Rose Lady Elsie May

* Common name: Rose Lady Elsie May

* Botanical name: Rosa x ‘Angelsie’

* What it is: A disease-resistant, long- and heavy-blooming shrub rose with coral pink flowers and glossy, dark-green leaves. Winner of a 2005 All-American Rose Selection honor. Best blooms are in June but keeps blooming through September.

* Size: Rounded, bushy habit of 3 feet tall and wide.

* Where to use: Care-free enough to use as a border or foundation shrub in any sunny location. Also can be used as a low hedge, massed on a sunny bank, or grown in a sunny pot.

* Care: Cut back to ankle high in March before new growth begins, and fertilize with a granular fertilizer formulated for roses. For maximum flowering, scatter additional doses in May, June and July. No spray needed. Water weekly in hot, dry weather, wetting the ground, not over the leaves.

* Great partner: Purple salvia and lavender are good perennial partners. Alternanthera Little Ruby makes a colorful annual groundcover underneath. Boxwoods and hollies are good evergreen partners.