For greater impact, plant in groups of 3-5 specimens of the same variety.
Ideas for Designing a Rose Garden
As one of the world’s most beloved garden plants, roses deserve a prominent spot in the landscape. While these long-lived shrubs have a reputation of being somewhat fussy, newer cultivars bred for disease-resistance and vigor have made growing roses easy for even novice gardeners.
A rose garden can be as simple as a single rose specimen interspersed with a few other plants. It can be as elaborate as a formal landscape embellished with hardscaping, arbors, seating, and statuary. Even smaller spaces can accommodate roses in containers, raised beds, or narrow side yards. Here are the basics of rose garden design, along with some ideas to get you started.
On this page:
- PLANNING A ROSE GARDEN
- ROSE GARDENS IN DIFFERENT SPACES
- ROSE GARDEN LANDSCAPING TIPS
- WHAT TO PLANT WITH ROSES
- ROSE GARDEN DESIGN IDEAS
- MORE ROSE GARDENS
- RELATED READING
PLANNING A ROSE GARDEN
Choose your site:
Make sure the site gets at least 6-8 hours of sun a day and has good air circulation to help prevent disease.
Make a plan:
- Gather ideas from books and online sources for inspiration.
- Draw up a rough sketch as you’re brainstorming to help visualize what the finished garden will look like.
- Include pathways for easy access.
- Beds should be small enough to allow for pruning and other maintenance chores.
- Consider structures such as pergolas, arbors or trellises, as well as seating and decorative accents.
Choose a style:
Decide what kind of rose garden you want. Do you want a clean formal look with structured hardscape, or a more natural appearance with other plants mixed in? Pick a style that will harmonize with your home’s exterior.
Pick a color scheme:
Select colors that you enjoy and that will also help unify the home with the landscape.
Prepare the soil:
Roses like rich, well-draining soil with a slightly acidic pH between 6.0-7.0. Amend the soil with compost or other organic matter. For containers, use a high quality all-purpose potting soil and make sure pots have adequate drainage holes.
Plant selection:
Choose roses that are easy-care and hardy in your region. Select varieties for traits including size, shape, flower color, and form, fragrance and repeat or continual bloom. Many newer varieties such as Oso Easy Roses are bred for disease-resistance, vigor, and long bloom time. Some older types, particularly hybrid teas, can be higher maintenance and more disease-prone.
CREATE A ROSE GARDEN IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPACES
Plant fragrant rose varieties near a deck or patio to enjoy their fragrance up close. Gardener: Diana Gough. Designer: Phil Thornburg. Photo by: Janet Loughrey.
Large rose garden:
- Create a design with formal rooms or mixed borders that are grand in scale so it doesn’t get lost in the surrounding landscape.
- Keep scale in mind when adding hardscape, seating and structures such as arbors and pergolas, which are typically included in rose gardens.
- Choose larger rose varieties that will show up better in the landscape.
- Plant in drifts of 3 to 5 specimens of the same variety for greater visual impact.
- Plant larger groupings with the same flower color for a more unified look.
Small rose garden:
- Choose smaller rose varieties that will stay in scale with a more intimate space.
- Maximize the use of space by including vertical elements such as climbing roses and trellises.
- Select a few key rose specimens rather than trying to crowd in a lot of different varieties.
- Limit the color scheme to one or two hues so the design doesn’t look too busy.
- Choose roses with lighter colored flowers in hues of white or yellow to make the space look larger and brighter.
Front yard rose garden:
- Leave plenty of room around rose plants so they don’t crowd sidewalks or other trafficked areas.
- Don’t allow plants to obstruct entrances or doors so visitors don’t get scratched by thorns.
- For foundation plantings, allow enough distance between shrubs and the home’s facade to provide adequate air circulation.
Backyard rose garden:
- Include seating areas in different parts of the yard, which will encourage you to spend more time enjoying your rose garden.
- Site the rose garden where you can enjoy it from inside the home.
- Plant fragrant rose varieties near a deck or patio where you can enjoy the sweet perfume.
- Place a bench, water feature, or statuary at the far end of the rose garden to draw the eye through the landscape and encourage visitors to wander and linger.
How to Draw a Rose Bush
Today I want to show you how to draw a rose bush. This lesson will be quite simple, so a child or a novice artist without drawing experience can easily cope with it. I’m sure you will enjoy this tutorial!
Shrub roses are a special kind of roses that are distinguished by their beauty and delicate aroma. Rose bushes are a decoration of any garden.
Shrub roses first appeared in China. There, for the first time, they began to collect bouquets of these flowers and decorate their homes and temples. Rose bushes bloom all summer and decorate the garden with luscious greenery and flowers of different colors.
I suggest you draw a rose bush by following step by step of this instruction. The finished drawing will turn out to be very bright and attractive! The rose bush drawing tutorial has nine easy steps. I hope that you will easily cope with this task, you will not have any difficulties.
Let’s get down to the lesson as soon as possible.
- Pencil
- Paper
- Eraser
- Coloring supplies
Time needed: 16 minutes
How to Draw a Rose Bush
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Draw the outline of the rose bush. To complete this step, portray the shape using curved lines as shown in the picture.
Depict the rose at the top of the bush. Draw the small rose using curved lines.
Create another rose. This rose should look lusher than the previous one.
Аdd to the previous rose one more. Sketch the rose similar to the previous one.
Draw the rose on the left side of the bush. Portray the core of the rose first, and then the petals around it.
Create the rosebuds. Depict three similar small rosebuds.
Add two more roses to your drawing. These blossoming roses can decorate the rose bush.
Sketch the lush greenery. Use curved lines to add volume to the drawn rose bush.
Color the drawing. Use light green, green and pink colors to do this.
I am sure you did a great job and now you can enjoy the result of your efforts. You have learned how to draw a rose bush and now you can apply these skills to other drawings.
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