Native plant companions for roses
Aside fron google and yahoo searches (which I did for several hours),
does anyone have any links to this topic? Thanks, if you do and provide. -- = Celestial Habitats by J. Kolenovsky 2003 Honorable Mention Award, Keep Houston Beautiful =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/personal.html - personal |
Native plant companions for roses
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 On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:54:36 -0600, J Kolenovsky opined: Aside fron google and yahoo searches (which I did for several hours), does anyone have any links to this topic? Thanks, if you do and provide. |
Native plant companions for roses
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. Subject: = Returned mail: User unknown Date: = Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:12:43 -0600 From: = Mail Delivery Subsystem To: = The original message was received at Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:12:43 -0600 from ms-mta-03-smtp.texas.rr.com [10.93.38.33] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- (expanded from: ) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- mail.local: unknown name: animaux 550 ... User unknown Regards, J animaux wrote: = Since roses in and of themselves are not native plants, I wouldn't thin= k 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 'Somb= ruiel' and a Rosa rugosa. Both have iris planted under them, which are good c= ompanions to roses. = V = BTW, I wrote your address down, but my husband cleaned up and accidenta= lly threw it out. Sent it to V -- = Celestial Habitats by J. Kolenovsky 2003 Honorable Mention Award, Keep Houston Beautiful =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/personal.html - personal |
Native plant companions for roses
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. Subject: Returned mail: User unknown Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:12:43 -0600 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem To: The original message was received at Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:12:43 -0600 from ms-mta-03-smtp.texas.rr.com [10.93.38.33] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- (expanded from: ) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- mail.local: unknown name: animaux 550 ... User unknown 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 |
Native plant companions for roses
Doesn't work. Please see my business website for my address.
Thanks, J -- = Celestial Habitats by J. Kolenovsky 2003 Honorable Mention Award, Keep Houston Beautiful =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/personal.html - personal |
Native plant companions for roses
A suggestion from rec.gardens -
"If it is a presentation you have been asked to give for your local rose society, then I would focus on the native plants and wildflowers in your area. If not the internet and google, there should be a number of resources available to you - a local native plant society, field books etc, maybe a nursery that specializes in native plants. Then it is just a matter of determining which natives look good in combination with roses and like the same growing conditions." The results - Affirmation! This is precisely what my discovery work revealed today with my local chapter native plant society, a rose organization person other than the requester and a walk-through at 2 native plant farms. J -- = Celestial Habitats by J. Kolenovsky 2003 Honorable Mention Award, Keep Houston Beautiful =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/personal.html - personal |
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