Create a Rose Garden Design

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Rose garden design can vary from informal to very formal.
It all depends on the roses you are planting and which type of garden you enjoy the most.

Create a Rose Garden Design

Many of the hardcore rose lovers will choose formal planting areas, but there are really no rules.
You have to take into consideration the size of the area you have to work with, before choosing the roses for it.
Some of the roses grow more vertical than others. So it does take some planning to grow these flowers correctly.
Let's first look at some of the types of roses to see which ones would interest you for your garden.

Examples of Types of Roses

1. Hybrid Teas - Many people are familiar with the hybrid teas. These have long stems with a nice-size bloom at the end.
Sometime there can be more than one bloom in fact. The plants for the tea roses can grow quite tall if not trimmed back.
It is good though to trim these back to about 2 feet above the ground for the wintertime. They will come back in the spring and bloom all through the season.
These should be trimmed at a five-leaf or seven-leaf group, but not at the three-leaf one.
The new sprouts come at the five and seven groups. Tea roses come in all sorts of colors.
2. Miniature Roses - These small flowers grow on a small bush. The leaves are even tiny. Blooms can grow from about 1/2 inch to about 2 inches. They do quite well in pots and can be mixed with other plantings. The plant can grow up to 3 feet.
3. Climbing Roses - There are various species of climbing roses. These will have to be planted near support structures to creep up. You can train them to go where needed with a bit of patience.
Some have bloom singularly, while others bloom in clusters. These are mainly spring bloomers but you could have some blooms come out in the autumn. Many different colors are available.
4. Groundcover Roses- There some varieties of roses that grow low to the ground and spread out more the up.
These roses are great for the empty spaces the need color where height is not desired.
They can be planted in front of taller-growing roses without blocking the view.
These are just some examples of the roses available to you to incorporate into your rose garden design.
Designing the Rose Garden
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Some people mix the colors of teas together. Others like to separate and put all the reds together, all the pinks together and so on. This is personal preference on your part.
The tea roses are normally planted in the ground. You can get them either bare root or potted.
Each form has its own planting instructions with it typically, if not check with the place you bought it.
Whichever way you arrange your tea roses leave enough room to set out some potted-miniature roses. These add another dimension to a rose garden.
This way you can have the smaller blooms of the miniatures showcased with tea roses as a backdrop.
Now the climbing roses need trellises, arbors, gates or other structures to climb up on. Incorporate these structures at the entrance of the garden, inside the garden or anywhere that they catch the viewer's eyes.
Using this type of roses and their supporting structures to a garden gives it height and makes the eye move all around the garden up, down and sideways. This increases the interest in the plants immensely.
Groundcover roses can be used to fill in the gaps that seem to be left with any new garden. They give the eye a reason to travel down when admiring the whole garden. These can also help to choke out some of the weeds that can occur.
Now by using a variety of roses and following some of the suggestions here you can create a rose garden design with true eye appeal.
Remember there are not many set rules for planting roses or other flowers in a garden other than their care instructions.
Much of the design is just personal preference on your part. It is always a good idea to sketch out your ideas on paper before putting your ideas into action.
Roses are some of the most romantic flowers to grow, so have fun with them.