A rose is a perennial flowering shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp thorns. Natives, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and fragrance

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Improve Your Landscaping With a Rose Garden

by Andrew Caxton

Enjoy Landscaping With Rose GardeningEverybody likes to take pride in their garden and one way to do that is to add a few flowers. Flowers make the garden look beautiful and fragrant and they really can make all of the difference in creating the perfect landscaping.

Landscaping Your Garden Using Roses

When you landscape a garden you are making it look its complete best. Deciding upon where everything goes and how everything should look can really help you to create the perfect, scenic garden. Rose gardening adds a touch of beauty and elegance to the landscape and that really can help to brighten the garden up and help you to enjoy it more.

Deciding upon a place to put the roses is the hardest part. You have to mix them in with other features such as rockery, other plants and perhaps even water features. A good way of making roses stand out is by buying an arbor and letting the roses grow around it. This is a common landscaping decoration and it does tend to work quite well. It can be used as a centerpiece and guests will absolutely love it.

Dedicating a whole section to your rose garden is a great idea and you may want to plan it all out beforehand. Draw how you want your garden to look and all of the possibilities you can possibly think of where the roses could go. Remember that with certain varieties of roses you have to plant them a certain distance away from each other, otherwise they will not survive long!

One of the most important aspects of rose gardening is the fact that it has to be color coordinated. If the color of the roses clash with the color of the rest of the garden, the whole effect will be ruined and you will have to start your landscaping all over again. There is no room for errors which is why everything needs to be planned out beforehand.

Overall rose gardening can be an essential part of landscaping if you are trying to make the garden look scenic and homely whilst adding a touch of elegance at the same time. Just be sure that you do plan everything carefully from the color of the roses to where you are going to plant them. Try and make the best use out of them as possible and ensure that they are planted in conditions to suit them. Roses can be temperamental so generally you do have to make sure that you are putting them in an ideal place where they will thrive, not die!

About the Author
Andrew Caxton use to write on lawn care and subjects for http://www.lawn-mowers-and-garden-tractors.com. For additional information on gardening with roses or landscaping subjects have a look at his web.