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Selecting Roses For The Garden
By Lee Dobbins, Tue Jan 10th
Roses are a favorite plant for landscaping and can be used in avariety of ways. These beautiful flowers can make the exteriorof any home more elegant and inviting and choosing the rightones that will compliment your landscape and add to the style ofyour home is an important task. Fortunately, the number of ornamental landscape roses makefinding them an easy task. The difficulty consists of choosingthe right ones from this variety. There are a number of classesof roses whose characteristics make them great for use aslandscape ornamentals. For instance, the gardener who wants togrow roses up and over an archway or a trellis may want to usetall growing tea roses. Tea roses are renowned for their noddingblooms, therefore all who pass under the arch would be treatedto the beautiful sight of roses in full bloom. Roses are commonly seen climbing a wall or an arbor. For thistype of landscape, the true climbing rose is the best choice.True climbing roses can be trained to many different effects,including climbing up the length of the structure, or accentingthe tops and sides of a wall or building.
If you want a great background rose bush, the Polyantha ormodern day Floribunda is a perfect match. These rose bushes havelarge sprays of blooms and can go well in a garden next to thehouse or anywhere that your landscape needs color. Some rose bushes are rather large and should be planted at theback of your garden, but there are miniature or low growingChina roses that are perfect to plant in front
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of other plants.Roses can even be used as hedges, with modern Shrub roses andRugosa roses being excellent choices. Color is an important consideration for your roses and you needto think about where you will be planting the roses and whatcolor is needed for that area. Luckily, roses come in manyshapes, sizes and colors so there is a rose for every spot inthe garden. When picking a rose plant for a certain area, be sure that itcomplimentsthe surrounding landscape. For instance, a spray ofplain white tea roses can be striking against a dark red brickhome, or an arrangement of pink roses can be the perfectcompliment to a stone or marble entranceway. With so many colorsof roses to choose from, it should be easy to find colors thatcompliment and enhance any decorating scheme. One popular trend in the world of landscaping is to use avariety of different plants and flowers in the landscape.Whereas single species landscaping was in vogue a few years ago,most of today's gardeners like to use a mix of different colors,species and styles of plants. Doing so not only makes for avibrant garden, but it is thought to enhance the health of thesoil as well. Due to the large variety, roses work well in every concievableplace in the garden and can be a beautiful part of an overalllandscape of plants and flowers. There is also a rose for everyclimate so gardeners everywhere can enjoy this beautiful andtimeless flower. About the author:Lee Dobbins writes for Backyard Gardenand Patio where you can find more articles on gardening,garden ponds, garden decor and much more.
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