Prepare a planting plan before gardening
Before you start planting, it is very useful to draw up a planting plan. Here you can try out your own ideas in advance, but also tried and tested ones suggestions let it flow in. With fixed garden elements such as a pergola, rose arch and seats, you can create one another separate rooms which - as a possible idea for the garden and bed design - each have an individual color scheme can. How about, for example, beds all in white, blue or pink?
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When choosing the variety, pay attention to the growth habit and height
The shape and height of the roses are extremely important when designing beds. Tightly upright roses take up less space than broad, bushy ones with arched overhanging branches. Generally you should use the Distance between the roses choose so that the beauty of the individual is shown to advantage. You should therefore ensure that there is sufficient distance from other roses, trees and shrubs. Above all, modern bed roses are indispensable as permanent color donors for beds.
Create rose beds and borders
The tallest plant within a bed should not be much taller than the bed is wide. Plant at least three of the same variety, better five or seven, for low flower beds and hybrid tea roses - this will achieve a two-dimensional color effect. Taller floribunda with arching overhanging growth, which can sometimes be up to 120 centimeters high, bring enough color effect even as a solitaire. When planting, make sure that the flower colors do not bite each other.
Do not create hybrid tea roses as a monoculture
In the past, hybrid tea roses were mainly grown in extra beds, often framed with a book border. These Monoculture however, it promotes fungal infestation and attracts pests, which is why these varieties should be planted in mixed beds - this reduces the susceptibility to disease. Roses work anyway with the right companions the most beautiful. Higher shrub roses also fit well in woody borders, of course at a suitable distance.
Tips
Caution is advised with roses that are to grow in beds in front of thuja or yew hedges. Here you need one Root lockso that the roses are not starved by the overgrown roots of the hedge. Box hedges must not come too close to the roses either: keep at least 30 centimeters away from the roses.