Care for Your Garden

Proper rose care in your garden may just dictate that you plant different types of flowers along with your roses. If you plant only roses, you might subject them to the danger of all falling at once, to the same pest or disease. If you have other flowers planted alongside and among them, you not only will help to create buffers that could prevent the spread of some diseases or at least mitigate their effects, but you also have the opportunity of planting roses in more creative configurations.

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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