Roses are beautiful solitary plants, but the rose bed looks even more beautiful when it is supported by attractive companion plants. Below you will find beautiful ideas on how to arrange your rose bed as well as three planting plans for replanting.
How do you design a rose bed for replanting?
A rose bed for replanting can be designed with various companion plants, for example by combining roses with lavender, cypresses and herbs for a Mediterranean flair or with a perennial rose bed with delphiniums, bluebells and ground cover plants as attractive partners.
Beautiful ideas for the rose bed
- Roses and light-colored stones look very pretty together, which is why many rose lovers cover rose beds with gravel. But individual large stones also have a decorative effect in the rose bed, especially if you let ground cover plants overgrow them.
- Ground cover plants are often combined with roses as they keep away weeds and create an attractive carpet of flowers.
- Grasses also go perfectly with roses, as they gently support the floral display with their green stalks swaying in the wind.
- Roses are not the same as roses. Choose your roses carefully and pay attention to winter hardiness, location requirements, flower color and height.
The Mediterranean, herbaceous rose bed for replanting
Lavender and roses are a true dream team. Not only do they look great together, lavender also keeps aphids away from roses. This planting plan is suitable for full sun locations. When buying the herbs, make sure they have good winter hardiness!
In our example, we are assuming a round or square bed. If your bed is rather elongated, you can adjust the distribution of the plants accordingly. Lay out your herbal, fragrant rose bed with a Mediterranean flair as follows:
- Place one or two climbing roses with an attractive climbing frame of pink or white flowers in the center.
- Place hardy, small cypresses between and on both sides of these roses.
- Plant a ring of pink-flowering shrub roses around these main players.
- Plant purple lavender and white sage or white lavender in patches along the edge or in the corners.
- Place white or purple flowering carpet thyme in between.
The perennial rose bed for replanting
Perennials and roses go well together because both are perennial, hardy and like nutrient-rich soil. Blue delphiniums and pink blooming roses in particular are a real eye-catcher. This time, in our example, we are using a rather elongated bed that is bordered by a hedge or a fence at the back.
- Place several climbing roses with climbing aids or standard roses with pink, red or white flowers directly on the hedge. Plant blue delphiniums in between.
- Next, place a row of lavender or white or purple bluebells.
- The conclusion is a row of ground cover roses, blue cushions or star moss.
