She is the undisputed queen of flowers. Whether ground-covering, climbing or gracefully enthroned as a shrub, the rose looks fantastic in any shape and color. Even more so in the company of other plants. However, there are pitfalls when combining
Which plants go well with roses?
Roses can be combined well with perennials, herbs, trees and ornamental grasses. Popular planting partners are pennisetum, lady's mantle, delphinium, pampas grass, boxwood, clematis, hydrangeas, hibiscus and steppe sage. Pay attention to harmonious colors, flowering times and location requirements.
What factors should you consider when combining roses?
To underline the elegance of the roses and not challenge them for their throne, you should consider the following aspects when combining:
- Flower color: white, pink, yellow, orange, pink or violet
- Flowering time: June to October
- Location requirements: sunny, sandy-loamy and nutrient-rich soil
- Growth height: up to 3 m
You should consider the flowering time and flower color of the respective rose in your considerations. Most roses bloom from June to July and a second time from late summer to fall.
It is also important to make the choice of companion plants dependent on the type of rose. Climbing roses go well with plants that like to climb high, and ground cover roses go well with plants that stay low.
It is still crucial to observe the location requirements of the roses. For example, roses are often combined with lavender, even though the lavender does not match the roses due to its location requirements.
Combine roses in the bed or in the pot
Roses can be combined with perennials as well as herbs, trees and ornamental grasses. Ornamental grasses have the ability to gently surround roses and take away their severity. Perennials can contrast or harmonize with roses with their flower colors. For example, red and pink roses go well with white perennials and yellow roses look intoxicating when paired with blue or purple perennials.
Among the numerous possible planting partners for roses, these ones have proven particularly useful:
- Ornamental grasses such as pampas grass, pennisetum and purple lovegrass
- Boxwood
- Clematis
- hydrangeas
- larkspur
- Hibiscus
- woman's coat
- Steppe Sage
Combine shrub roses with pennisetum grass
You can visually polish up all shrub roses with the Pennisetum grass. Thanks to its delicate and fluffy flower spikes, the Pennisetum grass manages to give the face of the shrub roses something soft and dynamic. Place the ornamental grass either behind low shrub roses or next to them. Its location requirements match those of shrub roses.
Combine ground cover roses with lady's mantle
The proximity of the lady's mantle, which is ideally planted in groups, makes the ground cover roses appear more elegant. The lady's mantle does not represent any visual competition, but actually highlights the roses and underlines their bright flower color.
Combine shrub roses with delphiniums
The delphinium is often combined with shrub roses. It likes a sunny location on a nutrient-rich and rather fresh to moist substrate - just like the roses. Visually, the two create real fireworks when, for example, blue delphiniums are combined with yellow or red roses.
Combine roses as a bouquet in the vase
Roses convey a message of love in almost every bouquet. You can combine most other summer flowers with them, but also delicate grasses. A colorful mix has a playful effect, whereas a tone-on-tone composition can create elegance and nostalgia.
- Gypsophila
- woman's coat
- Gerbera
- Switchgrass
- ornamental onion
- Steppe Sage
- Thistles
