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Rugosa Roses and Sweet peas
Like the poster who wanted something to cover bare ground around roses, I am
concerned about filling in the rose bed as well until the roses get bigger. Better homes and gardens online magazine has a bunch of combinations that they are showing, one of which is to grow sweet peas on Rugosas, as if they were a trellis. http://houseandhome.msn.com/Garden/S...irsSlideShow0. aspx (flip to #9) I guess the theory is that when the Roses are just coming out of dormancy and don't look too good, the sweetpeas cover them and they are gone by the time the Roses have fully leafed out and begin blooming. If you let them reseed, then you have a combo that is as good as perennial. Has anyone done this successfully? I would concerned about the sweetpeas creating an unhealthy situation for the roses. mm |
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Rugosa Roses and Sweet peas
"mmarteen" wrote in message ... Like the poster who wanted something to cover bare ground around roses, I am concerned about filling in the rose bed as well until the roses get bigger. Better homes and gardens online magazine has a bunch of combinations that they are showing, one of which is to grow sweet peas on Rugosas, as if they were a trellis. http://houseandhome.msn.com/Garden/S...irsSlideShow0. aspx (flip to #9) I guess the theory is that when the Roses are just coming out of dormancy and don't look too good, the sweetpeas cover them and they are gone by the time the Roses have fully leafed out and begin blooming. If you let them reseed, then you have a combo that is as good as perennial. Has anyone done this successfully? I would concerned about the sweetpeas creating an unhealthy situation for the roses. mm Hello mm Here is a shot from last year, a bit out of focus because the wind refused to cooperate. In Oregon at least I have never had any luck getting sweet peas to reseed. I don't know where you are, but one of the things that I like about sweet peas beside the obvious is that it is really easy to pull them out if something within the arrangement doesn't work. The rose is Belle Story and the rest is too ;) Allegra http://www.theoldrosarian.org/photos/BelleStory.jpg |
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