Designing with Roses

"A rose is a rose is a rose..."

Or is it? Contrary to what Gertrude Stein wrote, there are hundreds of varieties of roses in the United States today. With such a rainbow of choices, there's a perfect rose for every space in your garden.

Roses are available with a tremendous assortment of growth habits, shapes and sizes, as well as many different leaf and flower colors, forms and textures. Few other shrubs or even perennial flowers bloom so readily the first year of planting or for so much of the growing season. And, roses come back year after year.

Where would roses make the biggest impact? Take a look around your home for places where the beauty of roses could make a difference.

The table below offers some suggestions for pairing various types of roses with various home settings.

	Hybrid Tea	Floribunda	Grandiflora	Shrub & Landscape	Tree Roses	Miniature	Climber
Bed of Roses
Containers
Fences
Foundations
Hedges
Along Pathways
Patio Planting