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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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33 Gorgeous Rose Garden Ideas [Photo Inspiration]

Roses are all things romantic and one of the most elegant, classic flowers. They have such exquisite designs and come in a wide variety of colors. There are over 150 varieties of roses, ensuring you'll find the perfect kind to fit your landscape dreams. Before you plant your roses, make sure that you and your garden can meet all of its growing needs.

Luckily, roses don't belong to only one type of garden aesthetic. The flowers look fantastic in a variety of gardens. Whether you grow single bushes, clusters of roses, with companion plants, or any other combination, you can create a stunning look.

Adorning your garden landscape with roses is a knockout way to fill it with plant life. No doubt you're already figuring out how to incorporate the beautiful flower into your garden. Continue reading to discover 33 stunning rose garden ideas!

1. Roses Everywhere

Fill all kinds of garden areas with roses. Line a walkway with raised planted planters and fill them with a variety of rose bushes for great impact. Surround a gazebo or pergola with rose bushes to create some privacy that's also aesthetically pleasing.

2. Garden Arch

Even though the purpose of a gate is to create privacy and protect the garden, you can pick one that has a nice look, too. An arched, white picket garden gate gives your landscape a quaint, cottage feel. Flank the entrance with a pair of rose bushes.

3. Shrub-Lined Path

Keep your roses contained by using lovely bright green shrubs. Densley branching shrubs are perfect for containing plants like these roses. Evenly spaced statues give it a classy upgrade.

4. Mediterranean Aesthetic

A Mediterranean style garden incorporates things like brightly colored and patterned tiles, wrought iron, various terracotta pots, and drought-tolerant plants. This type of garden is bold yet simple. Roses will look right at home in this style.

5. Billowing Roses

Take over entire garden areas with billowing bushes of roses. Allow the plants to span across the ground, overflow from pots, and climb trellises. Using the same color blooms makes for quite the sight.

6. Potted Beauties

In a garden that has sectioned off areas, take advantage of containers and pots. Fill containers with gorgeous blooms like roses and position them on the flat-topped columns.

Read more: Types of Planters and Planting Pots

7.

Sections Of Roses

Section off areas in the garden for different rose varieties. It's a way to color block the garden and highlight the assortment of roses.

8. Color-Rich

Use a myriad of colorful roses in your garden. Species with large blooms are show-stoppers and pack a punch in the garden aesthetic.

9. Rose Arches

Garden arches look whimsical and dress up your landscape. They're a relatively easy way to elevate the look of your garden. The wood base provides a sturdy structure while the metal arch provides excellent design and vine support for the roses. You get the best of both worlds.

10. Lined Walkway

Walking down a pathway and through a tunnel of arches may feel like a dreamland. It's especially great to utilize the arches at the entrance to your garden in order to give it a natural grand entrance.

11. Intermingled Plants

In your landscape design, intermingle roses and other flowering varieties to have the most impact. Line walkways, load trellises, and fill in the gaps.

12. Rivers Of Roses

Planting roses in a river-like pattern gives the garden a natural flow. As the wind blows, the foliage and petals will gracefully billow. Utilize different colored varieties for strong visual impact.

13. Pink Passion

These pink roses have a gorgeous climbing habit of growth. You'll enjoy watching the plant day to day as they inch up their trellises and blossom right before your eyes.

14. Paved Walkways

Paved walkways keep the garden looking neat and orderly. It gives guests a clear path to walk on, keeping your plants protected from unwanted foot traffic. You and your visitors can enjoy all the sights and smells of the garden as you stroll along the path.

15. Natural Aesthetic

Allow your rose bushes to grow wild, creating that very natural look. Of course, you can prune the bushes to give them a structured shape if you'd like. The soft pink and white petals have a romantic appeal.

16. Organic Garden

An organic garden keeps plants growing naturally, their foliage sprouting freely. Without pruning plants and cutting them back, you'll enjoy the organic wild look. Mulching a pathway promotes this aesthetic as well.

17. Potted Roses

Get creative with the way you plant your roses. This staggered planter creates a swirling effect and brings gorgeous depth. You get to display your plants in style and help keep them healthy. Terracotta pots will match any style of garden.

18. Highlighted Areas

A bench can help you get the most out of your garden. Of course, it's the perfect place to admire your garden. Benches can help highlight a certain area of the garden since it will draw the eye in.

19. Paved Container

Use pavers to create a raised flower bed. Pick a color of stone that matches the exterior of your home so that it's a cohesive look. Pair your large garden roses with low-growing companion plants.

20.

Rose Clusters

Planting your shrub rose bushes closer than 18 inches apart can result in making the flowers appear as if they're all part of one bush. Planting them in this manner is distinctive in the garden.

21. Rose Walls

Climbing and trellising roses make a strong influence on the look of the garden. Living flower walls add a lot of vertical color to the area. As a bonus, you'll notice the increase of pollinators like bees and hummingbirds in the area.

22. Rose Canopy

Who wouldn't love to walk under and admire a canopy of roses? With roses' ability to climb trellises and grow over arches, you'll never again have a boring garden design.

23. Rose-Lover's Dream

If you really love roses, why not invest in developing a sprawling piece of land as a truly magical rose garden? Create pathways, install benches and lights, and intersperse various trees between all the roses.

24. Experiment With Texture

Highlight your roses by experimenting with the texture around the plants. Companion plants and other garden features such as fine gravel bring in a lot of rich textures.

25. Red Roses

Red roses symbolize love, passion, and loyalty. You won't regret incorporating these show-stopping flowers into the landscape. There are many types of red roses, so you can increase the diversity in looks that way.

26. Two-Toned Roses

Don't these two-toned roses look extra romantic? It's as if they popped right out of a fairytale. These kinds of double roses bring in even more beauty to your garden design.

27. Trellis Dreams

Maybe you've always dreamt of having a trellis garden, but you just couldn't figure out what to plant. Climbing rose varieties are a fantastic option for this kind of growth. Enjoy an abundance of dark green foliage and bright blossoms along the vertical space.

28. Pink Shades

Shades of pink roses are soft and romantic. Use all kinds of rose varieties in order to create different displays. There are shrub varieties, bush varieties, and climbing varieties that will fill in your garden. The differing sizes and shapes provide ultimate interest in the landscape.

29. Garden Fountain

A pairing of roses and a garden fountain are what dreams are made of. While the roses provide that light, romantic look, the garden fountain is charming and offers that calming sound of trickling water.

30. Sloped Garden

Ground cover and shrub roses grow superbly well along hillsides and sloping areas. With that in mind, if you can't figure out what to plant in these areas, go with these gorgeous rose varieties. Filter in some other plant varieties to break up the aesthetic.

31. Border Plants

Instead of installing a fence, give shrubbing roses a shot. This type of plant can grow just as tall as a fence, and we think they tend to look a lot prettier, too! Their beauty and fragrance won't go unnoticed in the landscape.

32. Garden Bench

In a garden like this one, it's easy to stop and smell the roses. Positioning a bench at the end of the pathway serves as the perfect spot to stop and relax. Surround yourself with the peaceful ambiance of nature and all the fresh smells that encompass you.

33. Lush Landscape

A lush green landscape is alluring and inviting. A fresh green lawn can be the envy of neighbors. Border parts of your lawn with bright yellow rose blossoms. Their deep green foliage highlights the intricate blooms.

We hope you feel inspired and discovered new ways to use roses in your garden. Before you go, make sure to check out these other incredible garden guides:

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