| Author | Message | ||
     melva wheeler (Melvalyn) Intermediate Member Username: melvalyn Post Number: 4 Registered: 05-2005 |
Heed my advice, and do not plant Horseradish as a companion..it does not like to share! | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Intermediate Member Username: steprose Post Number: 134 Registered: 01-2006 |
Hello Josee, welcome to our forum. Just about any herbaceaous perennial or annual will do fine. Clematis for vines work well as well as the shrub clematis. Favorite perennials for me are: Nepeta, agastache, lavender (in well drained soil), numerous salvias; calamintha;foxglove, delphinium; kalimeris; artemesia Powis Castle Annuals: pansies (violas); species petunias; annual phlox; penta; strobilanthes; verbena; 4 oclocks; torenia; heliotrope; million bells; salvia; cuphea; angelonia; centurea many lilies and spring flowering bulbs Herbs: bronze fennel; sage; germander; nasturtium; oregano; valerian; | ||
| Lynnette Callan (The_oldrosarian) Intermediate Member Username: the_oldrosarian Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2004 |
I grow mainly the OGRs(most grafted) and have found that they don't complain when I plant the creeping campanulas with them. Rotundifolia is my favourite as it only grows under 12 inches, dies down in the winter and is easy to clean up as you just plull the stems off. Also because it is shallow rooted, easy to dig out if it grows where you don't want it. I also use any low growing plant with shallow roots that cleans up quickly so I don't get impalled on the rose thorns. Blue is the colour I use as it goes with all the rose colours. | ||
| Josée Brisson (Pipette) Member Username: pipette Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2005 |
I would like to know which plants are considered shallow-rooted, and which therefore could make good companions to roses. Does anyone have suggestions? | ||
| Malcolm M Manners (Mmanners) Junior Member Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2004 |
We don't grow any companion plants in our rose gardens, but I know of plenty of rosarians who do, apparently without problems. In any case, I've not observed the cane death you speak of. Certainly you'll lose canes if the leaves are shaded out, but for lower-growing plants that just cover the bare "knees" of the rose, with the leafy part of the cane above them still in the sun, it should be fine. | ||
| Sandra Burket (Sburket) Junior Member Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2004 |
Hello Pierre, I have 100+ old roses, all but 3 of them are own -root. I'll keep your suggestions in mind when I add a new rose, and try to keep up with those already established. Thank you, Sandra | ||
| Pierre Lauwers (Pierre_lauwers) Intermediate Member Post Number: 6 Registered: 09-2004 |
Hello Sandra, I noted young grafted roses do not like to be challenged by other plants. Moreover, there are plants that the roses do not tolerate at all as companion plantings. An adult rose is more tolerant by far, especially if it has gone own-root. I do this way now: -The first year, no companion planting -From the second year on, I use not too deep-rooted, nor too vigourous companion planting, paying attention not to plant too closely. Often the problem is there: while planting, one does rarely realise how big the plants will actually be later. And of course, there is need for more care for a weak variety than for a monster like say a Bobbie James. Best wishes, Pierre. | ||
| Sandra Burket (Sburket) New member Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2004 |
I have a question about plants growing at the base of antique roses. I've noticed that when I allow plants to grow up into the stems of antique roses, the stems die. This has happened over, and over when I'm not diligent in making sure the base of the rose is free of any plant that climbs, or grows in height. Is this just a matter of the stem not receiving sunlight, or is there another cause? This reoccurring process got me to thinking about antique roses that have survived for years without care when certainly many plants have grown up, and over them for year after year. Have the roses survived because the roots survived, even if the majority of the rose bush dies back? I'm only familiar with those grown in warmer climates (I'm in Zone9). I realize the conditions of survival are different where winter conditions are extreme. I've removed most plants from the base of the majority of antique roses that I grow. Is this necessary, or have I made an assumption that isn't true? |