RE: [Rose-list] Rose Books/Companion Plants

**"* S* <S*@schwabe.com>**

Oh I love that book too.  Checked it from the library.  A wonderful winter
read!

Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter

I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony R.D. Franks [a*@erols.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 4:57 AM
> To: rose-list@mallorn.com
> Subject: [Rose-list] Rose Books/Companion Plants
> 
> 
> A book I always enjoy reading in bits and pieces is Thomas 
> Christopher,
> In search of lost roses. Summit Books, 1989. No pictures, but the
> stories, both of old roses, and the people here and abroad who search
> for them!
> 
> elle wrote:
> > 
> > carleen asks:\snip
> > > How about the rest of you rose lovers, what are your
> > >favorite rose books ?
> 
> 	Growing your own wedding decorations sounds great 
> fun--having something
> for the wedding that's hand done always makes things better.
> 
> > The roses I am growing are mostly for y daughters wedding 
> next year.  I'm
> > going to try and to the table decorations from my garden.
> > I am really interested in the Rose/clematis topic, that 
> sounds like a
> > lovely idea and one I would like to incorporate.
> 
> 	Not just clematis (I don't know how portable the blooms 
> would be). I
> have put in some lavender as well. With a year's growth, you 
> could have
> quite a bit for the wedding. I've been to one wedding where the church
> floor was strewn with it. I also have perennial geraniums in with some
> "French" roses, and this spring I put in a few delphiniums and
> grysophilia with my David Austin section. I also found some abandoned
> boxwoods in the back of my new house, and moved them in, for contrast.
> On the one hand, the front now has very little grass to mow (which was
> part of the plan, I *hate* mowing lawns), but on the other hand, the
> neighbors have never seen anything like it, and I occasionally hear
> mutterings, from people who haven't seen the spring bloom, about the
> County "authorities" being called. Ah, Suburbia. When I 
> retire, it shall
> be to my five acre plot, with a very small house.  
> 
> 	We've had some talk in the past about "companion 
> plants" for roses.
> Maybe, now, with spring planting season here, we could 
> discuss that some
> more-- What is everybody else putting along with their roses? But I
> think that the idea about growing roses in borders goes beyond that.
> Rather than the roses being the central focus, with a 
> supporting cast of
> plants, the rose becomes part of an ensemble effort and could get lost
> in the crowd.
> 
> 	My father liked nothing but roses in his beds: he thought it was
> healthier for the roses. His sister's garden, on the other 
> hand, went in
> for the overgrown, jumbled look. Both had their beauty.
>  
> >Anthony Franks
> Takoma Park, Md.
> 
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