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| Salvia with Sunsprite |
I have several different types of salvia, and I love them all. They weave themselves in between the roses, and they make a beautiful pair.
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| Catmint with Mutabilis |
Not only is catmint a great companion to roses, it has beautiful foliage, too.
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| Scabiosa with Belle de Crecy |
This plant is still blooming in my garden! Any plant that blooms in the spring and is still blooming the next January has to be a favorite! Of course, mine took a little break when the high heat and drought hit us this past summer, but started back up when the roses started blooming again. Now, that's a great companion!
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| Asters with Cupcake |
Like salvia, there are several types of asters, and I love them all. What a nice backdrop to any rose's portrait.
I hope you enjoyed a look at some possible companion plantings for roses. I bet if you plant these with your roses, they may become a favorite of yours, too.
I will most likely never like roses, but I really like your second and third pairings.
ReplyDeleteNot like roses? I felt that way until I started growing them!
DeleteSome wonderful pairings. I started out with just a rose garden but soon added flowers to grow around them too. I hated to see the space go to waste mostly. LOL!
ReplyDeletehaha - I started out the same way, but loved seeing pictures of roses set off with companion plantings. I am trying to fill up all the space, though - I hope it cuts down on weeds!
DeleteI like catmint as a companion or by itself. It is one of my favorite plants, and the butterflies and bees love it. I may try some of these other ideas around my roses...they add more interest around the bare bottom. I do plant chives around my roses to help to deter pests which works rather well, too.
ReplyDeleteSome roses need a little help hiding their bare legs. I've never tried chives, but I bet they are beautiful together.
DeleteI've recently planted some new roses, and was wondering what to plant with them. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteIf your roses are new, just be sure to give them plenty of space to grow! I hope your garden turns out just the way you envision it.
DeleteLove the Salvia and roses combo! I have 'Cordona' and 'May Night' Salvia near the feet of 'Teasing Georgia' roses, (dark purple, creamy yellow) and you are so right, a beautiful couple!
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Salvias are a great companion to just about anything, I think. I love not only their color, but their spiky contrast to the round rose blossoms.
DeleteThose are all winners. I really love the Aster with the Cupcake, a beautiful combination!
ReplyDeleteWho would have thought the combination of purple and pick would look so good!
DeleteI so much prefer roses planted with companions and you have some very pretty groupings.
ReplyDeleteI do, too. I like a very full garden!
DeleteI just loved all the pairings. They all work so well together! One day I might try to grow some Roses, but for now I'll just enjoy your great photos.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know roses would do so well here, but once I tried them and realized how they like my soil and my climate, I was hooked!
DeleteI like your rose companion choices, especially the asters with the 'Cupcake' rose. I have artemesia growing beneath some of my roses, and this year I planted garlic around one rose just to see if it will help deter aphids. If it doesn't, I can always eat the garlic!
ReplyDeleteI love artemesia with roses, too. Its lacy foliage gives a sense of the roses blooming above a cloud. I hope you will report your findings on the garlic/aphid experiment.
DeleteNice post. Your color combinations are very pretty. I always have loved the way salvia and nepeta complement roses and I especially like your combination of the asters along with the rose...just right!
ReplyDeleteI had always heard of planting nepeta with roses, but until I tried it myself I didn't realize how charming the combination would be!
DeleteBlue flowers - how I love them! They look great with your roses!
ReplyDeleteI think everything goes with blue flowers!
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I'm guilty. Lots of roses and few companions. Thanks for some wonderful suggestions.
ReplyDeleteI have lots of roses and lots of companions! I just love a full garden, and this way I get to try lots of new plants!
DeleteLovely companions all are my favorite...I have some unusual companions planted with the few roses I have...I find roses look so nice interspersed in my garden among the perennials...
ReplyDeleteEvery garden should have a rose or two. Sometimes the rose is the companion, and I think they could go with just about anything!
DeleteFor the fall, the Mutabalis with the asters also make a great combination. Although the asters sometimes upstage their larger friends.
ReplyDeleteYes, when the asters are in full bloom, it's hard to keep your eyes off them, isn't it?
DeleteI like your choices; out here in the arid, wild west, some of those and other relatives work nicely. (and roses often thrive in an oasis zone...no disease probs) I recall a garden tour when xeriscape became more embraced here...I suggest it be named "roses and sage", as a play on suitable companions, as well as sage meaning different plants with "sage" in the name! Companions...yes.
ReplyDeleteRoses and sage - I think that would look nice. Especially sages with grey foliage. That would really set off the roses beautifully.
ReplyDeleteSalvia just looks great with anything, I think! The purple-blue of that one offsets the yellow of the rose so beautifully!
ReplyDeleteI think it does, too. It's one of my favorite things to just add that extra bit of interest.
DeleteI share a tall blue sage, and 2 different Scabiosa. Pruned roses look so sad all alone.
ReplyDeletehaha - You're right - pruned roses are not the most glamorous thing!
DeleteVery interesting Holley, I've been researching this very topic for my new garden bed and was on your site yesterday reading a previous post on the same subject. I've learn plenty from you, thanks :)
ReplyDeleteThat is so very sweet to say! I appreciate that. It has been so much fun going back and looking at the rose pictures. I sure do miss their blooms.
DeleteSalvia is one of those plants that I haven't had good luck with... Hoping the one I planted makes it through the winter!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that. I love salvias, but you can probably find that blue spiky feature in other plants that will work better for you. Good luck with the one you have. Maybe this one will be the key!
DeleteThanks for a beautiful and helpful post. I like your companions. I had no idea how long blooming scabiosa is. It is definitely on my list now!
ReplyDeleteI was amazed how long scabiosa blooms, too. I started with just one clump, but after seeing its long performance in the garden, I have added numerous clumps to my garden - and they are all still blooming!
DeleteI love the Salvia with the Sunsprite! The colours are what attracts me! Just lovely!
ReplyDeleteThat was a nice combination to see. My combinations are generally accidental, so it gives me even more pleasure when they work out!
DeleteI just bought Purple Savia with black stems (another good combination) will plant it in frount of my yellow Sun Brite, a gift (from my daughter Debbie) in my new "Room" When we finished my path I have more space to plant than I thought. I will plant Lavender on both sides of my bench. Both are evergreen after you wrote a blog page about evergreens I have made sure I buy more plants that are evergreen. Thank you for your blog love it
ReplyDeleteThat combination of salvia with your yellow rose sounds wonderful. And I love lavender! It sounds like a wonderful plan. It will smell so wonderful!
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