Ground Cover Plants

There are certain ground cover plants which associate very well with roses.

Any flower which attracts too much attention to itself by its bright coloring should not be planted near the rose, if both bloom at the same time.

The whole beauty of the rose is lost when three or four rose trees in the middle of a bed are surrounded by a bright band of geraniums and lobelias.

For really good effect all ground cover plants in the rose bed should be of light and graceful character, and those with thick leaves and a heavy habit of growth should be discarded, and this not only for appearance sake, but on account of the goodness they take out of the soil and their aptness to choke the rose trees, especially if these latter are dwarfs or bush roses.

Bush Roses

In dealing with bush roses, the plants growing beneath them must be carpeters in the strict sense of the term, and not reach higher than four or five inches, if only two or three so much the better. 

Listed here are some ground cover for roses to choose from:

                              Sedium Acre

                        Armeria

                        Dianthus   

                        Sedum Kamtschaticum

                        Campanula Carpatica

                        Iberis

                        Saxifrage

                        Thymus Serpyllum

What to avoid:

                         Michaelmas Daisies

                         Chrysanthemums

                         and other strong growing plants