Roses and grasses garden

Roses are a well-known garden staple because they're romantic, whimsical, sweetly scented, and a classic addition to any landscape or cut-flower arrangement. Whether your garden style is cottage, eclectic, modern, or all of the above, what you plant with your roses can impact how they look in the overall landscape. Enhance your rose garden with these perennials, shrubs, and grasses that require similar light levels, soil, and other growing conditions as roses

COTTAGE GARDEN STYLE CONTRASTwith ornamental grass Combining roses with delicate grasses is a great way of creating a mixed border full of texture. The fine, delicate nature of ornamental grasses contrast wonderfully against the large colourful rose blooms and their denser, bushy foliage. The overall effect is gracef

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How do you use roses in your garden? Do you have a traditional, formal rose garden bordered with low boxwood hedges? Or are they part of a mixed border where they jostle with perennials such…

Formal or informal, elegant or rustic, rose gardens can easily be adapted to your taste and budget. Explore our rose garden ideas and discover more.

Rose companion plants can be heavily debated. Are there certain flowers or greens that pair best with them, helping the blooms grow better? Our pros weigh in, and offer suggestions for a prettier, lusher rose garden.

It's no secret among clothing designers that a soft shade of pink will flatter most complexions. The same rule is true in a landscape, where a hazy swath o