared for any plant life and never expected it to be so easy. I planted my Flower Carpet roses (Appleblossom and Pink) 7 years ago as border around the front of my home. They have been a beautiful addition to my landscaping and virtually maintenance free (I fertilize/weed protect beginning in spring only) and have added beautiful color and fragrance to my property. I am now planning to add more around the sides of my home as well. I am so happy I chose these wonderful roses!"

A.T., New Jersey, March 2008

"The best shrub rose I have grown was the carpet rose, it was beautiful for several years. This was in Illinois, I currently reside in Minnesota."

T. T., Minnesota, April 2008

"Volcano Phlox really are a fantastic plant. I have never known a Phlox that re-bloomed as heavily as Volcano, and with mildew resistance to boot!"

Tina B., USA

(agapanthus) I think some are hardier than others, so look on the tag before you buy. I purchased a variety called 'Blue Storm' this spring, and it has never stopped blooming. I hope it makes it through the winter because the tag says Zone 9

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Begonia Bonfire – "This is indeed a strikingly beautiful plant I am so impressed!"

P. L., Oregon

'Volcano' phlox "Had to go to two more Home Depots before I got enough, but I am delighted. Also saw them at a specialty retailer in more colors in gallon size. Clearly they are very popular. Great product. Thanks very much."

S.I., Illinois

"Volcano perennial phlox have a high natural tolerance of the powdery mildew that plagues most other phlox. Volcano Phlox 'Ruby'. Smashing color, fragrance and early summer to fall bloom, it doesn't get any better than this. And the best news is the Volcano phlox paniculata series is mildew resistant. I've grown them for two years and they have been disease-free. The plants remain a tidy compact 24 inches high and don't require staking. With six colors to choose from, there is one for every garden."

Nancy Szerlag, master gardener and Metro Detroit freelance writer

"I have a Volcano Pink, Watch Your Garden Grow - KA-BLOOM!....It s lovely, it is beautiful, it's in full bloom and quite striking. It's vibrant and all you say. But it's white…not Volcano Pink. But I love it and wouldn't trade it. Looking at your web site, this phlox comes in many colors., somebody just switch or mixed up the label. No problem - no complaint. We love it and thanks."

B.R., USA

"Flower Carpet Pink is an iridescent rose-pink ground cover rose suited to multiple consumer and commercial uses, in the landscape, garden, containers, hanging baskets and as a tree rose."

Pacific Coast Nurseryman

"I currently have several pink Flower Carpet roses and love them very much."

S.C., North Carolina

"We love the Carpet roses. We have about 25 bushes and they have thrived in the past 3 years. I get people stopping and asking what kind they are. And that is just my front landscaping! They don't even see the back and the pond area! Thanks for such a great product!".

B.F., Michigan

"I want you to know I'm so pleased with the Carpet roses...they are all flowering. It didn't seem to take them long to take hold and start growing".

N.H., Illinois

"Flower Carpet.....I love this product!"

A. C., Connecticut, November 2006

"Last June, I bought eight of your Flower Carpet ground cover roses red, white, pink & coral, we needed a hearty groundcover for a natural area...Your roses have been great."

J.S., Raleigh

"I love the Flower Carpet roses. I purchased four at Bigg's in Forest Park, Ohio and found that I need one more. I purchased the Red variety. I stopped at Bigg's last night and they are out… Help!!!!"

M.P., OH

"I have for several years been adding to my collection of your gorgeous Flower Carpet roses and hoped this year to add several coral and reds. They are simply fabulous flowers…our pinks and appleblossom’s have made our yard a wonderland."

A.S., KY

"I thought you might like to know that I now have 18 of your carpet roses all in my front yard because I haven't done any landscaping in the back yet. I love them because I am not much of a Gardener and they stay bloomed for so long and look lovely even when not in bloom. Thank you again!!"

E. T., Wachapreague, VA

"Our balcony patio here at our office, we have our flower carpet roses growing and making our garden beautiful. It's always special to us to look out and see the flowers".

Gardens West

"Hello. Your plants are magnificent…I love the ground cover roses (Flower Carpet). Thanks!"

L.L., USA

"I have used the Rose in the Pink Pot (Flower Carpet roses) in my garden since about 1992-93. It is a wonderful rose".

B.G., New Jersey

"I am a landscape contractor, and I use and recommend highly the Carpet roses".

C.W., California

"I bought 28 Flower Carpet roses 2 weeks ago...they are beautiful and blooming up a storm right now!".

S.H., Georgia

About five years ago I planted the Flower Carpet Red rose. I dug them up when I moved and planted them in their new home. Although moist, they love their new home and are gorgeous from spring to fall. They are one of the first to bloom. The roses reinvigorated me for my love of roses. They are not fussy. I had a huge problem a couple of years back with aphids and thought I'd lost them. A month later they sprung back and were beautiful again! I think they are red roses, at times they look pink. Excellent plant. :) I am looking to buy some yellow to go with the roses.

T.F., USA

"Flower carpet red - greatest plant of all time."

L.S., California

"I have been a Flower Carpet Red Gardener for 2 years now. My roses are absolutely breathtaking".

D.R., Michigan

"Flower Carpet Pink roses are paving the way for many first time tree rose growers, who are finding it fun to plop a bright lollipop of color into their landscapes".

Grand Forks Herald

"In addition to its disease resistance and cleanly dropped petals, Flower Carpet White's best features also include its attractive bush appearance, easy-care maintenance, and ability to grow in difficult conditions (extreme summer heat, abusive urban environments, and colder climates)".

Landscape & Nursery Digest

"Flower Carpet received 18.3 points out of a possible 20, the highest rating for natural disease resistance ever given. It was the ONLY rose out of 43 entered for 1990 to obtain ADR approval. All others failed even to qualify".

Georgia Green Industry Association Journal

"Flower Carpet tree roses seem to literally explode with flowers all summer long".

Union Leader

"If you love roses but hate all the hard work involved in growing them, you're exactly who horticulture scientists had in mind when they invented the Flower Carpet rose - it's so easy, it practically grows itself!".

Woman's World

New York Times writer Patricia Taylor profiled the rose garden of Jeffrey Van Pelt, Supervisor of Horticulture for the Somerset County New Jersey Park Commission. Van Pelt created a no-spray rose garden, inspired by the Flower Carpet marketing campaign. He wanted to test Anthony Tesselaar International's marketing claims, and when the Flower Carpet thrived, Taylor wrote that Van Pelt was sold.

Patricia Taylor, New York Times

"I planted my carpet roses in May and couldn't believe how beautiful they are, my pride and joy...Thank you for all the enjoyment I have had from your rose plants".

R.A., South Carolina

Flower Carpet…"These plants are hearty and beautiful. At 8 inches tall and planted 20 inches apart, I can see the promise of a 20 foot border along my home. :) Keep up the good work"

K.R., Michigan

 

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