With their unmistakable grace, their wonderful scent and the abundance of flowers, roses are among the most popular flowers in the world. The following article will tell you how you can turn your garden into a rose paradise.
Roses add style to the garden
plan rose garden
Even in Goethe's time, roses were either white, pink, or purple; today's variety of colors did not exist yet. Modern roses inspire with their incredible variety not only in color tones, but also in flower and growth forms. In order to create a harmonious overall picture, precise planning is immensely important.
Selection of rose varieties
There is a suitable rose for every garden and almost every location. That's why you should first check the exact conditions in your garden before choosing a specific variety: What is the soil like? In which places is there a lot of sun, in which rather little or only at certain times? In which direction is the garden oriented? Where are there protected corners for sensitive rose varieties, where should rain and frost hardy varieties be planted? But not only the local conditions influence the choice of variety, the purpose also plays a major role. For a lush rose hedge, for example, wild or larger shrub roses are suitable, for a colorful rose bed you can choose between bed, shrub and hybrid roses. High stems, on the other hand, should be planted as solitaires in order to be able to fully develop their effect. If possible, choose healthy varieties with the ADR seal to avoid disappointment later.
Plant rose garden according to the color wheel
As soon as you have determined the location and purpose of planting and have selected suitable types of roses, you can think about the combination of flower colors. Basically, if you follow the color wheel rules when designing your rose garden, you really can't go wrong.
Harmonious tone-on-tone compilations
Neighboring colors on the color wheel that contain pigment from each other always appear harmonious. Examples of this are pink with purple or yellow with orange. For this effect, however, you should only combine warm or cold shades with each other.
Contrasts enliven the picture
Contrasts, on the other hand, are more stimulating than tone-on-tone compositions. To do this, you combine so-called complementary colors with each other; these are the colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. Nice examples are green and red, yellow and violet, blue and orange. You can use warm and cold colors together. Color tones, on the other hand, are created by combinations of several colors that have the same brightness and color quality. They appear harmonious and yet lively, such as violet, yellow and apricot.
Don't forget: seating and sidewalks
When planning the garden, don't forget the seating and the sidewalks! Plan your rose garden so that you can walk around in it and access any plant for care at any time. Seats do not necessarily have to be on the terrace either. a second seat a little further away from the house is ideal, where you can sit in the middle of your roses and enjoy them.
tips
When choosing the rose varieties and their companions, pay attention not only to color and shape, but also to the final growth height and whether the plant grows rather slender and upright or bushy.