A Collection of Small Rose Varieties: Fragrant, Space-Saving Choices for Your Balcony
Perfume by Patrick Suskind (Germany)
People can close their eyes before greatness, terror and beauty, and can turn a deaf ear to beautiful melodies or beguiling words, but they cannot escape smell. For smell is the brother of breath; it enters people's bodies with the breath, and if they wish to survive, they cannot resist it. Smell reaches deep among people, straight to the heart, where it distinguishes admiration from contempt, disgust from interest, love from hate.
Whoever masters smell masters the human heart.
Not long ago we published a balcony-gardener's treat: Small-space top pick! A big collection of space-saving miniature rose varieties!
Quite a few fellow flower lovers left comments saying:
Could you recommend some varieties that are fragrant and also suit a balcony? Most miniature roses seem to have no scent... I want my balcony to be fragrant too~
Buddy! You've gotten bold! You've actually started making requests! But still, I like it!
As a veteran balcony gardener + nursery laborer, today I'm bringing a bellyful of recommendations to hash out with you those rose varieties that are both fragrant and short.
Miniature roses:
"Miniature" refers to the plant's growth habit; the height is basically under 60cm.
Among them, many varieties have no scent, but quite a few are fragrant too~
Fairy Bell
Fée Clochette
Official website photo
Sirius Rose flower lover - Xiao de Ai Zhong Hua
Plant height: 40cm
Color: soft pinkish white
Scent: rich old rose fragrance mixed with fresh lemon
Performance: excellent flower production, large flowering volume, normal bloom period around one week; strong disease resistance, tolerant of powdery mildew.
Juice Balcony
Juicy Terrazza
Sirius Rose nursery blooming photo
Sirius Rose flower lover - Yin Da Xia Ai Jia Duo Bao
Plant height: 30-60cm
Color: juicy, vibrant orange
Scent: sweet-and-sour fragrance
Performance: free-flowering, reblooms quickly, blooming wave after wave; moreover the color change before and after the bloom period is captivating, beautiful at every stage.
Poseidon King Balcony
Neptune King Terrazza
Sirius Rose nursery blooming photo
Plant height: 30-40cm
Color: elegant pink
Scent: light tea fragrance
Performance: large flowers, frequent bloom, ethereal and graceful, and disease resistance is pretty good too~
Sweet Carriage
Sweet Chariot
Sirius Rose nursery blooming photo
Sirius Rose flower lover - Ji Tu Feng Li
Plant height: 30-45cm
Color: purplish red
Scent: strong damask fragrance
Performance: enormous flowering volume
Fragrant Jewel
Scented Jewel
Sirius Rose flower lover - Jardin_de_Parfum
Plant height: 50-60cm
Color: purple flowers with white stripes
Scent: classic rose fragrance mixed with a hint of musk
Performance: large flowering volume; even a small plant can be covered in buds.
Non-miniature roses:
Besides miniature roses,
low-growing shrubs and floribundas are also a good choice.
By controlling the plant shape through pruning, they can adapt perfectly to small spaces.
Aunt Maggie
Aunt Margy"s Rose
Sirius Rose nursery blooming photo
Plant height: 120cm, can be pruned to 35-60cm when grown as a miniature rose
Color: light purple
Scent: strong fragrance
Performance: enormous flowering volume, and free-flowering too.
Alnwick Castle
The Alnwick Rose
Official website photo
Plant height: 120cm, can be pruned to 90cm for balcony growing
Color: pink
Scent: moderate old rose fragrance
Performance: good repeat blooming, disease resistance and heat tolerance.
Shakespeare 2000
William Shakespeare 2000
Official website photo
Plant height: 105-150cm, can be pruned to 90cm for balcony growing
Color: red
Scent: strong old rose fragrance
Performance: large flowering volume, good disease resistance.
Royal Rouge
Alain Souchon/Rouge Royale
Sirius Rose nursery blooming photo
Plant height: 120-150cm, can be pruned to 90cm for balcony growing
Color: red
Scent: strong fennel, raspberry and strawberry fragrance
Performance: large flowering volume, good disease resistance.
Monet
Claude Monet
Sirius Rose nursery blooming photo
Sirius Rose flower lover feedback - Terrace Garden's Dao Ba Ming Ge
Plant height: 100cm, can be pruned to under 90cm for balcony growing
Color: pink. Yellow stripes
Scent: moderate fragrance
Performance: free-flowering, floriferous, good disease resistance, good heat tolerance; strongly recommended for beginners to grow!
Arabian Nights
Sheherazad
Sirius Rose nursery blooming photo
Official website photo
Plant height: 120cm, can be pruned to 90cm for balcony growing
Color: deep pink
Scent: intense fragrance
Performance: free-flowering, floriferous, good disease resistance, good heat tolerance.
Misaki
Misaki
Sirius Rose nursery blooming photo
Sirius Rose flower lover - Qing Xi
Plant height: 60-80cm
Color: pink
Scent: old rose fragrance
Performance: relatively prone to powdery mildew, but truly beautiful!
Summer Fireworks
Summer Fireworks
Sirius Rose nursery blooming photo
Sirius Rose flower lover - SHANSHAN Shan
Plant height: 150cm, can be pruned to under 90cm for balcony growing
Color: salmon pink
Scent: tea fragrance
Performance: our own-bred variety, a blooming machine, with flowering volume and heat tolerance both super impressive.
Your garden
Which fragrant and short ones are you growing?
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