Long, formal rows of perfectly spaced bushes are not the only way to incorporate roses into your landscape. Planted among other perennials or evergreens, or bunched together in no particular pattern, roses can look perfect even in yards that lack a dedicated "rose garden" space. Mixing roses into your landscape, in one color or a few, is simple with the ideas below as inspiration.
Zeterre Landscape Architecture
The look of a country cottage is undeniably charming. The accompanying English gardens often use roses in groupings that are far less organized and staid that what we think of as a traditional rose garden.
Summerset Gardens/Joe Weuste
A less formal — and less labor-intensive — approach to rose gardening is to mix them with your favorite perennials. A mixture ensures a bevy of blooms all year long.
Lenkin Design Inc: Landscape and Garden Design
The organized boxwoods of a parterre garden create an elegant look. A smattering of flowers often accompanies those boxwoods. Formal and beautiful, these Heather Lenkin roses are an ideal choice.
Lenkin Design Inc: Landscape and Garden Design
The long-stemmed Heather Lenkin rose used in this garden was developed by Tom Carruth for his wife. It features 30 or more petals for a large head and comes in a variety of shades.
Lenkin Design Inc: Landscape and Garden Design
This formal parterre garden, complete with six varieties of rose, is the perfect complement to the Italian revival architecture of the home it graces.
Deborah Cerbone Associates, Inc.
The softness of a climbing rose entwines on a pergola as part of the landscape.
Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates
A variety of materials can be used as a border for a rose garden. Brick, tile, slate, gravel or even a tailored row of evergreen bushes adds a different dimension to any rose garden.
Lenkin Design Inc: Landscape and Garden Design
The circular design of this rose garden offers a refreshing spin on the traditional rectangular and square shapes we often see. Sitting among the towering Italian cypress, the lower-height roses add visual interest and depth.
Zeterre Landscape Architecture
The look of a country cottage is undeniably charming. The accompanying English gardens often use roses in groupings that are far less organized and staid that what we think of as a traditional rose garden.
Summerset Gardens/Joe Weuste
A less formal — and less labor-intensive — approach to rose gardening is to mix them with your favorite perennials. A mixture ensures a bevy of blooms all year long.
Lenkin Design Inc: Landscape and Garden Design
The organized boxwoods of a parterre garden create an elegant look. A smattering of flowers often accompanies those boxwoods. Formal and beautiful, these Heather Lenkin roses are an ideal choice.
Lenkin Design Inc: Landscape and Garden Design
The long-stemmed Heather Lenkin rose used in this garden was developed by Tom Carruth for his wife. It features 30 or more petals for a large head and comes in a variety of shades.
Lenkin Design Inc: Landscape and Garden Design
This formal parterre garden, complete with six varieties of rose, is the perfect complement to the Italian revival architecture of the home it graces.
Deborah Cerbone Associates, Inc.
The softness of a climbing rose entwines on a pergola as part of the landscape.
Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates
A variety of materials can be used as a border for a rose garden. Brick, tile, slate, gravel or even a tailored row of evergreen bushes adds a different dimension to any rose garden.
Lenkin Design Inc: Landscape and Garden Design
The circular design of this rose garden offers a refreshing spin on the traditional rectangular and square shapes we often see. Sitting among the towering Italian cypress, the lower-height roses add visual interest and depth.