Planting Roses Garden Nursery Landscaping Guide
Planting Roses In Your Flower Beds
By Jeremy Goldstar
The planting of roses along with other types of flowers might
be a better choice for a garden than just planting roses alone.
Having only one species of plant in a garden is often frowned
upon as a "monoculture," and for good reason.
A single species that gets hit with a pest infestation or some
kind of disease could be entirely wiped out, leaving nothing in
the garden at all. Floribunda roses might be hardier than, say,
hybrid tea roses, but it’s still not a good idea to plant the
garden with just one type of flower. You’re safer to put other
flowering plants in as well.
Choosing Growing Partners Carefully
This means, of course, that when planting roses, you need to
plan their spacing perhaps more precisely than you otherwise might
have, and choose their growing partners with some care. If you
were to plant miniature roses near petunias, for example, the
roses would probably get overwhelmed and disappear.
Climbing roses and sweat peas are likely to fight for wall or
trellis space. For standard roses, which tend to grow fairly tall,
you could review your options and plant violets or pansies below
them. And all of this is naturally combined with the necessity
to choose colors that work well together.
Creating A Rose Hedge
You could arrange different configurations for the bushes as
well. For example, by planting roses closer together and trimming
the foliage in certain ways, you can create a rose hedge.
If you line your sidewalks with hedges like these, even going
out for a walk would feel (and smell!) like a small stroll through
a bower. Setting roses to climb a fence behind some lower annuals
in beds around the edges of the yard could also add extra beauty
to your garden design.
There are also some relatively shade tolerant types of roses
that you could plant in different places than usual, though even
these would always need a certain amount of sunlight.
A Better Range Of Flowers In Your Flower Bed
You’d always have to remember that any annuals you placed in
and among your taller roses would still need to be planted as
seedlings rather than just planting the seeds and waiting for
them to grow in time.
You can experiment with all sorts of companions and configurations
when planting roses with other flowers or finding creative ways
to arrange the roses themselves. You can help reduce the risk
of all your roses succumbing to pests or disease, and create a
lush arrangement of many different types of flowers at the same
time.
About the Author:
Jeremy Goldstar has written a number of articles on flowers, gardening
and landscaping including
Self Watering Planters.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
Little Known Rose Gardening Facts....
Rose gardening can definitely be challenging to those that are
not blessed with a green thumb. They can be difficult to train
to grow properly and are very prone to bugs and blight.
It really depends on what type of roses you grow and where you
are growing them. But anyone can make a rose garden if they have
the right tools and choose the right type of roses for their environment.
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