Best Roses for Growing in a Container
The six types of roses that are best suited to growing in containers are:
- The smallest types of roses growing to less than 50cm high with small flowers of 5cm across.
- Mini Floribundas have a dome-shaped growth habit and become clothed with flowers all the way around. Mini hybrid teas form a classic goblet shape with flowers towards the top.
- If you have a very small garden or even just a balcony, you'll be able to grow miniature roses in quite narrow pots providing they're at least 30cm-45cm (1-1.5 feet) tall.
- Standard roses have a lollipop shape with a single, tall stem, topped with foliage and flowers, like a small tree. Flowering at eye level, they're perfect for adding height to both formal and informal planting schemes on the patio or in the border.
- Standard roses can be used as a single focal point or in pairs either side of a doorway or arch. They also work well either side of a gap in a hedge to frame the view beyond. They're usually modern, miniature or patio roses grafted onto a strong bare stem but can equally be rambling roses grafted as a weeping standard in the same way to create to create a cascading form.
- Patio roses work particularly well in containers but prefer a sheltered location so they're not blown over in the wind given their top-heavy nature.
- Floribunda is Latin for "many flowering", representing a group of roses that bear many flowers held in large clusters that bloom continuously from summer through to late autumn.
- Originally produced by crossing Hybrid Teas and Polyantha roses, they have an open, goblet-shaped growth habit with stems that arch a little more than Hybrid Teas, which tend to be more upright.
- They're valuable for bringing a mass of colour to the garden over a long flowering season, especially when grown in groups of odd numbers. They aren't normally as fragrant as Hybrid Tea roses but are generally hardier and more robust, with a higher disease resistance and therefore easier to grow.
- Ground cover roses work well in pots, containers and planters. They form a low, billowing carpet of flexible stems, giving a cascading effect as they spill over the edges of the pot.
- They naturally have a low, spreading growth habit, reaching up to a metre (3 feet) across yet rarely more than 30cm (1 feet) tall. They generally flower freely and continuously, covering the ground with a sea of colour throughout the summer.
- They'll help create a haven for wildlife in your garden with the low branches providing shelter for small birds, mammals and insects.
- If you combine smaller, more compact ground cover roses with a larger container, you can even grow them around the edge of a larger plant.
- Pest and disease free, very hardy and therefore easy to grow.
- Polyantha roses are one of the parents of floribunda rose bushes. They form a smaller bush than floribundas, making them great for containers, but still maintain a sturdy plant overall.
- Reaching 60-90cm (2-3 feet) tall, they produce densely packed bunches of rambler-like, double or semi-double flowers repeatedly throughout the summer on short stems in colours spanning pinks, reds, whites, cream and shades of peach.
- Enjoying a resurgence in popularity over recent years, they are tough, easy to grow and disease resistant.
Reasons to Buy Roses from Jacksons Nurseries
(1) ‘Excellent’ on Trustpilot
Buy with confidence from the only online rose grower rated ‘Excellent’ 4.9* on Trustpilot. We have been a trusted supplier of roses for 3 generations. We take pride in growing our own roses in the field before potting them up, allowing for meticulous quality control to sale.
(2) Best Prices Guaranteed – Direct from the Grower
Save £££s by buying direct from a grower you can trust. We’ve already price checked all of our roses against competitors so you don’t have to. We are so confident we offer the best value, if you find a rose of the same type and grade elsewhere, we’ll beat it by 10%.
(3) 12 Month Plants Guarantee
We offer a 12 month guarantee on every plant that you buy from us that we have classified as Fully Hardy. If a plant you've bought from us fails in the first year, we will either replace it or refund you. See our satisfaction guarantee page for more details and conditions.
(4) Third generation family-owned nursery specialising in roses
Jackson’s Nurseries is a 3rd generation family owned business which has been growing roses for over 60 years. Roses have always been our specialty, as you can see from the colourful array of blooms in the background to the old family photo below. Today, we offer over 200 different varieties of floribundas, hybrid teas, patio, shrub and David Austin roses. Our roses are initially grown in the field before being potted up for website dispatch.
(5) Grown at altitude to produce strong, healthy plants
Our North Staffordshire nursery is situated at 250 metres above sea level, producing strong, hardy plants that will thrive in your garden. Our nursery sits on clay, so you can be sure our roses can handle heavy soil too.
(6) Help & Advice and Aftercare
We are here to help you with any help and advice you need in choosing, planting and growing your roses before, during and after your purchase from us. The help and advice section of our website has extensive information, see below some examples of articles you may find useful:
- Different types of roses and what they each mean
- Guide to climbing roses
- Guide to floribunda roses
- Guide to hybrid tea roses
- How to plant a climbing rose
- How to grow hybrid tea roses
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