We make a picturesque rose garden with our own hands

Views and styles

The rose garden is a perennial flower garden, and with proper care it can delight the owners of the property and their guests for several years. Therefore, the choice of style and design of the flower bed should be approached seriously and carefully. In modern landscape design, two main styles of arranging a flower garden of roses prevail:

1. Regular rose garden. This is a flower bed of the correct geometric shape with a low border made of stone, brick, or framed by pebbles, granite chips, colored mulch. Roses are planted in it in regular rows (circles) in compliance with a single color scheme. A flowerbed in this style looks spectacular in the middle of the emerald lawn, at the front entrance to the house, along the central path.

2. Landscape rose garden. This style is characterized by the absence of a strict order of planting. The flower garden can be of any size and shape, consisting of roses of various varieties and colors. Such a rose garden looks spectacular in the garden, by the reservoir, in front of the site.

Having decided on the style, you need to think about how a flower garden of roses will look like, and in what form it is better to arrange it. There are several types of rosaries:

1. Romantic. Composed of classic varieties of roses with a soft pastel color. Looks very advantageous against the background of tall garden plants in the depths of the site, or in the garden. Suitable for decorating a recreation area, as it perfectly forms an atmosphere of romance and peace.
2. Ceremonial. As the name suggests, this is a vibrant festive composition with original lush flowers in contrasting tones. Such a rose garden looks advantageous against the backdrop of greenery. It can be located in the central part of the site.
3. Border. This type of rose garden implies the possibility of viewing it from one or several sides, so the flowers are planted taking into account which side of the flower bed will be visible. This flower garden is characterized by tiered planting of flowers. In the background or in the center (if the flower bed is viewed from all sides), tall standard roses are planted, then classic tea hybrids, and miniature bushes or ground cover varieties along the edge.
4. Vertical. Formed from weaving and ampelous roses, which are planted along the support. This is a great solution for decorating arches, gazebos, house walls and fences. It is important to know that roses, unlike vines, cannot independently trail in the right direction, so they need to be guided and attached to the support manually.
5. Rock garden. For this type of flower garden, mainly ground cover varieties of roses are used. Growing up, they quickly form a blooming carpet, and in combination with stones they look quite impressive. However, higher varieties of roses can be used as the centerpiece of the composition.
6. Mobile (mobile). As the name implies, these are flower beds planted in containers, pots. They are often used to decorate the space in front of the house, at the main entrance.The convenience of such a mini-rose garden is that it can be carried and cleaned indoors for the winter.

A rose garden in the country can also be planted in a free order - this will only emphasize the naturalness of the garden space. A single rose bush will also look good if it is lush and abundantly blooming, and the shade of its flowers is combined with the general style of the landscape.

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We draw up a scheme

The creation of a rose garden begins with drawing up a visual diagram, which details the location of each bush. To make such a plan, you must first explore the area of ​​the site and choose a place for arranging a flower garden.

Roses are light-loving plants, and this must be taken into account when developing a schematic plan. For the rose garden, you should choose an open area with a lot of sunlight, but protected from drafts and winds. An ideal option would be a site where the sun shines in the morning, and in the late afternoon the plants are in partial shade.

After determining the location, a diagram is drawn up. The easiest way to do this is on paper, and then transfer to a real site. Before drawing up a plan, you need to choose the varieties of roses you like, and mark them on the sheet with circles with numbers, while indicating the place for short and tall species, so that they do not shade each other. If the flowerbed will be supplemented with other flowers, this must also be indicated in the plan.

When drawing up a schematic plan, remember that bright shades need to be alternated with white and pastels - this technique allows you to create a harmonious composition. Roses are favorably set off by bright greenery, so evergreen mini-shrubs, ferns, or decorative undersized conifers can be planted along the edge of the rose garden. After putting it on paper, you can start making your dreams come true in real space. First, you need to determine the boundaries of the rose garden and install a border, and then designate the location of each bush. Further, in the right place, holes are dug into which roses will be planted.

Choosing varieties

When choosing a variety, one must take into account not only the beauty of roses, but also external factors: climatic conditions, soil characteristics, the size of the flower garden. There are quite a few varieties of roses, but in order to equip a rose garden in the country with your own hands, you need to choose the types that can grow in certain climatic latitudes:

• tea hybrids - they have the most perfect and beautiful flowers, but they are very thermophilic, and often freeze out, despite low pruning and shelter;

• floribunda roses - they are distinguished by multiple lush inflorescences, quite frost-resistant, bloom for a long time and continuously, but bloom at different times, which makes it necessary to remove faded inflorescences that spoil the aesthetic appearance of the rose garden;

• weaving - depending on the variety, these roses can have large or very small inflorescences, but small roses are used more often to decorate arches, since their stems are more flexible, and the flowers look more neat;

• roses "shraba" - low abundantly flowering bushes are completely inflexible - they are difficult to twine around the support, in addition, they must be constantly monitored and the branches must be directed horizontally, since only in this position the bush releases additional shoots and blooms well;

• standard - these roses in the form of a small tree, due to their size and bright large flowers, are often used as a tapeworm - a plant that creates an accent in the composition, they can also be planted singly on lawns;

• ground cover - the high decorative properties of this variety (they can be in the form of a ball, or cover the soil in the form of a carpet) allow roses to be used to decorate a wide variety of flower beds, in addition, they can be easily covered for the winter.

Soil and planting

It is advisable to plant roses in the fall, and prepare the soil for the rose garden in the middle of summer. For spring planting, the site is being prepared in the fall. To do this, you need to dig deep into the soil, add a drainage component (sand, peat) and apply fertilizers (humus, compost). Roses love loose, well-drained soil. The ideal option would be sandy loam soil with an acidity level of 5-6 pH.

Next, you need to prepare everything you need for planting: a shovel, peat, expanded clay, water, rose seedlings. Now the actions are carried out according to the following algorithm:

• first you need to make holes to a depth that is 10 cm longer than the length of the roots of roses (about 50-60 cm);
• if groundwater is close to the soil surface, a drainage layer (expanded clay) must be laid on the bottom of the holes and covered with earth;
• now we moisten the roots of the seedlings and remove them together with the earth from the container (pot);
• too long roots are recommended to be cut to a length of 30 cm, you also need to completely remove the leaves from the shoots;
• then we place the seedling in the hole strictly vertically, and begin to cover it with earth, periodically shaking the plant so that the soil is evenly distributed and the roots do not bend;
• when the roots are covered, the earth should be tamped a little, watered, after which the top layer should be loosened again;
• in conclusion, around the bush, you need to make a mound of sawdust or peat 15-20 cm high.

Rose garden care

Caring for roses in the warm season does not present any difficulties and consists of:

• in timely watering - so that the soil retains moisture longer, it is mulched with any organic materials;
• weeding, loosening the soil and hilling bushes as needed;
• pruning excess shoots - pruning is done in spring and summer after flowering is complete;
• in regular feeding - organic matter (humus, compost, peat) at the rate of 10 kg / sq. m are introduced in the spring, and potassium is 20 g / sq. m and phosphorus 70 g / sq. m in August - September.

It is much more difficult to maintain the planting of roses in the winter, since the flowers are very thermophilic and often get sick. The main activity in preparation for winter is the shelter of roses. To do this, the bushes need to be pruned, hilled, and covered with any covering organic matter (sawdust, foliage, straw). And on top additionally cover with a frost-protecting material: film, roofing felt, spunbond.

It is also important not to freeze the bushes in the spring. An indicator that roses can be freed from shelter is complete thawing of the soil. It is better to open the bushes on a cloudy day or in the evening, since during the wintering they have become unaccustomed to the light, and the bright sun will be additional stress for them.

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