There is nothing more beautiful than a house, immersed in the fragrant embrace of charming roses. All owners of suburban areas tend to surround their dacha with shrub, standard, climbing or ground cover varieties. Housewives grow roses in tubs on the balconies, fondly fostering their beauty. Taking care of several specimens of roses is not such a difficult task, it is quite another thing to create a real rose garden, the care of which gardeners call the "aerobatics" of art. Consider the options for creating a rose garden in the garden.
What does the word "rosary" mean?
The rosary is a multifaceted concept. And the first meaning of the rosary that can be found on the Internet is the rosary. It is clear that rosary beads have nothing to do with flowers. Rosary beads are an attribute of the Catholic Church. They consist of 50 small beads, one large. Separately, there are 3 small beads and 1 large bead. There is also a medallion, and at the end - a cross with a crucifix. Every priest and Catholic believer should have a rosary. During prayers, they are supposed to be sorted out in a certain order. Prayers are also called the rosary. There are special rosary beads for parishioners, each part of which is painted in its own color. A certain color tells believers during which prayer it is necessary to touch one or another part of the rosary. For example, while reading the prayer "I believe", you must hold on to the brown cross. While reading "Our Father", it is required to sort out red beads, "Ave Maria" - a part of a rosary with blue beads. Priests' rosary is always black.
Another meaning of the word "rose garden" is a flower garden. But this concept was also associated with Catholic churches. In ancient times, roses were planted near churches in the same order as beads in a rosary. That is, the colors of the roses corresponded to the order of the beads in the rosary. The parishioners adopted the idea and decorated their plots with roses, planting them in the same sequence. As time went on, the meaning was gradually lost and now the rose garden is used as an ordinary flower bed for growing roses.
Classic rose garden implies planting only roses. There should be no other colors. Evergreen shrubs can serve as a background: boxwood, privet. But few people adhere to the classical style of creating a rose garden, therefore, in the vicinity of roses, other plants are grown, against which the roses stand out well. The queen of the garden has many varieties, but you need to know how to combine them correctly in order to create a fragrant rose garden with your own hands.
Before creating a beautiful corner with a garden, decorating a flowerbed at the entrance with roses or decorating the foreground of the site with them, it is necessary to select plant varieties in accordance with the shape and color. Many people buy plants first, and then try to create beauty from the acquired material. You can't do that. First you need to decide on the location of the future flower garden, create a sketch and only then buy planting material.When creating a sketch, you need to take into account the space that the roses will take in the process of growth. After all, densely planted specimens lag behind in growth, bloom poorly and become susceptible to diseases.
The sketch of the rose garden should be drawn up in accordance with the given facts: the image of adult specimens with coloring in certain colors. This is the only way to create a harmonious rose garden. According to the laws of nature, not all colors are combined with each other. For example, an exotic curly blue rose has no place to be next to a dark red one. Blue goes well with orange, white and yellow. Therefore, it is very important to choose the right matching shades. And coloristics will help in this - the teaching of the combination of colors.
Shapes of rose bushes
Among the wide variety of varieties of roses, you need to choose exactly those that will suit the height, shades and shape of the bush.
Shrub roses
English or shrub roses - perennial plants reaching a height of 2 meters or more. Full flowering can only be observed in adult specimens. It is very difficult to find a suitable place for them in the flower garden. To create a rose garden, varieties of shrub roses are suitable, the whips of which grow no more than 1.5 m per season.If the plant reaches 3 m in height, then it can be planted near the wall of the house and make a support in the form of a lattice for it. All shrub roses are planted in the background. This applies to the usual rosary. If you have a panoramic rose garden, then large specimens should be planted in the center.
The most beautiful varieties of English roses:
- "Cottage Rose", "Claire Rose" - have pink flowers;
- William Shakespeare - red;
- Evelyn, English Garden - yellow;
- "Abraham Darby" - orange-pink.
Curly roses
A very popular type of roses, but in the rose garden you need to find a suitable place for them. To decorate the wall of the house and the fence, several rose bushes are planted at the same time, but it should be borne in mind that only 2 varieties of plants are harmoniously combined in a small area. For a larger plot of land, planting of 3 copies is possible.
It is recommended to grow only 1 variety on a flower bed, having built a stable, beautiful support for it, because long shoots can break an unreliable structure. Climbing roses decorate the background of the rose garden or place it in the center if it is a panoramic view. The support can be made in the form of an arch, a fan, or a pyramid. The trellis should not be installed, as its heavy appearance it will distract attention to itself and beautiful plants will remain "not a lot". The arch can be twisted with climbing roses, clematis can be added to them, and conifers can be planted nearby. Thus, you get a paradise for relaxation.
It is recommended to pay attention to the following varieties of roses:
- Snow White: "Snow Goose", "Mountain Snow", "Long Silver", "Schwanensee", "Alba Plena".
- With pink flowers: Dorothy Perkins, Compassion, Manita, Amethyst, New Dawn, Pink News.
- Yellow-flowered: "Golden Rain", "Goldfinch", "Gloria", "Dei Lutea Plena".
Ground cover roses
For planting low-growing varieties, they choose the most prominent place in the rose garden - they are planted in the foreground. This species is easy to care for. With minimal care, they delight the owner with long flowering. To get a colorful carpet of ground cover roses, you need to plant them in several varieties, next to each other. In such a rose garden, you need to make some bright spot and shade with another plant.
For planting, it is recommended to choose the following varieties:
- Blooming white flowers: "Schneefloke", "Aspirin Rose", "Eskimo", "Avon".
- With pink buds: Sweetie Pritty, Lipstick, Max Graft.
- Red-flowered: Heidetraum, Residenz, Lavender Meidiland.
- With orange flowers: Apricot Clementine, Ninette, Jazz.
Stamp roses
Some owners have very little space on the site, as they say, "just barely enough," so they are advised to grow standard roses. In the recent past, it was possible to obtain such a rose through painstaking work.Now, in modern nurseries, you can buy various varieties of standard roses, which differ in the shape of the flowers, the shade of the foliage, and the height of the plants. There are also vertical varieties that reach a height of at least 2 m, and weeping standard roses, which fascinate with their unusual structure.
Roses on boles have a number of advantages over other varieties. The fact is that all the beauty of the colors is on the second tier, which means that the first one is completely free for planting other plants. The first tier of the rose garden can be populated with creeping roses or low-growing perennials, for example, rock alissum or mountain alissum, depending on what background needs to be created.
Lavender is a good addition to such a rose garden. Among the variety of standard roses, no super-plants can be distinguished. They are all great. Therefore, you can choose any variety and enjoy the blooming of roses on boles.
However, there is one variety that you don't want to ignore. This is Flammentanz. It is also called "curly rose on a trunk". The size of the whips of this variety reaches 2 m in height. While expanding, the lashes cascade down and almost reach the ground. It blooms with pink, deep red or white huge flowers, reaching a diameter of 10 cm.
Mini roses
An ideal solution for those who have very little or no plot. A rose garden with miniature roses can even be created on the balcony, within a small patch of land or in a flower pot. Compositions can be used to decorate a terrace, loggia, put flowers in pots near the path leading to the house.
There are 2 design options for a compact rose garden.
- Roses in pots. The potted version does not take up very much space, as they are compact and look cute. Roses are easy to care for, so you can create an unpretentious composition with minimal labor. The potted version is good because roses can be moved from one corner of the plot to another, while creating coziness and beauty. When planting plants in pots, you need to know that the height of the containers should be at least 40 cm. Since roses do not like stagnant water, it is recommended to pour a drainage layer in the form of pebbles or expanded clay on the bottom of the pot.
- Using dwarf roses to create a mini rose garden. Quite an interesting option. There are also dwarf roses or patios. They look like shrub plants, but when looking at them it seems as if they are a copy of shrub roses, reduced several times.
You can decorate a small flower bed with dwarf roses. There are also frost-resistant varieties that can be planted on the balcony. Many housewives like indoor flowers. Indoor roses can be used to create a home rose garden on your windowsill. However, these are the only roses that are called "sissies". Caring for them requires certain knowledge. Only patience, love and care will help create a fragrant rose garden that will captivate with its beauty.
