ROSE TYPES
There are thousands of different roses available and, increasingly, modern varieties are being bred for ease of growth, free flowering and pest and disease resistance. Decide which type you want to grow from the list below,then visit your garden centre or nursery to see what is on sale.
Alternatively,if you wish to buy a specific variety, visit: www.roselocator.com or www.roseuk.com for information on Find That Rose.
Hybrid Tea and Floribunda roses - average 75-120cm high,plant singly or in groups,can be underplanted with ground cover,perennial or bedding plants.
Patio and miniature roses - average 45cm high,ideal for low hedging,containers or rockeries.
Shrub/English roses- bushy,low-maintenance roses: plant singly or in groups in borders together with other shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Many are good for hedging.
Climbing/rambling roses - good for covering walls, fences or growing over arches,pillars and pergolas,and some will grow into hedges or trees: they have long shoots producing large clusters of flowers.
Groundcover roses - ideal for ground cover, banks or growing in accessible areas, these low-growing and spreading roses are also suitable for pots.
Standard roses - tall-stemmed roses can be eye catching centre-pieces in borders or in large pots.
GOOD COMPANIONS
The following plants are ideal companions for roses: alchemillas, alliums, anaphalis, anemones, campanulas, clematis, fennel, foxgloves, hardy geraniums, heathers, herbs, hollyhocks, lamiums, lavenders, lilies, marigolds, pulmonarias, tulips, verbascums