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Re: Complimentary Plantings

Captiva4me@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 97-08-25 10:22:37 EDT, you write:
>
> << I am especially interested in what are you planting with your roses
> to
> compliment them. >>
>
> Hi!
>
> Where most of my roses are planted it is surrounded by large boulders
> and
> ledge.  I have several areas that the soil is only a few inches deep.
> Last
> year I started planting low growing perennials around these areas that
> will
> eventually growing around the bottom of the roses.  One favorite is
> creeping
> veronica.  I also planted a verylow growing baby's breath that has
> pink
> flowers.  Another is snow in summer.
>
> Another thing I did this summer to deter Japenese Beetles was to plant
> white
> geraniums in pots and place around the rose garden area.  These are
> supposed
> to be poisonous to them.  Yesterday I finally saw a dead one on one of
> the
> geraniums.
>
> Toni

I'm going to try plants that attract beneficial insects or repel nasty
ones, next year.  A book I have, on Organic Rose Gardening, recommends
allium, catnip, thyme, artemesia, and alyssum, among others to repel
insects, and tansy, yarrow, coreopsis, gaillardia, and asters (among
others) to attract insects that eat the nasty ones.

On another note - strangely enough, most (but not all) of my hybrid teas
seem to do as well or better in my garden than my OGRs.  I do have a
couple of grandifloras and floribundas, that also seem to do pretty
well.

L. Weiland / Zone 5
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