I am sure if you presented native plants used in conjunction with roses, just
about any salvia, coreopsis, lupins, poppies, or just about any type of legume
or even ground cover which is native would be good as companions to roses. Use
of native plants near roses is actually a good idea since they are not
fertilizer hogs and roses are!

Salvia's are great near roses, too. In particular, S.coccinea, which comes in
several colors; 'Coral Nymph' is a beauty, as is 'Alba' and there are red forms.
They are tropical salvia, but I've had them reseed very well. Gaura linheimerii
is another nice plant under a rose. If cut back several times in the season, it
will bloom almost continuously.

Those are a few other options which may not be totally native (Gaura is) and
which will do well with roses.


On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:52:25 -0600, J Kolenovsky opined:

I know they aren't natives. I was asked by the local rose society to see
if I could develop a presentation on this. Looks like "not". I did find
asome data on "organic rose gardening" that favors the soilfoodweb.

Regarding the address (and this has been going on for about 3 weeks now
with the austin.rr.com and animaux.net - thats why I started posting my
address to this group. Surely, you have noticed it?)

I found some frogfruit along a right-of-way.


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Regards,

J


animaux wrote:

Since roses in and of themselves are not native plants, I wouldn't think you'd
find a good list, but garlic is an excellent companion to roses. Roses have
poor root systems and benefit by having mycorrhizae on their roots. If you
plant legumes under roses they benefit from the nitrogen.

Other than that, I only have one rose, two actually. An antique 'Sombruiel'
and a Rosa rugosa. Both have iris planted under them, which are good companions
to roses.

V

BTW, I wrote your address down, but my husband cleaned up and accidentally threw
it out. Sent it to
V