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| I have a variety of roses. Most came from vintage gardens in bands that I transferred into gallon pots. They've been in the pots for nearly a year so are almost ready to go into the ground. How should I approach planning a layout? Group them by variety (HT's) or color or ??? I'm not sure what the best way to go about this is and am halfway wondering if I should hire someone. Thoughts??? |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 14:48
| Where are you, approximately? (what does DFW mean?) No one can give you advice without having some idea of where you are gardening - Jackie |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 15:10
| I'm not sure what bearing where one is located has on layout but DFW stands for Dallas-Fort Worth, so east Texas. Do you intend these for a dedicated rose bed? Or mixed in with other plantings? And if a dedicated rose bed, is it free-standing - that is - visible from all sides, like an island bed? If a free standing bed, I would be inclined to group them by growth habit with the larger growing ramblers or shrub roses in the center and those with more compact habits surrounding on the perimeter. And if you have any climbers, those definitely should be on the interior with some sort of support structure, like an obelisk or tuteur. If the bed is seen from only one side, larger growing plants in back, more compact ones forward. Be sure to allow enough room when spacing so that you can access easily for care, pruning, cutting, etc. I'm not sure that organizing them by color is that effective, but that may be a personal choice - I'd like to see a mix of colors myself. Although you do see dedicated rose gardens in my area, I much prefer them mixed in with other plantings. For one, it's my garden designer aesthetic but it also limits the spread of insect and disease issues that monoculture planting tends to promote. And it is always a delight to encounter a fully blooming rose in amongst other, lesser or more seasonally blooming shrubs and perennials. If you opt for this kind of planting scheme, you just need to select for complementary sizing/spacing and flowering with the other neighboring plants |
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- Posted by cottonwood468 none (My Page) on Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 15:20
| Take into consideration height. Are there multiples of the same plant? Will you be cutting them for arrangements in the house or single blooms for vases? It can be convenient and eye catching, to group white, pink and burgandy together. Off white, yellow, peach color or peach-pink blend and salmon. Pink, white, red and dark red. Mauve, lavender and light yellow. Iceberg looks good behind or next to a lot of colors. Warm colors together, cool colors together. |
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