Roses are beautiful in themselves, but sometimes you want to set off their beauty without spoiling it. Ornamental flowers, shrubs and ground cover grasses will come to the rescue, which will create a bright background and emphasize the magnificence of roses.
Accent plants
The classic rose garden is perfectly complemented by tall flowers. They immediately attract attention to themselves and at the same time do not overshadow the mistress of the flower bed. Pay attention to clematis and mullein – they can be placed in small “islands” throughout the flower garden. In this case, it is better to choose colors so that they contrast with roses: for example, complement white shades with red or purple.
Delphinium, phlox and purple foxglove will also look good – very attractive decorative perennials. However, make sure that there are no more than three plants, otherwise roses will be lost in too much variety.
Instead of flowers, you can also use wide bushes, the color of which will emphasize the beauty of the roses. Conifers look very impressive – thuja and juniper. Their small slender columns rise above the flower garden, giving it airiness and spatial volume.
Cereals are also often used as an accent crop. Even in minimal quantities, they are able to make a flower bed original and beautiful.
Stunted plants
Low-rise plants and ground cover grasses thrive in the shade of lush roses. Growing up, they decorate the ground, covering the ground with a colored silky carpet.
Note the silvery wormwood, lungwort, and garden violet. For example, the beautiful shade of the leaves of wormwood creates an airy haze around the tall pink stems, and most types of lungwort change the color of the petals during the flowering process. The garden violet exudes a delicate aroma that is in harmony with the scent of roses and attracts insects that pollinate fruit crops to the site.
Groundcover grasses retain their attractiveness throughout the season and go well with a variety of rose varieties.
Background plants
To create a single composition of the flower garden, you can plant a colored “wall” behind the roses, using lavender, sage and gypsophila as background plants.
The thinnest stalks of gypsophila form a lush cloud, shining on a sunny day with small snow-white flowers. Lavender and sage perfectly fill the space with spikelets of inflorescences of blue, purple and blue tones.
To decorate the rose garden, you can also choose Katran, Astrantia and Heuchera, which have a modest appearance and do not bloom especially brightly, but create a magnificent background for the most spectacular varieties of roses.
When planting plants in a flower garden, it is necessary to take into account their features. Sun-loving crops are not recommended to be placed next to tall varieties of roses. You should also avoid species that grow rapidly, because they can interfere with the lush flowering of the queen of the flower bed.
Protective plants
Roses are often attacked by garden pests, the most dangerous of which is aphids. In order to prevent their appearance, preventive measures should be taken in time.
It is advisable to plant plants next to roses that repel harmful insects. Nasturtium, geranium, thyme, tansy and rue are perfect for this. The appearance of perennials will not spoil the appearance of the flower bed, and the substances contained in the roots, stems and flowers of these plants will help protect your flower garden from pests.
Marigolds and lavender can also scare away aphids from the rose garden. A great idea would be to plant a little caraway and dill, as well as carrots, parsley, buckwheat and catnip, interspersed with ornamental plants. Their delicate and thin leaves, invisible in a luxurious flower garden, attract with their smell the natural enemies of aphids: ladybirds, earwigs and lacewings. This way you can protect your roses throughout the season.
With the help of these simple recommendations, you will turn your rose garden into a real masterpiece that will delight you and your loved ones throughout the entire period of its flowering.
