How to plan a rose garden

Rose Garden Ideas - How to Design with Roses

Create a beautiful rose garden for your front or back yard, small or large garden, and learn what to plant with roses By Janet Loughrey, Garden Writer & Photographer

At Last® rose. Photo by: Proven Winners

PLANNING A ROSE GARDEN

Choose your site:

Make sure the site gets at least 6-8 hours of sun a day and has good air circulation to help prevent disease.

Make a plan:

Gather ideas from books and online sources for inspiration.
Draw up a rough sketch as you’re brainstorming to help visualize what the finished garden will look like.
Include pathways for easy access.
Beds should be small enough to allow for pruning and other maintenance chores.
Consider structures such as pergolas, arbors or trellises, as well as seating and decorative accents.

Choose a style:

Decide what kind of rose garden you want. Do you want a clean formal look with structured hardscape, or a more natural appearance with other plants mixed in? Pick a style that will harmonize with your home’s exterior.

Pick a color scheme:

Select colors that you enjoy and that will also help unify the home with the landscape.

Prepare the soil:

Roses like rich, well-draining soil with a slightly acidic pH between 6.0-7.0. Amend the soil with compost or other organic matter. For containers, use a high quality all-purpose potting soil and make sure pots have adequate drainage holes.

Plant selection:

Choose roses that are easy-care and hardy in your region. Select varieties for traits including size, shape, flower color, and form, fragrance and repeat or continual bloom. Many newer varieties such as Oso Easy Roses are bred for disease-resistance, vigor, and long bloom time. Some older types, particularly hybrid teas, can be higher maintenance and more disease-prone.

CREATE A ROSE GARDEN IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPACES

Plant fragrant rose varieties near a deck or patio to enjoy their fragrance up close. Gardener: Diana Gough. Designer: Phil Thornburg. Photo by: Janet Loughrey.

Large rose garden:

Create a design with formal rooms or mixed borders that are grand in scale so it doesn’t get lost in the surrounding landscape.
Keep scale in mind when adding hardscape, seating and structures such as arbors and pergolas, which are typically included in rose gardens.
Choose larger rose varieties that will show up better in the landscape.
Plant in drifts of 3 to 5 specimens of the same variety for greater visual impact.
Plant larger groupings with the same flower color for a more unified look.

Small rose garden:

Choose smaller rose varieties that will stay in scale with a more intimate space.
Maximize the use of space by including vertical elements such as climbing roses and trellises.
Select a few key rose specimens rather than trying to crowd in a lot of different varieties.
Limit the color scheme to one or two hues so the design doesn’t look too busy.
Choose roses with lighter colored flowers in hues of white or yellow to make the space look larger and brighter.

Front yard rose garden:

Leave plenty of room around rose plants so they don’t crowd sidewalks or other trafficked areas.
Don’t allow plants to obstruct entrances or doors so visitors don’t get scratched by thorns.
For foundation plantings, allow enough distance between shrubs and the home’s facade to provide adequate air circulation.

Backyard rose garden:

Include seating areas in different parts of the yard, which will encourage you to spend more time enjoying your rose garden.
Site the rose garden where you can enjoy it from inside the home.
Plant fragrant rose varieties near a deck or patio where you can enjoy the sweet perfume.
Place a bench, water feature, or statuary at the far end of the rose garden to draw the eye through the landscape and encourage visitors to wander and linger.

ROSE GARDEN LANDSCAPING TIPS

Create a grand entrance to your home with a rose-covered arbor. Gardener: Mary DeNoyer. Photo by: Janet Loughrey.

Grow vertically:

Include climbing roses to maximize your space. Train other vining plants such as clematis to grow up through shrub or climbing roses to create exciting flower combinations.

Grow horizontally:

Train climbers along a fence to define garden rooms or to soften an unsightly chain link fence.

Plant in containers:

Many roses can be successfully grown in containers, a good solution for small spaces, apartment balconies, patios, and decks. Containers should be at least 15 to 20 inches in diameter and 18 to 24 inches deep. Half whiskey barrels work well. Miniature roses can be grown in smaller pots or hanging baskets. (See more on growing roses in pots.)

Cover a slope:

Mass groundcover varieties such as Flower Carpet® or Drift® roses along a slope for low-maintenance erosion control.

Plant in drifts:

For greater impact, plant in groups of 3-5 specimens of the same variety.

Plant a hedge:

Plant a row of taller shrub roses to create privacy from the street. A row of shorter groundcover roses can be planted along a foundation, in a curbside strip, or used to define garden areas.

Make an entrance:

Create a grand entrance to your home with an inviting entryway complete with a rose arbor and adjacent plantings to soften the landscape.

Create a transition:

Use a rose-covered arbor in a side yard to define the transition between front and back yards.

Use as a background planting:

Place climbers along a tall wooden fence to soften the backdrop and break up the expanse of wood.

Foundation planting:

Combine landscape roses with other shrubs that bloom at different times along the front of your home for a season-long display of color.

Mixed border:

Use low-growing ground cover roses near the front of a mixed border or taller semi-climbers in back to establish height and layers.

WHAT TO PLANT WITH ROSES

A curbside planting of roses underplanted with perennial geraniums offers screening and privacy. Garden and photo by: Janet Loughrey.

A rose garden can be greatly enhanced by incorporating other plants as part of the overall design. Roses go well with a wide variety of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals. Choose plants that have the same cultural requirements of full sun, ample water and rich soil.

Also, consider how much maintenance your roses will need:

Hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas, climbers, and miniatures all require regular maintenance and pruning, as well as winter protection in cold climates. Companion plants should be confined to in front of or behind roses, not in between them, to allow easy access.
Species, shrub, old garden, and landscape roses require only minimal maintenance: cleaning up in winter and deadheading as needed when in bloom. These types of roses can be surrounded with perennials, annuals, bulbs, and shrubs.

Flowering companions:

Intersperse plants that flower at different times to extend the bloom season. These can include perennials or annuals such as petunia, verbena, or calibrachoa.

Complement and contrast:

Pair roses with other plants in complementary hues to create drama and contrast. A gold-colored rose such as Oso Easy Lemon Zest® would pair well with Rapido Blue Carpathian bellflower or ‘Violet Profusion’ salvia.

Trees:

Add different heights to a mixed border or formal rose garden with trees. These can include snowbell (Styrax japonicus), fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus), dogwood (Cornus) and crabapple (Malus).

Shrubs:

Enhance the landscape by providing contrasting color, texture, and structure with shrubs. These can include boxwood, spirea, bluebeard, and daphne.

Groundcovers:

Use groundcovers as a living mulch and weed-suppressing carpet. Good rose companions include perennial geraniums, dead nettle, bugleweed, and lady’s mantle.

Perennials:

Provide contrast with perennials of different size, structure, and color. Good rose companions include alliums, lavender, catmint, salvia, phlox, and speedwell.

Vines:

Climbers can be trained up or alongside rose plants for an extra layer of color. These may include clematis, climbing bleeding heart (Dicentra scandens), morning glory and jasmine.

ROSE GARDEN IDEAS

Plant fragrant rose varieties near a deck or patio to enjoy their fragrance up close. Gardener: Diana Gough. Designer: Phil Thornburg. Photo by: Janet Loughrey.

Combine roses with other plants of different heights for a layered tapestry. Gardener: Jeff Clark. Photo: Janet Loughrey.

A formal rose garden is characterized by distinct lines, clipped hedging and structures such as pergolas and arbors. Gardener and designer: Nancy Cutler. Photo: Janet Loughrey.

A rose-covered gate marks the transition between the front and back yards. Gardener: Mary DeNoyer. Photo: Janet Loughrey.

Train roses vertically to add varying layers to the landscape. Gardeners: Darin Simmons and Matthew Greydanus, Laurel Hedge. Photo: Janet Loughrey.

Train climbing roses along a fence to create an attractive screen for privacy. Gardeners: Danny Hills and Wayne Hughes, Lonesomeville Gardens. Photo: Janet Loughrey.

Roses combine well with many perennials, shrubs, trees, and annuals. Photo: Matthewshutter / Shutterstock.

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Caring for Roses: A Beginner’s Rose Growing Guide

Ten essential steps for ensuring beautiful blooms year after year By Anne Balogh; last updated 9/2/20

Oso Easy Double Red™. Photo by: Proven Winners.

Rose care is easier than you think—anyone can grow them successfully. Plant your roses in a sunny location with good drainage. Fertilize them regularly for impressive flowers. Water them evenly to keep the soil moist. Prune established rose bushes in early spring. Watch for diseases like powdery mildew or black spot.

If you’ve been afraid to start a rose garden, the truth is, roses are no more difficult to care for than other flowering shrubs. Follow these ten essential rules to learn how to grow roses:

1. Start with the roots

You can purchase roses already potted in soil or as dormant bare-root plants. Each type has its benefits:

Container roses: Container roses are a great for novice gardeners because they’re easy to plant and establish quickly. They can also be purchased at local nurseries throughout the growing season. This allows you to plant them when climate conditions are ideal— preferably a cool and cloudy day.
Bare-root roses: One of the advantages of bare-root roses is the greater selection of varieties available. Plus, they are economical and can be ordered online. However, unlike container roses, bare-root plants need to have their roots soaked overnight in water before planting. Also, the roots should be kept moist for the first few months after planting.

Bare-root roses, which arrive dormant, offer the widest selection of varieties, but also require more TLC in the months after planting. Photo by: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.

2. Choose your roses wisely

There are numerous classes of roses, ranging from micro-miniatures to grandifloras, and from groundcovers to climbing roses, with some classes containing hundreds of varieties. While it may be tempting to fill your rose garden with a wide assortment, you are likely to end up with a disorderly array and too many plants for the space. A few well-chosen varieties will give you more satisfaction than dozens of mismatched plants that don’t work in harmony.

If you want lower-maintenance roses, try shrub or landscape roses, like the Oso Easy line, for a more care-free rose garden.

See The Best Types of Roses for Your Garden and get tips for choosing the perfect rose for your garden.

Limiting the number of rose varieties you grow will help you avoid creating a disorderly and mismatched array. Oso Easy Hot Paprika® landscape rose. Photo by: Proven Winners.

3. Find the right site

For the best show of flowers and the healthiest plants, rose bushes should receive six to eight hours of sunlight daily. They should also be planted in well-drained soil that is rich in organic matter. In especially hot climates, roses do best when they are protected from the hot afternoon sun. In cold climates, planting a rose bush next to a south- or west-facing fence or wall can help minimize winter freeze damage.

4. Get the timing right

Roses are best planted in the spring (after the last frost) or in fall (at least six weeks before your average first frost). Planting early enough in fall gives the roots enough time to get established before the plants go dormant over the winter.

Bare-root roses are typically available only in early spring and should be planted soon after you bring them home. Roses purchased in containers give you more flexibility in planting time.

5. Plant properly

Planting your bare-root or container roses properly will ensure they get off to a good start.

The planting hole needs to be deep enough and wide enough to accommodate the plant’s roots. The area needs to have good drainage, since roses don’t like wet feet.
Mix a generous amount of garden compost, peat moss, or other organic matter with the soil that was removed from the planting hole. Use some of this mixture at the bottom of the planting hole and place the rose bush in the hole.
The plant’s crown should be at ground level in mild climates, and 2 to 3 inches below ground level for cold climates.
Fill the hole partially with the soil mixture and add a slow-release fertilizer.
Water thoroughly, and then finish filling the hole with the remaining soil.
Water again, then mound loose soil around the canes to protect the rose while it acclimates to its new site.
If you’re planting several rose bushes together, space them at least 3 feet apart to allow ample growing room as they mature.

When planting roses, dig a deep, wide hole that allows for proper drainage and leaves room for root growth. Photo by: wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock.

6. Fertilize regularly

For an impressive show of flowers, a rose bush needs to be fertilized regularly. Organic methods provide a slow, steady supply of nutrients. Monthly applications of compost, composted manure, and other organic and natural fertilizers, such as this organic fish emulsion, work well. Organic amendments also help to encourage beneficial soil microbes and a well-balanced soil pH.

Slow-release fertilizers, like Jobe's Organic Fertilizer Spikes, supply the right balance of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other minor nutrients. They also give rose bushes the nourishment they need for optimum growth.

For newly planted bare-root plants: Apply organic amendments to the soil at planting time. Wait until after the plant produces its first blooms to apply full-strength fertilizers so you don’t burn the new roots.

Learn more in our Guide to Fertilizing Roses.

7. Water wisely

Soil should be kept evenly moist throughout the growing season. The amount and frequency of watering will depend on your soil type and climate. Roses do best with the equivalent of 1” of rainfall per week during the growing season. Roses growing in sandy soils will need more watering than those in heavier clay soils. Hot, dry, and windy conditions will also parch roses quickly.

How you water is as important as the frequency. To keep roses healthy, avoid wetting the foliage. Use a soaker hose, watering can with a long spout, or a watering wand pointed directly at the soil.

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8. Prune like a pro

It’s almost impossible to kill a rose bush by overpruning. But, if you follow a few simple rules, the results will look more professional and result in a healthier plant. Many newer rose varieties don’t require much —if any—pruning. A good pair of bypass pruners (not anvil style) and rose pruning gloves can make the job even easier.

Major pruning should be done in early spring. For all roses, start by removing any dead or damaged canes (any that look brown). For specimens that require a hard pruning, cut back a third to a half of the previous year’s growth until you find healthy, white centers inside the cane.

You can lightly prune your roses all season long to keep them well-groomed.

Some varieties of reblooming roses will require deadheading to encourage reblooming throughout the season. Cut spent blooms back to the first five-leaflet stem to promote regrowth.

If your rose bushes are “self-cleaning” (which means they don’t develop rose hips), no deadheading is needed. Blooms will drop off automatically and the plants will keep on producing more flowers.

For step-by-step pruning instructions, see Pruning Roses.

9. Keep them healthy

The best way to prevent rose diseases is to choose disease-resistant varieties. These roses are bred and selected to resist the most common rose afflictions, including powdery mildew and black spot.

Powdery mildew typically appears during the summer, especially when the days are hot and dry and the nights are cool and wet. The tell-tale signs include leaves that curl and twist and the development of a white, powdery down on the leaves. To avoid powdery mildew, water plants at ground level in the morning, since wet leaves (especially overnight) provide the perfect growing environment. Pruning a rose bush to allow air to circulate through the foliage also helps prevent this powdery growth.

This rose bush has been damaged by powdery mildew. Photo by: Amelia Martin / Shutterstock.

Black spot is a waterborne fungal disease. It appears as circular black or brown spots on the top side of leaves. It starts toward the bottom of a bush and works its way up, eventually causing defoliation. Prevent this disease the same way you prevent powdery mildew: by improving air circulation around and through the plant, and watering at ground level. A simple mixture of baking soda and horticultural oil can help fight the spread of black spot. You can also use an organic 3-in-1 fungicide. (Also see: Rose Woes: Black Spot).

Pesky insects that like to feed on rose bushes include aphids, Japanese beetles, spider mites, and sawflies. Most of these pests can be controlled with neem oil or insecticidal soap. In the case of aphids, a blast of water from a hose in the morning is often the only treatment necessary. Companion planting with alliums can also help repel aphids.

Photo by: Jan J. Photography / Shutterstock.

10. Show them off

Roses have long been prized for their beautiful and fragrant cut flowers. But, no roses are lovelier than those gathered fresh from your own garden. Here are a few tips for preserving your cut roses:

Roses will last the longest when they are cut immediately after the bud stage, when the petals are starting to open.
Use hand pruners or garden scissors with sharp blades to cut the stems without damaging their water uptake channels.
Cut roses when they are dewy fresh and hydrated (in morning or evening), not when the plant may be stressed from heat.
Recut the rose stems right before putting them in a vase. This helps eliminate air bubbles that prevent them from taking up water. Also, cut the stems at a 45-degree angle so they don’t rest flat on the bottom of the vase.
Strip off any lower leaves that fall below the water line to avoid rot and bacterial growth. Above the water line, leave as much foliage as possible, which will help to draw up water.
Change the water frequently—daily if possible—to remove any bacteria. Also recut the flower stems every few days to improve water absorption.

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Do-it-yourself rosary at their summer cottage: creation, schemes, device, design

Like a queen on a chessboard, a rose rules the show in the flower kingdom. Its noble beauty can revive a green lawn or a blank wall of a fence, bring bright accents to the landscape design of a garden plot. There is an opinion that the cultivation of roses is associated with many problems. In fact, creating a garden rose garden is a task that is quite feasible for everyone. And we invite you to talk about some of the nuances and wisdom today.

Contents

1 Preparatory stage - site selection
2 Drawing up diagrams and layout plan
3 Steps for making a rose garden
- 3.1 Soil preparation
- 3.2 General landing rules
- 3.3 Preparing rose seedlings for planting
4 Planting certain types of rose gardens
- 4.1 Planting standard roses
- 4.2 Planting a hedge of roses
5 Selection of rose varieties for planting

So, you have decided to create a rose garden with your own hands, but do not know how to approach this difficult task. First of all, decide which area of the garden you would like to set aside for your rose garden. There are a huge number of options for planting roses, but you need to pay attention to the fact that the place for laying out the flower garden is sunny, calm, with fertile soil. When forming a rose garden, swampy and damp areas of the garden, as well as areas in the shade of trees or buildings, should be avoided. As for the soil, light loam with an acidity level of 5-6 pH is considered the most successful soil for planting roses.

Weaving roses look spectacular on the facade and in the design of the entrance group of a country house

A flower bed of geometric roses will be accentuated by a low border of evergreen shrubs

Abundantly blooming rosaries in a summer cottage can be planted freely, emphasizing the naturalness of the garden, or geometrically, following a well-thought-out plan. You can plant roses in the form of a group on a lawn or near a pond, equip a hedge around the perimeter of the garden with roses, or place them in a flower bed. A rose garden of undersized flowers will be an excellent solution for creating a border inside a summer cottage, and climbing varieties of roses will favorably set off the architecture of a gazebo or pergola, hide a nondescript wall of a house or a fence.

About the features of planting and caring for a climbing rose, you can learn more from the material: https://diz-cafe.com/rastenija/posadka-i-uhod-za-pletistoy-rozoy.html

Even a singly planted standard rose in the form of a tree or a sprawling bush of a tea-hybrid rose can transform the landscape of a dacha. Tall park roses will perfectly fit into the design of the entrance group of the site or add solemnity to the long alley leading to the house. Roses will become a truly royal decoration of any corner of your garden plot, bring the missing “zest” to its appearance and fill your garden with a delicate fragrance.

When choosing a scheme for planting a rose garden, pay attention to the color range of rose blooms and dilute its diversity with perennials or evergreen shrubs. Conifers or ferns will not only create a favorable background for the perception of the rose garden, but will also give this corner of the dacha a picturesque look when the roses have faded. You can get some ideas on how to arrange a rose garden in a garden plot in the form of a group planting of roses with your own hands from the diagrams below.

When planting roses in a group, it is necessary to consider which perennials and evergreens will emphasize their beauty

At the initial stage of creating a rose garden, it will be useful to draw a sketch of the placement of roses in the group

The rose garden looks original, created from a combination of white or cream roses with perennials, blooming lilac inflorescences

The planning diagram of the rose garden will help mark the area allocated for the flower garden

Soil preparation

If you wondered how you can make a rose garden with your own hands, you should definitely pay close attention to preparing the soil for its improvement. The properties and composition of the soil plays a significant role in creating a rose garden, because a rose, as befits royalty, is quite capricious and capricious.

Preparing the soil for planting roses consists of draining and fertilizing the planting hole

The most unfavorable soil for planting roses is heavy clay, which will require drainage - removal of excess moisture from the plant. Coarse-grained sand, expanded clay or gravel are most often used as drainage materials. Dry sandy soil is also of little use for a rose garden - it must be fertilized with a mixture of clay and humus. In the case when the soil in the garden plot is fertile, a hole for planting roses is formed to such a depth that the root system of the bush fits. If the soil is not very good in its properties, then a hole is dug deeper and wider in diameter, and its bottom is sprinkled with drainage or fertilized.

Planting a rose seedling consists of the following steps: preparing the hole, trimming the seedling, backfilling the roots, tamping and watering the soil

After the place for the creation of the rose garden is chosen and the scheme of its breakdown is thought out, it takes about 2-3 months to prepare the soil for planting roses. Considering that autumn is the best time for planting roses, approximately in the middle of summer, the area of the garden chosen for the formation of a rose garden is dug up to a depth of about 60 cm and the topsoil is loosened. Then, the earth is fertilized with mineral and organic fertilizers. In a couple of months, the earth will settle, excess moisture will evaporate from it, it will be saturated with useful substances and acquire the optimal composition for the development of the rose garden.

When choosing the location of the rose garden near the country house, make sure that this area of the garden is not shaded and well lit by the sun

A border of low-growing roses planted along its perimeter will give a bright frame to a green lawn

Important to know! As organic fertilizers for roses are used: rotted manure, peat, humus, compost - at the rate of 10 kg of fertilizer per 1 square meter of land. A mixture of mineral fertilizers suitable for roses and sufficient for 1 m3 of soil: 70 grams of superphosphate, 30 grams of ammonium nitrate, 20 grams of potassium chloride.

General landing rules

In order for the rose garden in the country to please you with its flowering, you must adhere to some rules for planting it. Before planting, the root system of roses is moistened, broken or damaged tips are cut. The aerial part of the bush is shortened, leaving 1-3 of the most powerful shoots without leaves, shoots and color. In the designated places of the garden plot, holes are dug for planting, taking into account the length of the root system of roses.

Planting roses in ceramic pots will simplify the creation of a garden rose garden and give the terrace adjacent to the lawn an original flavor

In the process of planting, the rose seedling must be kept strictly upright and ensure that the tips of the roots do not bend up. To do this, the seedling is periodically shaken so that the planting mixture is evenly distributed, filling the space between the processes of the rhizome.

Ground-covering roses with miniature inflorescences, planted around an artificial reservoir, will create a voluminous and colorful frame for it

A multicolored rose garden will look good against a green grassy lawn

Important to know! The planting density of roses is selected based on the expected height, width of the bush and is: 25-50 cm for miniature, dwarf and floribunda roses; 60-100 cm for hybrid tea and undersized park roses; 1-1. 5 m for standard and weakly growing climbing roses; 2-3 m for tall park, weeping standard and fast growing climbing roses.

After planting, the ground around the bush is carefully crushed with feet, then loosened a little, watered abundantly and spud to a height of about 20 cm with peat or sawdust so that the above-ground shoots are completely covered. It is recommended to plant roses in autumn, from October until frost.

After wintering - in spring, roses are pruned and sprinkled with tree bark or wet peat. Subsequently, when the shoots reach a height of 5 cm, it is recommended to re-spud and mulch the soil with an 8-cm layer of peat or humus.

You can learn more about how to revive roses after wintering from the material: https://diz-cafe.com/vopros-answer/kak-ozhivit-rozyi-postle-zimovki.html

Preparing rose seedlings for planting

When preparing a rose for transplanting from a container, it is necessary to moisten the ground well so that the earthen ball does not crumble when removed. In order to plant a rose grown in a plastic pot, you need to cut it, remove the lump and, without destroying it, place it in a previously dug hole for planting. A pit for a rose from a container is dug approximately 10 cm wider and higher than its dimensions. The resulting gaps after moving the rose from the container to the hole are covered with a mixture of garden soil and peat so that the upper surface of the earthen coma is equal to the ground level on the site.

Before planting, the root system and shoots of rose seedlings must be trimmed

When roses for rosaries are purchased as seedlings, the root system of the flower may dry out and freeze. If the plant is frozen, it is necessary to dig it in the open ground for a couple of days on the eve of planting. If the roots of the rose are excessively dry, you need to place them in water 10 hours before planting. Immediately before planting, the roots of the rose are cut to 30 cm, removing spoiled shoots, and the aerial part is shortened, leaving a couple of strong shoots. The roots of the seedling can be treated with a clay-dung slurry to provide extra nourishment for the rose until it takes root.

Material on how to grow a rose from a cutting will also be useful: https://diz-cafe.com/vopros-answer/razmnozhenie-roz-cherenkami.html

Some types of rose gardens require specific preparation of the seat, depending on the scheme of formation of the flower bed and the types of roses used for its arrangement.

Rosary of park roses will give solemnity and elegant look to the central alley

Planting standard roses

Standard roses are planted in the rose garden as a tapeworm - an accent plant that differs from others in size and color. A hole for planting a standard rose is dug according to the same principle as for a bushy one - based on the size of the rhizome. So that the standard tree does not break from gusts of wind, at a distance of 10 cm from it, on the leeward side, a wooden stake is added dropwise and a rose stem is tied to it. The stake is selected with a diameter of 2 to 4 cm and a height equal to the tree trunk to the base of the crown plus 50-70 cm. It is advisable to treat the underground part of the peg with an antiseptic to prevent wood decay and drive it to a depth of about 50 cm into a hole prepared for planting roses.

The rope intended for tying the stem tree must be pitched and fastened with an 8-shaped loop in three places on the stem of the rose - near the ground, in the middle of the trunk and at the base of the crown. To protect the trunk of a tree from damage by a rope, it is wrapped with burlap patches in the areas where the loops are placed. An elastic mount, specially designed for such purposes, will greatly simplify the procedure for tying a rose.

Standard roses, which are small flowering trees, are good both in a group and singly

A secluded seating area with a bench can be formed using a hedge of roses and clear trees

Planting a hedge of roses

Shrub or climbing roses look great planted as a hedge, formed either around the perimeter of the garden plot, or inside it - to divide into zones, for example, to create a border between a farm area and a recreation area. For arranging a single-row hedge inside the garden, undersized roses with a height of less than 1 meter are most often used - while the distance between the bushes should be 50-70 mm.

A lush flowering bush of a climbing rose will brighten up the monotony of the fence of a summer cottage

A multi-row hedge of roses consists, as a rule, of two or three tiers, with lower roses planting in the foreground, then medium-sized roses (1-1.5 m), and the highest (more than 1.5 m) form the background background, adjacent to the main fence. It is necessary to ensure that the row of roses closest to the fence or to another building is laid 30-50 cm from the wall. The roots of roses during this planting must be distributed in such a way that they “leave” in the opposite direction from the building.

A rose garden, created under the walls of a country house, is able to decorate even the most nondescript building

When planting roses in multi-row hedges, they adhere to a checkerboard pattern with a distance between bushes approximately equal to half their height. To plant a rose garden in a summer cottage in the form of a hedge, they do not dig separate holes for each bush, but a trench about 50 cm deep and a width depending on the number of rows in the hedge. It is advisable to loosen the bottom of the trench with a pitchfork and cover with a layer of planting mixture consisting of peat and garden soil taken in equal parts. For planting a hedge, it is best to take 2-3-year-old rose seedlings with a well-developed root system.

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The rose is a beautiful flower that can decorate any garden. Why does it look ineffective on the site, does not attract attention? Wanting to settle in their queen of flowers, inexperienced gardeners buy seedlings of random varieties from unreliable sellers. Without a clear plan, they plant them on any free plots of land. This is how chaotic plantings appear: roses grow in random places and cannot reveal their full potential. To avoid this and enjoy roses to the fullest, rose gardens are created. 9Rose garden planning A flower bed with roses can become both the main accent of the site, attracting attention to itself, and a gentle, soothing corner of the garden, designed for relaxation.

• Contrasting colors, such as red and white, yellow and burgundy, reinforce each other, give cheerfulness and optimism. Such a rose garden will be bright and spectacular, will become the center of any composition.

• Pastel colors bring peace and tranquility. White, pink, peach roses go well with companions of soft blue and purple hues. Such a flower garden will be especially good in a recreation area.

• Monochrome rose garden, consisting of roses of the same color - an exquisite decoration of the garden. Depending on the chosen color, it can convey any mood.

Preparatory work

To make the composition harmonious, think over and draw a plan of the rosary. It should be noted: ground cover and undersized plants are planted along the edge and in the foreground, standard forms are placed in the center of the composition or in the background. Then, having determined how many bushes will be needed, where they will grow, they begin to prepare the site.

Having chosen a sunny place, lay the foundation for the future rose garden: loosen and fertilize the ground, lay a boundary tape and install a border. The creation of an artificial relief or the installation of decorative boulders, if such decor is planned, is carried out at the same stage.

Selection of roses

Small and medium-sized bushes look the most organic in a small area. Suitable for color, flower shape and size varieties of roses can be found among the representatives of the following groups:

• Hybrid tea roses are the largest and most popular group. A wide range of shades and shapes of flowers. They bloom at the ends of the shoots one at a time, small inflorescences are less common. They bloom throughout the season with short breaks.

• Floribunda roses are ideal for garden decoration. Flowers of various doubleness are collected in inflorescences from 5-7 to 120-150 pieces. Flowering is violent, very long.

• Miniature roses used for planting in the foreground. Their maximum height is 30-40 cm. They bloom all summer very profusely with small flowers collected in a brush.

• Patio roses were created by crossing miniature varieties with hybrid tea and floribunda. Small bushes up to 60 cm high have large flowers, sometimes collected in inflorescences. Perfect for creating a blooming border.

• Ground cover roses can fill a large area. They form long lashes strewn with flowers. Easy to care for and winter hardy. Modern varieties have a very long flowering.

• Standard roses look like trees with a crown full of flowers.
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