Care for Your Garden

There are many different ways of planting roses, and many different reasons for changing how you plant them. One reason may be as simple as the fact that a garden entirely of roses would be considered a “monoculture,” meaning that if a disease or a pest strikes one kind of rose in the garden, it’s likely to take them all out. Some varieties are more vulnerable than others; for example, the tea rose tends to be more susceptible to such things. But it still might be wise to plant not just roses in your flower garden, but other flowers as well, to try to mitigate that danger.

At this point, though, you have to decide what types of roses you’re going to have in your garden, because this will be a factor in what types of companions you choose to grow with them. You need to think about both the height of the roses and the spacing between them. Miniature roses will need less space, but you certainly wouldn’t plant them along with annuals that will overshadow them entirely. You could consider planting roses and violets together, but you would need to remove the violets right after they flower, or their roots could tangle too much with those of the roses.

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.

If you’re planting roses and annuals together, then give the annuals a head start by picking up seedlings rather than starting with seeds, which would take forever to become a good size. It’s a good gardening tip to try to reduce the potential spread of disease or pests by mixing up your rose beds with other types of flowers. You can get very creative and experiment both with colors and species, as well as different locations for the flowers. Putting other flowers in with your roses won’t detract from their beauty if you plan carefully, and it could actually protect them from potential harm.

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