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Border help

Hi, Med colleagues. 
January is giving its last, bright days, and  here in Rome it seems that
spring has arrived. 
Mimosas (Acacia farnesiana)  are blooming everywhere, and just today I
noticed that the Almonds (Prunus amygdalus) are out as well. Native Viburnum
tinus,  violets, anemonies  and Narcissus jounquilia are  flowering as well
and lovely Iris unguicolaris has been so for some weeks now. Rosmarinus
officinalis prostratus is at the peak of its display of blue flowers.
Particularly,  I grow  an unnamed clone  that has  a really wondeful
creeping-cascading habit, makes a neat perfect mound of branches wreathed
with flowers, and never a branch out of place! It grows near Iberis
semperflorens, that's also a winter bloomer here. 
I realized suddenly two days ago that in a short time it will be TOO LATE
for a lot of the  work  I wanted to do, and I must rush now.
So, we come to my appeal: it is time I deal with an (inherited) group of 5
Rosa Rugosa, that is growing in my country garden. It is tucked between a
young Quercus ilex and a Pinus pinea, and I wanted to make it the starting
point for a new, albeit short,  border that should enclose the trunks of the
two trees. The approx. length of the border could be 10 m. (30 ft). At the
back, there are newly planted  Rosa Alberic Barbier and Trachelospermum
jasminoides climbing  an  ugly wire mesh, so I (we) can count on an
evergreen background with cream-white flowers at time. 
Now: assuming I manage to do all the soil improving actions (manure, dig,
mulch etc, and the soil there is pure clay), I would like to create a
white-purple-blue-magenta border, and if I can put up with some absence of
flowers in August, for the rest of the year I want blooms. 
Of course I have already developed a hundred different schemes, but I will
not mention here the plants I meant to use, because I am looking for some
really ORIGINAL ideas and I don't want to influence you. Climate is warm (I
am between   ZONA DELL'ULIVO and ZONA DEL LIMONE,   olive  and lemon zones,
in Italy we distinguish the hardiness zones from the most representative
plants you can grow). 
So, gardeners all over the world, I am waiting for your suggestions!
Thank you,
Alessandra
Alessandra Vinciguerra
American Academy in Rome
Via Masina,5
00153 Roma
Tel:0039\6\5846.444
library@librs6k.vatlib.it
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