Full bloom nursery Log In 0 Home Who We Are More roses We grow a great selection of landscaping shrub roses here at the nursery. They include several colors of Knockout Roses and assorted colors of Drift Roses, the dwarf shrub rose that blooms all season just like Knockout Roses, but with a smaller compact growth habit. In addition to these roses that we grow, we bring in hybrid tea varieties for spring and Mother's Day. New for 2018 are the Brindabella Fragrant Shrub Roses! These new hybrid roses have all the characteristics of disease resistance and ever-blooming shrub roses with the fragrance of hybrid tea roses. We're excited about these new roses, we've been waiting a long time for a shrub rose with fragrance. These low maintenance roses are very vigorous yet grow to only 4 feet tall in 2 years’ time. Very well suited to home gardens and commercial landscapes alike, the foliage is among the cleanest to be found in any shrub rose and the fragrance will stop any passerby in their tracks. Click on the photos below for the names & descriptions of the Brindabella Roses we are growing here at the nursery. ' And last but not least, one of our absolute favorites, 'Julia Child', a floribunda rose with intense fragrance and wonderful disease resistance for a fragrant rose. Helpful Links: Rose Culture for Georgia Gardens Rose Gardening FAQ's American Rose Society- rose care articles Rose Drying Techniques Try the annuals and perennials listed below with your favorite fragrant roses for a classic cut flower display: Annuals Celosia Cosmos Snap Dragons Sunflowers Zinnias Things you can forage for to make wildflower and rose bouquets- get creative! Seed heads of wild grasses Magnolia leaves Wild Asters Goldenrod Nandina berries Fern fronds Thistle blooms Perennials Black Eyed Susan Coreopsis Dahlias Echinacea Hosta leaves for greenery Lavendar Shasta Daisy The History of Roses (from the University of Illinois Extension) Roses have a long and colorful history. They have been symbols of love, beauty, war, and politics. The rose is, according to fossil evidence, 35 million years old. In nature, the genus Rosa has some 150 species spread throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from Alaska to Mexico and including northern Africa. Garden cultivation of roses began some 5,000 years ago, probably in China. During the Roman period, roses were grown extensively in the Middle East. They were used as confetti at celebrations, for medicinal purposes, and as a source of perfume. Roman nobility established large public rose gardens in the south of Rome. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the popularity of roses seemed to rise and fall depending on gardening trends of the time. During the fifteenth century, the rose was used as a symbol for the factions fighting to control England. The white rose symbolized York, and the red rose symbolized Lancaster, as a result, the conflict became known as the "War of the Roses." Roses were in such high demand during the seventeenth century that royalty considered roses or rose water as legal tender, and they were often used as barter and for payments. Napoleon's wife Josephine established an extensive collection of roses at Chateau de Malmaison, an estate seven miles west of Paris in the 1800s. This garden became the setting for Pierre Joseph Redoute's work as a botanical illustrator. In 1824, he completed his watercolor collection "Les Rose," which is still considered one of the finest records of botanical illustration. It wasn't until the late eighteenth century that cultivated roses were introduced into Europe from China. Most modern-day roses can be traced back to this ancestry. These introductions were repeat bloomers, making them unusual and of great interest to hybridizers, setting the stage for breeding work with native roses to select for hardiness and a long bloom season. Many of these early efforts by plant breeders are of great interest to today's gardeners. Roses are once again enjoying a resurgence in popularity, specifically, shrub roses and old garden roses. These roses fit the lifestyle of today's gardeners who want roses that are not as demanding with regard to disease control, offer excellent floral quality, have excellent winter hardiness, and fit into shrub borders and perennial gardens without seeming out of place. Knock Out 'Double Pink' Knock Out 'White' Knock Out 'Coral' Knock Out 'Double Red' Knock Out 'Sunny' Knockout Rose Hedge Knockout Roses make the perfect blooming hedge for areas such as the pool or back deck. Drift Rose pop of color Drift Rose Peach Drift Rose Red Drift Rose 'Popcorn' Drift Rose Apricot Drift Rose Pink Drift Rose White Drift Rose Coral Frost on a bloom We are often asked just how long the Drift and Knockout Roses bloom. They will bloom until a hard freeze finally sends them into dormancy, usually late December to early January. Then in mid to late February, they begin flushing out with new fresh foliage and blooms soon after! Full Bloom Nursery • 6662 Holly Springs Road • Clermont, Georgia 30527 • Phone: 770.842.2345