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What plants do you use to edge the rose garden?
Comments (16)Buford, I dunno about Georgia, but when I lived in California the gardenias and roses didn't do well together. Gardenias actually want a touch of shade in CA, and they want a much more acid soil than is typical there, although that might work out fine for you in Georgia - you don't have adobe clay of pH 8 there. The smaller gardenias really needed watering more often than the roses did too, but then again CA gets no rain at all in the summer, and you probably do. What did work well for me in a mild winter climate for evergreen borders was iberis and the very dwarf forms of Pittosporumm tobira, like Wheeler's Dwarf and Creme de Menthe. There are probably new cultivars out now. Boxleaf hebe works well here in our cooler climate of Washington. Japanese holly is a boxwood lookalike that is extremely hardy and is used here in WA much more often that boxwood. It stays nice and dark green all winter where boxwood goes pale from the cold, but it's not much faster growing. In CA I used African boxwood - don't recall the latin name anymore, Myrsinus? - somewhat tender, but faster than boxwood. And here in WA we use an ericaceous shrub called pernyettia or something like that for an evergreen edging, looks very similar to boxwood but faster growing and it does sucker some from the roots. There's also the evergreen euonymuses - fortunei I think is the common small leaved variegated one that can be either a clinging viney thing or somewhat shrubby depending on how you prune it. There's also something similar to the boxleaf hebe that I think is a boxleaf euonymus, E. microphlylla or something like that. That one makes a very nice dark green evergreen border. And in Georgia you should be able to grow the dwarf forms of true myrtle, Myrtus communis. Gardenerzone4, roses are leggy, no matter what. Just the nature of the beast. That's why we all have suggestions for border and edging plants. I would advise against using any of the nepetas, and most of the hardy geraniums, as they are very aggressive spreaders. Alyssum is great. Marigolds too, and snapdragons, lobelia, ageratum. I have some daylilies as well, and lavender. Mini roses can be used as borders and edging too as they can be kept very low and don't go as bare at the base....See MoreWhat forums do you visit when WS'ing is done?
Comments (31)Like carrie630, I check this forum continually, even though I tend to get swallowed up in "Lurkdom" for long periods of time. (Thank you Karen for pulling me out...) My other favorites are: Lilies...Gotta start sharing pics of my beauties on that forum Dahlias...Ditto above Annuals Gardening in Canada (only because climate/season-wise it's a little more similar to my world though still quite different) Far North---Though not nearly FAR enough...lol And I pop into other forums if I get a whim to try to grow something specific such as clematis or when I went through my daylily phase....See MoreWhat Other Forums do you find Useful?
Comments (5)I used to post a bit on Roses and Antique Roses - haven't been around much in the past few years though. I love the Name that Plant Forum, I think it's the best one on GW besides the FN....See MoreWhat garden flowers/foliage do you use to enhance rose bouquets?
Comments (23)I used to make bouquets for my mother and never remembered to take a picture:-( These are lovely. Several of us may remember Thedarklady (Marina Parr) posted drop dead gorgeous bouquets 5 yrs. ago. She used interesting containers. Lots of Austins and as these bouquets were for church they did not need to last. Often the roses varied in size as well as petal count. I noticed her fillers were mainly lavender, green or white. Ageratum - lavender tall one Campanula Sarastro - deep deep lavender with mauve roses Caryopteris flowers clematis Comtesse de Bouchard (pastel bluey-pink) Echanacea - white or green single Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost' Gladiolus 'Green Star' Heliotrope - purple Hydrangea - 'Limelight' and 'Annabelle' Salvia farinacea - purple single Shasta daisies Statice - white Valerian officinalis - white Thedarklady's photobucket has changed. Here's one I saved. Bouquet by Marina Parr...See Moresharon2079
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