What are your favorite companion plants for your roses???
I’d love do see and hear about your favorite companion plants that you plant with your roses. I’m in Coastal Southern California about 5-6 miles from the beach, zone 10b... where the winters are very mild and warm, (It’s February 24th, the temperature was 65F at 7am this morning and sunny). Summers can get hot 90-100F during the hottest parts of the summer. There’s usually little to no humidity here. First is a Salvia variety I wish was more widely available. Please let me know if any of you see if for sale anywhere. It’s one of my favorite salvia varieties. It blooms prolifically, and the blooms last a really long time… Attracting hummingbirds, butterflies and other delightful pollinators! It maintains a smallish bushy size and responds well to pruning.
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Comments (17)Sorry for late response- limited access to email this weekend! Gorgeous photo, Jacqueline3! My Sombreuil only has 1 cane- I hope she beefs up. I'm fertilizing this evening, actually! seil- I love shades of lavender and apricot. I think those both look nice and soft with white. But the bold of the red and purple in the photo above is really striking. Jay, it did not occur to me to mingle irises next to my roses in front. I have no idea why! I'm definitely going to do that, as well as look for the apricot variety of Diascias, Rozanne geranium, and more cat mint. NewGirl - "not a word, still using it" - this made me laugh. And I LOVE the idea of violets under roses! Mingled with these icy-colored, barely-periwinkle irises I have, it would be very pretty. Also thought about nicotiana alata and nigella... Many good ideas from everyone here! Thank you!...See MoreYour favorite non-invasive rose companion perennial?
Comments (20)My small bed in front of the house has a short 3 step walkway going up to an English Roseum Rhodo in full bloom right now on a second level I made with rocks, so it's slightly elevated above everything else. On the right side of the walkway is my Pat Austin getting ready to explode and further up the walkway(only 3 stepping stones long) is Belinda's Dream. In between PA and BD, I planted purplish/blue Capanula(bellflower)........and I love it. It is somewhat similar to phlox with more of petuniaesque bloom. On the left side of the walkway is WS2000 getting ready to bloom and since I didn't know if any roses would get enough sun farther down the walkway, I planted pink buddleia behind WS2000. In between the buddleia and WS2000, I planted yellow potentilla megalantha. I wanted some yellow in the front as I have little of it. It's a nice standard geranium sized plant that gives off solid 1.5 inch yellow blooms. I just bought some lamb's ear and silvermound, although I'm not sure what I am going to do with them yet.........I just like how they feel. The rest of the small front bed consists of Endless Summer Hydrangea(blue) which is caddy corner to Pat Austin, and then a horizontal line where WS2000 has purple cranesbill, neptune heuchera, plantain lilly hosta, and a large blue delphinium. I have a wide array of colors.......almost too much so, so I am adding in more hostas, and green foilage to try to fill in spots and add some green in....See MoreFavorite companion plants for old garden roses
Comments (26)Kay- It's good to know cleome can reseed. That was one thing I meant to ask. It sounds like a great plant with the roses! Woodyoak- Clematis is always beautiful with roses. I have two metal arches in the fairy garden. Purple clematis would be perfect :) Aimeekitty- Again, your garden is beautiful! I have lavender, but it's Hidcote lavender, which is much hardier here. Catmint and salvia do well here...maybe the penstemon, but I'm not sure about the others. I do envy you your star jasmine. I just love that stuff, so I buy two small bushes at Lowe's every spring (only about $5 each) and put them in big pots, surrounded by white petunias. If I ever get enough money for a sunporch....it will be for star jasmine and an orange tree!!! LOL...See MoreFavorite new companion plants- let's see yours
Comments (44)Clematis look really nice with roses. I'm new to clematis, and after doing a little research on them, I ended up buying this clematis called,'Snow Queen. I'm really glad that I bought this variety. One of the buds opened up two days later since I bought it at a nursery. For some reasons, the flowers of clematis reminded me of how my mother used to make embroidery patterns for table clothes, and hankerchieves for me and my brother. The flower shape/texture has this 'warmth' feeling to it when I looked at it this morning. Now my interests are roses And clematis. I'm intending to add more clematis. For those who haven't tried growing clematis - I suggest you should give it a try. BTW... my opinion on osteospermum being a good companion plant has changed. Those African Daisies are Thrip magnet, and the foliage has this pungent smell and would not be a good idea to plant close to those light pastel color roses. I didn't get rid of the plants because they seem to be doing very well. Instead I had to spray them with pyrethrin, and cut off all the flowers in the hope those thrips would go away....See MoreAnn-SoCalZ10b SunStZ22
3 years agoSage (“blue sage”) not only is it a great herb for the culinary uses... but also it produces wonderful flowers that attract a ton of beneficial pollinators. The flowers last a long time in the garden. It also responds well to pruning.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoJust received more flower seeds through the mail from Botanical Interests, what a great company !
Several hours after completing my online order, I got an email stating my seeds had shipped, that's the fastest I've ever seen, sent almost before I ordered.
I love their presentation- a beautiful box, rice paper Happy Growing announcement, my receipt, seed planting guide, and a free package of seeds, all for ordering just 2 seed packs. And
to top it off there was free shipping .
My fluffy Cosmos will be waving to their companions in the breeze.The vintage wild fringed Dianthus have been on my wish list for several years ( Botanical Interests sent me email notification when it was back in stock ). It will be a feathery addition.
There's too much for my small flower bed but lots to give away.
Today I noticed the first white pincushion flower sprouting from it's seed pot, some white to go between the pink and red roses.
My dwarf Columbine seeds have not popped up yet, they will go in a circle in the shade with the hostas.
The Alaskan Raspberry Nasturtiums got planted today. The birds, bees and butterflies will be happy in the garden this year.
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoAnother I'm so excited about is Oklahoma Salmon Zinnia to grow in front of Evelyn.
photo is from the web
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