The best combinations of roses and perennials
Perennials are the ideal companion for roses, as they bring a variety of flower shapes and colors and thus provide a lot of variety in the bed. Choose plants with different flowering times so that your flowerbeds will bloom continuously from spring to autumn. The combination of roses with the bright blue is particularly classic delphinium to name, but also monkshood, mullein, stone quendel, Candytuft and lady's mantle harmonize very well. Other ideal rose companions are:
- Bluebells
- Irises
- Ornamental sage
- Scabiosis
- Spurflowers
- Sun hat
- Gypsophila
- Evening primrose
- Globeflowers
- yarrow
- Burning Love
- Turkish poppy
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- Do not overwinter roses without good winter protection
- If possible, plant roses in autumn
- Better not to mulch roses with bark mulch
By the way, ideal rose companions are not only the plants that look particularly beautiful in combination with roses, but above all those that relate to Location and care have similar needs. For this reason, roses and lavender, for example, tend not to go well together.
The right choice of roses and grasses
If you combine roses and grasses, you create a varied, natural bed. Choose perennial, clumpy grasses that do not form runners. For example:
- Pennisetum - very richly blooming from July to October
- Chinese reeds - abundant flowering and beautiful autumn colors
- Feather grass - very good for locations in full sun
- Pipe grass - bright yellow autumn color
- Garden-Riding grass - Can be combined in many ways
- Pampas grass - very large inflorescences
Beautifully framed: roses and hedges
Noble roses, planted in front of a lush green hedge, are also very classic Boxwood or yew. The popular boxwood in particular has been used as a border or background for rose beds for centuries - the rose colors unfold particularly intensely in front of its beautiful green.
Always beautiful: roses and climbing plants
The classic rose companion among climbing plants is the clematis, which comes in an almost unmanageable variety of species and varieties. Another possible partner for rapidly growing Climbing roses and Rambler is also that honeysuckle, which grows to about five meters high and blooms profusely with very fragrant flowers.
Tips
Always make sure to place higher growing varieties in the background, lower flowering plants belong in the foreground. Tall rose varieties such as certain hybrid tea varieties are also ideal for underplanting with summer flowers, perennials or subshrubs. However, roses should never be crowded too closely by their neighbors.