31 RHS Chelsea Gold Medals
Flower Carpet Sunshine
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Potted roses can be planted at any time of year; the planting window shown here is for bare-root roses.
Rose Features
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Repeat Flowering
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Wildlife Friendly
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Garden Merit Award
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Suitable for Pots
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Great companion plants for Flower Carpet Sunshine
Plants that grow well alongside Ground Cover roses like Flower Carpet Sunshine.
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Creeping Thyme
Why grow this with Flower Carpet Sunshine?
A low, drought-tolerant carpet that suppresses weeds at the base of a rose, with flowers that are popular with bees and other pollinators.
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Bugle
Why grow this with Flower Carpet Sunshine?
Spreads to form a low, shade-tolerant carpet around a rose's base, smothering weeds while its blue flower spikes add early-season colour.
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Lavender
Why grow this with Flower Carpet Sunshine?
A classic rose companion: its silvery foliage and compact habit hide bare lower stems, and it shares roses' love of full sun and free-draining soil.
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Yarrow
Why grow this with Flower Carpet Sunshine?
Attracts hoverflies and ladybirds that help keep aphid numbers down on nearby roses, and its flat flowerheads add contrast to rounded rose blooms.
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Lady's Mantle
Why grow this with Flower Carpet Sunshine?
Soft, scalloped leaves and frothy lime-green flowers make an easy edging that catches morning dew and softens the front of a rose border.
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Anise Hyssop
Why grow this with Flower Carpet Sunshine?
Long-flowering spikes bloom right through summer, drawing in bees and hoverflies that help keep aphid numbers down on nearby roses.
Frequently asked questions
Bare-root Flower Carpet Sunshine roses are best planted during their dormant season, from November to March, which is also when we dispatch them. Potted roses are grown in containers and can be planted at any time of year — just avoid periods of hard frost or drought, and water thoroughly after planting.
Every rose we sell is covered by our 1-year Rose Guarantee, so you can plant Flower Carpet Sunshine with confidence. See our Rose Guarantee page for the full details.
Often, yes — we grow our roses ourselves and stock varies through the season, so a variety that's sold out can come back. Use the "Notify me" button above to be emailed the moment Flower Carpet Sunshine is back in stock.
Flower Carpet Sunshine's mature growth range is 60cm x 80cm (2ft x 2.6ft). Growing conditions such as soil, sunlight, feeding and pruning can affect the final size, so treat this as a guide rather than an exact figure.
Ground Cover roses have a low, spreading habit that hugs the soil rather than growing upright, making them useful for covering banks, edging borders or trailing over low walls. Most flower prolifically and need very little pruning.
Flower Carpet Sunshine belongs to our Procumbent (Ground Covering Roses) group.
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What the icons on our roses mean.
Fragrant
Has a noticeable scent. The product page tells you how strong it is.
Repeat flowering
Flowers more than once through the season, rather than a single show.
Disease tolerant
Naturally tolerant of common rose diseases such as blackspot and mildew.
Wildlife friendly
Flowers that provide pollen and nectar for bees and other pollinators.
Good for cutting
Long-lasting blooms on stems that suit cutting for the vase.
Ornamental hips
Produces decorative hips in autumn, which also feed the birds.
Award winning
Has won awards. They are listed under Key Information on the product page.
Suitable for pots
Happy growing in a container on a patio or balcony.
Grow up an arch
Can be trained over an arch, pergola or doorway.
Grow up a wall
Can be trained up a wall or fence.
Partial shade tolerant
Copes with a position that only gets sun for part of the day.
Icons only appear on roses that have the feature. Please use them as a guide: roses are living plants and can vary with your soil, sunlight and care.
