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Choosing Roses For Your
Landscape
Roses have long been a
favorite among all types of gardeners,
and roses continue to enjoy great
popularity today. In addition to their
beauty as cut flowers and in bouquets,
roses are among the most useful and
attractive flowers to grace the landscape
of any home.
As a matter of fact, the exterior of any
home can be made more graceful and more
inviting through the use of wonderful
landscape roses. Choosing the right ones,
and ensuring that they compliment the
overall style of the home, is very
important to the overall success of the
landscape.
Fortunately, the number of ornamental
landscape roses make finding them an easy
task. The difficulty consists of choosing
the right ones from this variety. There
are a number of classes of roses whose
characteristics make them great for use
as landscape ornamentals. For instance,
the gardener who wants to grow roses up
and over an archway or a trellis may want
to use tall growing tea roses. Tea roses
are renowned for their nodding blooms,
therefore all who pass under the arch
would be treated to the beautiful sight
of roses in full bloom.
To accent a wall or other permanent
structure, a true climbing rose is often
the best choice. True climbing roses can
be trained to many different effects,
including climbing up the length of the
structure, or accenting the tops and
sides of a wall or building.
The Polyantha or modern day Floribunda
rose is a great choice for gardeners
looking for a vibrant splash of color for
the background. These popular varieties
of roses have large sprays of blooms, and
they are popular choices for providing
color in the landscape.
If roses are to be planted in front of
other plants in the landscape, miniature
or low growing China roses are a perfect
choice. Roses can even be used as hedges,
with modern Shrub roses and Rugosa roses
being excellent choices.
Of course, as with any aspect of
gardening, color is an important
consideration. After all, every
gardener’s goal is a garden full of
colorful, vibrant and healthy plants.
Fortunately, roses come in so many
shapes, sizes, textures and colors that
there truly is a rose for every gardener.
The goal of choosing the best color roses
for the landscape should be to compliment
the color of the surrounding landscape.
For instance, a spray of plain white tea
roses can be striking against a dark red
brick home, or an arrangement of pink
roses can be the perfect compliment to a
stone or marble entranceway. With so many
colors of roses to choose from, it should
be easy to find colors that compliment
and enhance any decorating scheme.
One popular trend in the world of
landscaping is to use a variety 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 a vibrant garden, but it is
thought to enhance the health of the soil
as well.
Fortunately, roses lend themselves well
to this mixture, and roses can be a
beautiful part of an overall landscape of
plants and flowers. In addition, there
are roses suitable for a variety of
climates. Choosing the best rose
varieties for your specific climate
should mean fewer pesticides, few disease
issues and an overall healthier garden.
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