The bed of roses looks particularly interesting if you put the "queen of flowers" in the right light with the help of colour-coordinated bulbs and summer flowers. Herbs not only have an ornamental, but also a protective effect. Ideally, the companion plants further enhance the rose's beauty by aesthetically enhancing the rose's colors and shapes.

Roses and lavender get along well

Roses need air and space

Roses love company and can be wonderfully combined with various summer flowers and bulbs, with perennials, shrubs, climbing plants and herbs. However, you should make sure that you do not plant the roses directly. Instead, the companion plants must be planted at a sufficient distance, because roses need light and air and love open soil. If the planting is too cramped, there is a risk that the roses will be weakened and thus infected with fungal diseases or pests. When composing the bed, make sure that the roses cannot be overgrown by vigorous companion plants. It is particularly important to be careful with Clematis vitalba and Clematis montana, because these clematis species grow too proliferate and could completely suppress roses.

Herbs keep roses healthy

Herbs and roses were already planted together in the medieval monastery gardens, because many herbs have a positive influence on the sensitive flowers: they keep pathogens and pests away in a natural way. However, lavender, sage and thyme do not like the nutrient-rich soil of the roses. Therefore, plant them about 50 centimeters apart at the edge of the bed and thin the soil there with plenty of sand. Other herbs that go well with roses include fennel and valerian, holy herb, wormwood and various types of allium.

Suitable summer flowers for companionship with roses

With annual or biennial summer flowers, you can create light, romantic-looking flower beds and experiment to your heart's content: If you don't like the combination, simply sow different flowers next year. Mallows, poppies and the tender damsel in the green find a grateful place in every bed of roses. The soaring flower spikes of the foxglove create a striking contrast to the more rounded flower heads of the roses. Cosmeuses, marigolds, ornamental tobacco, cup mallow, zinnias, snapdragons and nasturtiums dress your garden in bright cottage garden colours.

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Roses should always play the leading role in a mixed bed, all other plants only serve as "decorative accessories". For example, you can place vigorous rose bushes in the background in order to place lower flowers or shrubs in between or in front of them - the accompanying plants serve as a kind of frame.

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