Garden Design Ideas
Need Rosegarden plans? For some people, the idea of "Making a Garden" can be overwhelming. Sometimes you need a little help to get started. Or maybe you just can't visualize what the end result will be. Feel free to copy any of my designs. You can change them to suit your own needs. I give lots of suggestions for alternative ideas. Check back often, as I add more plans!
Can you name the Top 10 DIY tips for gardening? Formal Rose Garden #1
These garden design ideas can be enlarged or made smaller to suit your needs or space.
Don't crowd the plants in your rosegarden! Keep the mature size of the roses in proportion to the size of your garden.
They usually consist of trimmed hedges or bushes. High walls and Arbors can provide definition and substance. Always there is a focal point such as a bird bath. Generally, each bed consists of the same roses, making them mirror images of each other.
Depending on your planting zone, you could outline this garden with Boxwood, Yew, Arbovite or any flowering hedge that can be kept trimmed (Mockorange, Quince, Wegila, the possibilities are endless!) Or-- you could plant a rose hedge!!!! The very middle could be a lovely Bird Bath, or a Gazing Globe, or a Sundial. Your choice of Roses will determine how many you can plant in each bed. Larger varieties will need more space! Be sure to give them plenty of room to grow. The circular bed closest to the middle could be either miniature roses, or flowers to add more color (possibly white alyssum,blue aggeratums or something perennial such as candytuff) You don't have to put in all the roses the first year- substitute annual flowers for quick results until you can plant more. A Garden Design Idea for the entryway to your garden could be left open, or you could add a gate. An arbor with climbing roses on either side, would be especially inviting. A lovely Pergola in the back of the garden with climbing roses would add the finishing touch! You could also put a bench on the opposite end of the garden. (This is the spot where you will relax, sip your favorite beverage, and enjoy your beautiful new rosegarden!) For more ideas on what flowers to plant with your roses:
This bookJackson & Perkins Rose Companions: Growing Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, Shrubs and Vines with Roses
by adding a Butterfly Bush, along with other favorite flowers that attract butterflys! Formal Rose Garden Design #2
More Garden Design Ideas
for your Rose Garden
The walkways can be grass, pavers, stone, brick or any material of your choosing. The center (A) should be the focal point of the rosegarden. You could have a fountain, bird bath, or even a small garden table with two chairs (depending on the size you make the garden). The garden beds B,C,D and E, will be the planting area. This garden is meant to be viewed from all sides, so it is best to plant tall bushes/ plants in the center of each bed.
Medium size go around them, and smaller plants will form an edge along the walkways.
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For inspiration in creating a Romantic Garden:
This book Romantic Garden (Garden Bookshelf) This is one of my Lovely Hostas borders. (I know Hostas are suppose to be shade lovers, but these seem to do wonderful in full sun!) I have the whole garden edged with them. The varigated leaves add color to the garden. When I need more for another garden, i find them very easy to separate, making my supply of them endless! Don't be afraid to add some flowers for edging or accent, in your rosegarden. If you have design ideas in mind, give them a try, you might find something that is beautiful and works really well!
Gardens are all about trial and eror,and looking forward to the next year! I have beds lined with hosta. Others are lined with
Catmint have these lovely lavendar flowers, that the bees love! Bee's are good for your garden! The plants make nice edging or specimen plants. They are a favorite edging plant for me. I like the way the plant looks... lovely spikey, lavendar flowers, and soft green leaves.
This plant (Snow in Summer) is lovely as an edging when in bloom.
It blooms in early June in my area. It is a Perennial plant, so it returns each year.. It spreads to form clumps, and is easy to take pieces to multiply.
I like to let it spread out over the edges a bit. Its a great plant, but doesn't flower all season. The plant itself is still pretty even when not in bloom, but if you want edging that keeps on blooming......
More garden design ideas for constant flower edging, is a plant that has always worked well in my garden. This edging plant is called Alyssum It is an annual, but for me it does resead it self! It is available in a pure white variety, and also in this wonderful, colorful rose/pink color. Can't you picture these billowy,soft, romantic flowers edging the front of your rose garden? I usually start these Annual Flower seeds myself, and then plant in the ground after the chance of frost has passed. They start really easy, and grow pretty quick. You can also plant directly in the ground.
Any small flowers, or miniature roses make nice edging. They tie the garden together, and give it a magical look. Keep it consistant in all the beds.
This little garden fairy is trying to work some magic of her own! Add some romance to your garden, with whispy plants,like Babys Breath. If you like to cut your roses for bouquets, you can snip a few sprays of it, for a perfect bouquet! Look here, to learn how to make cut roses last longer!
Borrow ideas from fellow gardeners Check out this site for all your gardening magazines!(filled with lots of garden design ideas!)
This Magazine Birds n Bloom, is all about the backyard home gardener. You'll find lots of beautiful pictures, and LOTS of great garden design ideas! They feature home gardeners like your-self in every issue, with plenty of "How I did it" and "How I turned (this) into This pictures.
I look forward to every issue. Click the picture to order.
Cottage Garden DesignThese garden design ideas are for a very Informal garden, filled with all your favorite flowers! No need to carefully plan each addition to this garden, the more the merrier! This is your Grandmothers flower garden from the past. Create a Cottage Garden
The shrubs or greenery are important in the garden. They can define the garden, enclose it, be the back-drop, or just add visual interest. Adding some evergreen shrubs to the garden keeps the garden beautiful year round by adding color even when the rest of the garden sleeps. When used as a border or backdrop, the green really makes the roses stand out. I've found these for a really great price, and put the link in for you. Click on the following blue link to order or for more info on them. Green Giant Cedar Shrub Formal garden design ideasBorrow some garden design ideas from these beautiful tapestrys for a formal garden. Beautiful flowers, and lovely walks, all tied together nicely!
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has plenty of suggestions and lots of photographs to inspire you!
is full of ideas and photographs to give YOUR garden that wonderful Romantic feel!
