Choosing Roses For Growing
by Friete Gerdin
http://www.rosesv.com
There is something really special about roses - a climber
covering an entire wall is one of the nicest surprises a
garden can hold. It is more than just the look, approach
them and often the smell is overwhelming - you simply need
to cradle a flower head gently in your hand and take deep
gulps of scent. There are plenty of flowers that are great
to look at, but precious few that have the smell and the
looks that roses do.
Many people fancy placing the odd rose in their own garden
but are a little daunted by the selection and types. If
this describes you, then a good starting point is deciding
what purpose the rose will serve in your garden.
For instance, if you know full well that your time tends to
be limited, think about a shrub rose. This variety has lots
of advantages - for one they do not call for much pruning!
They also grow easily in most areas and enjoy greater
resistance to disease than some other types of rose. They
also show their flowers off for a long time.
The hybrid tea rose is the type that are traditionally
given on the day of St Valentine, and for other special
occasions. Each stem has a single flower, and the length of
the stem means they are perfect for use as cut displays.
They come in a huge number of colors and all sorts of
varieties.
Ground cover roses, as the name suggests, are perfect to
fill that blank spot in any garden. They will also take off
up a nearby fence or wall, giving a lovely effect. Though
they spread across the floor very effectively, ground cover
varieties stop once they have got twenty or so inches up a
wall, so if you actually want them to cover higher up you
should go for a climber. Within this group you can find
plants that stop at seven feet up or ones that push on up
to twenty feet! This is also the variety that can be easily
trained and that can cover archways to fantastic effect.
For something really impressive the floribunda rose cannot
be beaten - they have large flower heads that come in
clusters, unlike the hybrid teas which they single stems
and flower-heads. You can use floribundas fairly flexibly
in your garden as they sit well as part of a border or you
could go crazy and have whole borders of them.
There is a middle ground between the blowsiness of the
floribunda and the cool sophistication of the hybrid tea
roses - it is the grandiflora. In fact there are varieties
with one head per stem and others with several heads per
stem. There are lots of lovely colors and shades of
grandiflora.
If you're not lucky enough to have a garden but instead
have a patio or balcony it doesn't mean that you have to
abandon the idea of roses completely. Miniature roses are
perfect for growing in containers as they can get lost in
the scale of a larger garden. The perfect flower-heads are
small between half an inch and two inches and the plants
usually grow about 2 feet high. This variety too has many
types and colors.
Roses like sunlight and an airy situation but if you follow
the tips for the particular type you have chosen there is
no reason why you should not have a successful rose garden.
Then it will be your garden causing people to stop and
smell your roses as they pass by.
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