In my front yard I have an area about 15x10. I want to plant a rose garden, what other plants will go with?

Answer 1

I planted red and pink "pinks" around my heart shaped rose garden

Answer 2

Remember you will be pruning those roses as well as fertilizing several times a year. The suggestion not to plant close to the rose is good from the point you'll be stepping on things and hoeing them up as you fertilize.

Roses can grow quite large so allow enough room. Roses need good air circulation to reduce disease problems, so don't cram stuff in there.

One public rose garden is noted for planting delphiniums in with their roses. I always thought that a strange but also striking combination.

Roses bloom in a 40 day schedule so you'll have periods of great bloom and then periods where things are less abundant. Good thinking to have something around.

Finally, get some graph paper and plot out your garden. Quickly you'll discover 150 square feet won't hold all you want to grow. It is all gardener's dilemma.

Answer 3

I always think that an old-fashioned perennial garden with a few roses looks much nicer than a strict rose garden. But whatever you decide, plants in the onion/garlic family can help prevent pests like aphids. There are lots of nice flowers in this family, but chives are cheap and the purple flowers will go nicely if you have lots of pink roses.

Answer 4

I also have a rose backyard fairly larger than the only you have. I even have one climber and one Queen Elizabeth. They have been already right here as quickly as we moved in yet the place no longer doing o.k.. We placed some clean Miracle Gro soil down, lined the floor with gardening textile and placed white river rocks on marvelous of the textile. Now my roses are capturing up and blooming like loopy! I counted the buds on my pink climber and there have been like forty six! In end, i might say 2 super rose trees and then a pair that don't boost very massive. My mom is likewise an avid gardener and that i be attentive to the rigidity of attempting to stick to in her foot steps. i think of what you're doing with the reminiscence backyard is a stunning tribute.

Answer 5

Roses look great by themselves. I prefer a white rock ground cover only. Whatever you decide, you need to make sure other plants are not to close to the roses because the roses need alot of room. Check out the these two web sites for more info
www.rosemagazine.com
www.jacksonandperkins.com

Both have a weath of info on rose gardens

Answer 6

Nepeta x faasenii is good, catmints give you blue to go with the pink, red and yellow roses. Also Alyssum, cerastium (snow in summer), Stachys (lambs ear), Erigeron, and if you want an attractive onion type plant, Tulbaghia (Society Garlic) comes in variegated and grey leafed and flowers for months a mauve colour.

Try not to plant to close to the base of the roses as free air movement helps to prevent diseases. Good luck!

Answer 7

I would do the border with a low to the ground non flowering small green plant or white flowering...you don't want to take away from the beauty of the roses

Answer 8

You can plant baby's breath and garlic. The garlic will help controll bugs and the baby's breath just add's beauty. And you will also have filler for when you cut your roses.

Answer 9

I have a rose bush and a gardenia bush in my garden and they both have a beautiful smell and are so pretty when both are in bloom.

Answer 10

star jasmine, gerber daisies, gazinias, anything low to provide color to the lower part of the garden.