Design a rose bed with lavender

Lavender is a classic companion to roses

Lavender and roses have belonged together for centuries and there is a good reason for that: the intensely fragrant essential oils of the herb keep aphids and other vermin reliably away from the otherwise susceptible roses. In addition, the continuously blooming lavender ensures that a rose bed does not become too bare even at the end of the flowering period. Instead, the two flowering plants go a perfect blend and let the flower bed shine in terms of color. Lavender looks particularly beautiful in front of white or pink blooming roses.

The demands of roses and lavender do not go together

However, in this combination that appears so perfect from the outside, there is not a small one Downside, because lavender and roses have completely different requirements, especially when it comes to the soil. Both plants like the sun and need a lot of light, but unlike them

nutrient-hungry roses Mediterranean lavender, which is used to poor soils, feels very comfortable in nutrient-poor, sandy and dry soil. So if you were to plant roses and lavender together without considering these specific preferences, the result would certainly not be as hoped - on the contrary, because in Rose earth the lavender dies quickly.

Planting lavender in a rose bed - this is how it works

Fortunately, however, there are ways in which the two plants, which seem so incompatible in their respective preferences, are nevertheless harmonious in a flower bed to put together. For this, you should plant the cushion-forming lavender plants on the border, while the roses should be planted at least 50 centimeters further in the middle. While nutrient-rich rose earth, well supplied with compost, is spread in the middle of the bed, lean the bed edge for the lavender with plenty of sand.