Where space permits, rose can be cultivated in a special garden. This consists of a number of beds grouped together in simple design. The construction of rose garden involves design, choice of varieties, preparation of soil and planting. In case of formal design, a rose garden needs a focal point. This type of garden need not, of course be of formal design, as roses can be equally attractive in an irregular enclosure and in beds of informal shape, provided that the garden is planned for pictorial effect. The path or space between the beds can be composed of grass, which always forms a pleasing setting to a bright display of flowers of any kind or of gravel or broken flagstones.
The length of such a garden may vary from a simple bed of hybrid tea roses surrounded by turf to elaborate designs. This may include climbers and ramblers on walls or rustic arches and fences together with uniform borders of FIoribundas, Standards, Weeping Standards and several beds of Hybrid Teas. Miniature and Polyantha roses can also serve a useful purpose in borders and edges. This type of garden will offer good opportunities for growing of many attractive rose species, too.
Rose can be effective when seen in group and flourish for several years and of course they produce superb individual flowers. The traditional pattern of rose garden dates back to the mediaeval garden, in which the enclosed garden was divided in to small, regular plots around in central dipping well or fountain, and from which herbs and flowers could be picked from the intervening paths. In the later Victorian and Edwardian eras the enclosed garden entirely for roses retained this concept of formal beds cut out of the turf around a central feature of pool, sundial or statute and today in many public parks this is still the pattern.
In the present housing development roses are treated as the shrubs or herbaceous plants in the mixed border with three or five bushes in a group in pockets among other plants. This method allows the roses to be set into a background of shrubs or other foliage plants which enhance their blooms. Background colour is very important for an appreciation of roses. Walls of brick or stone or colourwash and timber fencing all need roses of contrasting colours against them for effective results. If the garden is large enough, a more informal or abstract or abstract pattern can often fit better into the site and different sized beds can lend themselves to a more balanced colour palette.
Of all the garden plants the rose probably has the more varied applications, for bedding, for hedging, for screening, for ground cover and so on. With the large scale requirements of public authorities and others, rose growing might, perhaps, encourage the uses of roses for this purpose and the production of a low growing; densely foliaged rose of spreading habit would be of great value. The roses are used as elements of designs, for their massing and foliage colour contrast and not just for their flowers.
Simple and informal design for rose garden with various designs of beds, depending upon the liking of growers is also suggested. However for the maintenance rectangular beds are better, the width should be such that cultural operation becomes easy. It would be sensible to look over the properties to see how to make use of the types of roses to best advantage. There is no need for anyone to execute even a modest plan all at once.
After thorough planning the plants may be planted in installments. Some day one will find that a mighty attractive properly built around the beauty and versatility of roses. One can make half a dozen designs for small properties using roses integrated with possible existing plantings. The selected design should be such that which best fit one property. It must be kept in mind that Hybrid Teas are for beds and for cuttings, Floribundas for masses of colour and borders or low hedges, Climbers to screen area or fill them with colour, Shrub or Hedge roses for higher Hedges, Fences or, when used individually as accent plants.
One of the attractive aspects of planting roses extensively beyond the confines of the open space and parks of the city has been the response of the public. Not just their appreciation of the blossoms and flowers but their practical response in planting roses themselves in their own front gardens. Planting roses adds dash and excitement to the environment. It helped to give pleasure to everyone using the urban area and most of all induced a feeling of pride in the community, which reflected itself in higher standards of care both for private and commercial premises.
The brighter roses did well in the urbdn areas and looked at home there. They vied with the other strong colours of the city or town; they were balanced by the brightness of modern road vehicles and by people themselves. In suburban areas, they are matched by other strongly charactered components of the scene.
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