- Ground cover roses with a special scent
- The most popular ground cover roses
- Ground cover roses by flower color
Some varieties smell exuberant. The other varieties do not smell at all, but rather convince with their flower size, flower shape and/or flower color. Still others grow great and don't need pruning, while others need pruning… A rundown of the best groundcover rose varieties!

Ground cover roses with a special scent
If you place less value on looks and more on a fruity-sweet rose scent, you should not miss one of the following varieties! They stand out with their floral scent:
- 'Snow Queen': white flowers
- 'Magic Meidiland': dark pink flowers
- 'Lavender Dream': blue-pink flowers
The most popular ground cover roses
Some of the most popular strains among gardeners, which sell out quickly, include these:
- 'Gärtnerfreude': raspberry red, ADR rose, rainproof, 50 cm high, suitable for tubs
- 'Apple Blossom': white, delicately scented, 80 cm high, ADR rose
- 'Heidefeuer': bright red, semi-double, resistant to fungal diseases
- 'The Fairy': lilac, semi-double, 60 cm high
Ground cover roses by flower color
Intense hues bring out 'Amber Sun' and 'Sedana'. The former boasts apricot-colored to copper-yellow and extremely shimmering flowers. The latter shows cream-orange flower skins and is also tasty for higher demands.
Red varieties make the atmosphere romantic, erotic and fiery and warm. There are four varieties that can be shortlisted without hesitation, as they have proven themselves:
- 'Bassino': cherry red
- 'Heidefeuer': crimson
- 'Mainau fire': fire red
- 'Dark Red': dark red
Varieties with pink flowers
Are you looking for pink flowering ground cover roses for your garden? In addition to white varieties, they are expressed even more delicately! How about the following specimens?
- 'Larissa': deep pink, double
- 'Mirato': dark pink
- 'Satina': silk pink
- 'Heath Symphony': pink
- 'Purple Haze': pink
White and yellow flowering varieties
If you are interested in white-flowering ground cover roses, the 'Aspirin' variety is the right choice. It produces porcelain white flowers. But 'Diamant' also knows how to win friends with its pure white flowers, as does the 'Schneeflocke' variety.
Yellow groundcover roses are best planted by themselves or alongside red varieties. The most recommended examples include:
- 'Loredo': bright yellow
- 'Golden Sun': sun yellow
- 'Dolly Dot': lemon yellow
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While most varieties tend to express themselves well in groups, the 'Compass Rose' variety is also eye-catching when placed alone. It is taller than other varieties and grows in an elegant, arching, overhanging manner.