Romantic rose beds are the dream of many gardeners. Find out here how to create your rose bed step by step and get a sample planting plan to imitate.

Roses and lavender are a dream couple

The right location for the rose bed

Most rose varieties do best in the sun. If you only have a shade bed available, you should inquire about shade-tolerant species in specialist shops.
Roses like loose, nutrient-rich soil and need regular watering.

When to plant the rose garden

Roses are usually planted in autumn or spring. Planting in autumn is more advisable, since the roses have time to grow well during the winter and sprout with all their might in the spring. You can plant your rose garden even in winter on frost-free days.

Combine the roses well

Roses alone look beautiful. But they look even prettier with companion plants. The combination with lavender is particularly popular. This not only looks beautiful, but also keeps the lice away from the roses. But other perennials and grasses are also suitable as companion plants.

A sample rose bed

If the rose bed is large enough, it is worth combining the roses with various companion plants. Before planting, think about what color combination you want. A bed of roses should not be too colourful. Red or pink roses with blue or purple companion plants or pink and white beds are popular.

Here is an example planting plan for a round rose bed:

  • Place hardy shrubs such as thuja or barberries in the middle.
  • Therefore, plant four pink shrub roses with sufficient spacing. It is best to choose a variety that blooms more often.
  • Plant several blue or white delphiniums between two roses.
  • After a distance of at least half a meter put a ring of lavender. You can also combine white and purple lavender varieties.
  • Plant pink dwarf roses at the edge and place occasional low ornamental grasses such as bearskin grass between the individual plants.

Create the rose bed step by step

What you need:

  • Tiller (162.69€) (if available)
  • spade
  • good garden soil
  • wheelbarrow
  • rake
  • roses
  • companion plants

1. Prepare the ground

Stake the rose bed.
Remove all large rocks, roots, sods, weeds and other from the area that will be the rose bed.
Cover the area with a several centimeter thick layer of good garden soil and dig or till it over.

2. Place the plants

Now place the plants and plant pots in the places where they are to be planted. This gives you time to reconsider and rearrange the layout.

3. Plant roses and companion plants

If you like the arrangement, you can start planting. The roses should be planted deep enough. The finishing point, the point where the shoots sprout from the trunk, should be two to three centimeters below the ground.

4. Mulch

Finally, you can mulch your rose bed. Gardening professionals disagree on whether or not bark mulch is good for rose beds, but a thin layer certainly doesn't hurt and looks good. Alternatively, you can also use gravel.

5. Watering

Finally, water your new bed of roses thoroughly.

In this video, gardening professional Josef Starkl explains in detail how to create your rose bed:

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