As a comment about Rose (Rosa 'Baby Blanket'), GardenQuilts wrote:

I have grown this rose for several years. I like it, but it wasn't what I expected. It sends lots of long, thin, prickly canes that take off in all directions rooting wherever they touch ground. The longest canes were 8-12'.

I have moved three times in the past 4 years. Baby Blanket and its progeny have survived. I am going to try growing them as climbers against a chain link fence - I hate chain link fences, so I am covering them in flowering vines.

I will hopefully return with beautiful pictures later this season.

I have seen 'Baby Blanket' sold as a standard. It would be a beautiful, weeping, flowering standard rose.
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Oct 5, 2018 4:15 PM CST
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Name: J Murphy
South Carolina (Zone 7b)
Region: South Carolina Beekeeper Irises
I purchased this plant from Park Seed a few years back and it is as you describe. It was sold as a groundcover plant, thus the long canes and taking root readily.

I hope that helps clear up its growth habit and how best to use it. It makes a beautiful small rose, especially before it is fully open.

Happy growing all!
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