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Consider Caldwell Pink for your landscapeBy Tara McKnight Texas AgriLife Extension Service agent, horticulture, Wichita County Texas Here is another Earth Kind Rose for you to consider for your landscape. Earth Kind roses have been through rigorous statewide testing and evaluation by a team of horticultural experts and found to possess a high level of landscape performance and outstanding disease and insect tolerance/ resistance required to for this special designation. Earth Kind roses are among the most thoroughly tested and environmentally responsible plants for the use in Texas landscapes. Earth Kind roses are certainly not immune to pest problems. However, their tolerance to pests is so great that they rarely require the use of chemical pesticides. We will be covering the 15 different Earth Kind roses that are currently available. The third that we will cover is Caldwell Pink. 'Caldwell Pink' is a "found" rose, made popular by Dr. William Welch who obtained it from a small nursery near Caldwell, Texas. The rose was a gift from a family in Sommerville, Texas who grew the rose for many years. Some rosarians speculate it might actually be 'Pink Pet'. Since its reintroduction in the 1980s, it has become a popular rose with landscapers for its hardiness, ever blooming and disease resistant qualities. Even though its origins are unclear, it is certain this is a wonderful rose with many great attributes. It blooms continuously from late spring through fall, bearing many clusters of double lilac-pink flowers. What they lack in fragrance they more than make up with an abundance of flowers. This rose grows into an attractive, full, small shrub, making it suitable for use in many landscape designs where full sun is available. The medium-green foliage remains disease-free throughout the growing season, thus requiring no sprays whatsoever. As a bonus, the foliage often turns reddish purple in the fall. Cultivar Name: Caldwell Pink Blossom Color: Lilac-Pink Blossom and Fragrance: Double - no fragrance Blooming Period: May to November Mature Height: 4 feet Mature Width: 4 feet Rose Category: Found Growth Habit: Small Shrub Landscape Uses and Maintenance: Caldwell Pink can be used in many landscape designs where a small shrub is needed. Use it in drifts, masses, or as an accent. It is naturally compact, so it will show best when used near the front of a mixed border of shrubs and perennial flowers. It's bright, lilac-pink flowers bloom in clusters, often producing three to four shoots bearing clusters of 20 to 50 or more 1 1/2 inch flowers. Even though it does not set hips, new flowering shoots can be stimulated throughout the year by removing spent flower stalks back to a leaf below the multiple flowers stems. Continue to watch for more roses to come. We will cover at least one rose a month. Your garden and landscape questions are always welcome. You may either contact me at our County Extension office, 940-716-8610, or by e-mail, tcmcknight@ag.tamu.edu. You are always encouraged to visit the Wichita County Master Gardener website at www.overthegardengate.org. Another great website to visit for very useful garden hints and answers is http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/. This article, along with every article, will also be featured on www.joetomwhite.com 24 hours a day under county agents. 10/6/08 Date: 9/29/08 Advertisement
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