Pike Nurseries Helps Love Bloom This Valentine's Day with Rose Plant PreSale

Valentine’s Day will be here in a heartbeat, and it’s the perfect time to let love blossom! While cards and chocolates are popular gifts, there is no better way to say, “I love you” than with a long-lasting rose plant. As the most traditional Valentine’s Day flower, the iconic rose flaunts sweet scents, velvet-like petals and symbolizes everlasting love.

Understanding the importance of this special holiday, the garden experts at Pike Nurseries are offering over 60 different varieties of rose plants – their largest selection of the year – for presale now throughSunday, February 2. Customers looking to shower their sweeties with these long-lasting flower plants can pre-order them online or at any store location for in-store pick up. The rose plants will be available for pick-up starting Friday, February 14. Whether it’s for a Valentine’s Day gift or just a thoughtful surprise, Pike Nurseries offers the widest selection of rose plants with beautiful, love-struck flowers to last all year-long.

While red remains the most classic rose tint, there are ample colors available to choose from. Other varietals in buttery yellow, sunset orange and creamy white can bring a fresh burst of color to traditional Valentine’s Day rose plants. Pike Nurseries offers the top 10 rose plant varieties of 2014 that will thrive in southern gardens season after season.

1.     Knock Out Roses: Knock Out Roses make great garden additions because they are both low maintenance and disease resistant. The three most popular kinds of Knock Outs include the Red Double Knock Out, which displays candy apple red flowers and has a slight spicy fragrance; the Pink Double Knock Out, which has ‘bubblegum’ pink petals; and the Sunny Knock Out, which produces masses of bright, butter yellow blossoms all season-long.

2.     Drift Roses: Drift Roses, another well-known family of roses, come in a variety of colors and styles. Three popular kinds of Drift Roses include the Red Drift shrub, the Popcorn Drift and the Pink Drift. The scarlet-red blooms with no noticeable fragrance cover the low creeping Red Drift shrub. The Popcorn Drift displays small blooms of yellow that fade to white. The Pink Drift has hot pink, semi-double flowers with a soft pink center that creates an incredible floral show from spring to winter.

3.     White Out: Aptly named, these white blossoms are produced in such quantities that they literally “white out” the foliage. This completely disease-free rose has citrus-like fragrant flowers with up to nine petals. It makes a great border, landscape or container plant.

4.     Mister Lincoln: Referred to as one of the most popular roses of all time, the Mister Lincoln has large, shapely buds that open to deep rich, velvety reds. It is accompanied by wafts of rich fragrance. These plants, which maintain good disease resistance, stand tall and stately while its blooms rest on top of long, straight stems. Each flower is very fragrant and can have up to 35 petals.

5.     New Dawn: This climbing rose of up to 20 feet blooms on new and old wood with an intense tea rose fragrance. The flowers are masses of soft pink blooms, with up to 35 petals. New Dawn also has good disease resistance.

6.     Ketchup and Mustard: The Ketchup and Mustard rose is fast-selling and makes a breathtaking accent in the garden, along walks or in containers. The perfectly formed brilliant red and bright yellow blossoms adorn this adorable tree rose all season-long.

7.     Julia Child: Butter gold, old-fashioned blossoms combined with the fragrance of licorice candy makes this rose a mouth-watering recipe that every gardener will crave. This variety was hand-selected by Julia Child herself a few weeks before her passing. The Julia Child rose makes a great border or low hedge  and is a lovely tribute to an American icon.

8.     St. Patrick: This variety flaunts lovely, lightly fragrant flowers on long, strong stems that combine yellow, gold and green coloring. The flower’s green color is enhanced with warmer weather.

9.     Twilight Zone: This grandiflora rose has large round buds that develop into double, old-fashioned flowers with deep velvet purple coloring covered in a purple haze. The Twilight Zone rose also has a strong clove and spice scent.

10.  Don Juan: This large-flowered climber can grow up to 14 feet high! Don Juan blooms on both new and old wood, developing masses of deep red blossoms with up to 35 petals of a strong fragrance.

For more information about the rose presale at Pike Nurseries, please visit http://bit.ly/1d7Cvrr. For more information about rose varieties at Pike Nurseries, please visit www.pikenursery.com.