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Companions for my Roses -Reply

If you are not using systemic on your roses, and
just organic fertilizer, you could grow anything
around them that's edible.  But if you are using
system I don't think you're supposed to plant
edibles around your roses.

If you are growing organically, you could grow
nasturtiums (flowers and leaves are edible I
believe).

>>> "William M. Groth" <groth@rice.edu>
08/11/98 11:44am >>>
	OK, I now have the roses in place and I am
enjoying the beds which are 
getting more and more like jungles in some
cases. I have now decided it is
time 
to evaluate the various companion plants for
roses in the garden. I haven't 
broken down yet and bought "Roses Love
Garlic" but I may have to. 

     Here is what I have noted in the garden and
the questions that have been 
generated. One is that the trellis rose is now
thriving and around it has
grown 
up the volunteers from the Abel Moschus
which was there last year and froze
out 
in the winter. It is wonderful seeing the blooms
of the Abel Moschus below
and 
those of the Dortmund high on the trellis. 

     The other plant which is growing around
there is Morning Glory which I 
think I may have to eliminate with extreme
prejudice. I just can't seem to 
train it to leave the roses alone (They are
fighting over trellis space!).  
Another volunteer plant which returned in the
beds is the pretty red salvia
and 
pink salvia. These are growing up around the
china roses and seem to be
getting 
along very well. 

     I am interested in possibly planting an
abundant crop of chives in the 
edible flower garden and possibly some Texas
Tarragon or other Tagetes
species.  
They will be in the bed with the swamp rose. I
might also consider rain
lilies 
but I need to determine if they qualify as edible
flowers. Of course I may
give 
up on that theme or move it to another bed
because of the difficulty of
finding 
"edible flower" companion plants that don't
mind the water shedding off the 
roof right on to the bed. That pretty much
discouraged alot of the plants I 
have had in that bed last spring. 

     I am also considering thyme and/or Corsican
Mint as a companion in the 
containers with my miniature roses. Does
anyone have any thoughts on dwarf 
perennials which would do well in containers
with minature roses? I might
plant 
some type of chives in those containters with
the roses.  


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    William M. Groth
    3110 Natalias Court
    Houston, TX 77082-3476

  Call me Bill or Willinator
  Aquaria:  Life Member American Cichlid
Assoc. I keep other types
  also, such as Tetras and Killiefish and
Corydoras.
  Gardening: ROSES, Herbs, Perennials, Edible
flowers, etc. USDA Zone 9a -
  Texas Upper Gulf Coast  - Sunset Zone 28
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Sehorn, Patterson, Mouser,
  Sebastian, Walker, Wiggins, Moore, Crabtree,
and many others.
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