The spring rose comes to life when nature is still almost in hibernation. In contrast to the Christmas rose, which looks quite similar, the different varieties of the Lenten rose impress with a wide range of flower colors. But how do you combine them?
Which plants go well with spring roses?
To combine spring roses successfully, pay attention to flower color, flowering time, location requirements and height of growth. Suitable companion plants include snowdrops, ornamental currants, ivy, ornamental grasses, lungwort, squill, hyacinths and spindle bush.
What factors should you consider when combining spring roses?
So that your combination makes your eyes shine with joy, you should consider the following factors when planning:
- Flower color: red, pink, white or green, rarely yellow
- Flowering time: January to May
- Location requirements: Partially shaded to shady, humus-rich and deep soil
- Growth height: up to 50 cm
While early-blooming spring roses show off their colorful flowers as early as January, the late-blooming varieties are only present in April/May. Consider the specific flowering period of your Lenten rose when choosing companion plants.
Lendar roses feel out of place in a location that is completely exposed to the sun. They love the shade and their planting partners should feel just as comfortable there.
Last but not least, it is crucial to take the growth height of the Lenten rose into account when combining it with other plants.
Combine Lenten roses in the bed or in the pot
Spring roses like to provide brightening moments in dark areas of the garden, such as beds that tend to be dreary in winter. There they can be beautifully displayed alongside other early bloomers. Since the surrounding area is usually bare, it is worth revealing colorful creations to the world here. The spring roses also look wonderful under coniferous trees, on hedges and in combination with flowering trees that bloom in spring.
The following, among others, harmonize perfectly with spring roses:
- evergreen ornamental grasses such as sedges and blue fescue
- Ivy
- Spindle bush
- Lungwort
- Snowdrops
- Bluestar
- Hyacinths
- ornamental currant
Combine Lenten roses with snowdrops
The early varieties of spring roses go well with snowdrops, which also bloom between January and February. This duo looks most beautiful when planted in groups next to each other. The white snowdrop fits in beautifully next to colorful spring roses and its fragile exterior provides lovely accents.
Combine spring roses with ornamental currants
The spring rose feels extremely comfortable under an ornamental currant. The reason: The ornamental currant, which likes to stand in the sun, provides shade for the Lenten rose in summer with the help of its foliage. In return, the ornamental currant benefits from the decorative appearance of the spring rose in its root area.
Combine spring roses with ivy
Lentrose roses decorate pots in the passing last throes of winter. With a small variety of ivy that is also planted in the pot, the Lenten rose gets the right partner. The ivy adorns the pot all year round and white variegated specimens in particular can look elegant in combination with white spring roses.
Combine Lenten roses as a bouquet in the vase
Lenzenroses are considered delicate cut flowers. But cut in time and draped in a small vase, they are absolutely magical. Combine them with other early bloomers such as purple hyacinths and pink tulips. Mock berries or branches of flowering trees provide the icing on the cake.
- Mockberries
- wax flowers
- Tulips
- Hyacinths
- Twigs of blackthorn, ornamental currant or forsythia
