What to Stock Your Rose Garden With

Here are some must haves for your rose garden:

One flower that should be part of your rose garden is called the feverfew. This is because it attracts aphids away from the roses. The leaves and the flowers of the feverfew also deter moths from visiting your garden. You will find that feverfew will grow between to 9 inches and two feet in height. The leaves are brightly colored. The flowers look like daisies with yellow centers. Feverfew will grow well even in the poorest of soils. You can grow them from seeds or root divisions.

Another flower that you could choose for your rose garden is rose mallow. It is also known as the tree mallow. They have a long bloom season. They look like flowers from the tropics and blossom in shades of pink and white from June until the early Fall. They look a lot like the hibiscus or hollyhock. They are related to these flowers. This kind of rose is an annual. It can reseed itself if the seeds are on left on soil. It can grow in all types of soil.

If you want the rose mallow to successfully grow in your rose garden, you should put them in the full sun or light shade. They should be put in soil that is moist and well-composted. Plant rose mallow seeds in early spring. You should plant them 3 feet from each other. Bury the seeds 3 to 4 inches beneath the soil. You should use the rose as an annual shrub or low screen. It is best to plant this variety en mass.

Another rose that you could choose for your rose garden is the woods’ rose. This rose is know for making natural hybrids with R. acicularis Lindl., R. arkansana Porter, R. blanda Ait. and other flowers. You can identify this rose by its shrubby, thicket-forming habit, its stems with straight prickles and its leaves without glands.

The woods’ rose, a possible addition to your rose garden, can be found all over North America. You can find it from Ontario to Manitoba in Canada, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Southern Texas, Northern Mexico and some parts of Mexico. You can easily find it in states or provinces that border the Pacific.

The woods’ rose, a possible choice for your rose garden, grows best in riparian and wetland sites. It needs moisture. You can find these roses on bluffs, grassy slopes, prairie sandhills and in clearings of forests.

The woods’ rose bears flowers and fruits somewhere between 2 and 5 years of age when it grows in a rose garden. You should get good crops every 2 years once it starts growing. Birds and mammals like to eat the fruits of this rose and they disperse the seeds in their feces. The seeds can stay viable for 2 to 5 years. In proper conditions, they can germinate within 30 to 40 days.

Choose flowers that appeal to you. Also make sure that they go well together. Roses can be of different colors and when arranged well, your rose garden will be a riot of colors and your source of pride!

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