Yes that’s true @hupellon but they must somehow work together as it’s a classic combination? Or is it that the rose takes all the nutrients and the lavender doesn’t need them??
My list of possible companion plants gets longer! I have lavender, penstemon, salvia, nepeta, grasses (stipa probably) and erysimum! I still want the main ‘star’ to be the roses though.
Lavender is normally used as an edger to rose beds, it's perfectly fine. I wouldn't plant one within the feed and mulch zone, but just outside, it's not a problem.. I've grown all sorts of lavenders with roses.
'Lady of Shalott' with English lavender. Sorry I don't have a more panoramic photo..
Thanks @Alfie_ and @Fire - Fire’s CM racing ahead of the pack there. Mine came from a German nursery I don’t rate much and the order has turned out a mixed bag. Abraham Darby from them looks dead, with brown, ridged and withered canes so I really hope CM doesn’t go the same way.
Talking of variable development rates..
Left: Munstead Wood, centre: Rose de Rescht, Right: The Prince
Why is it red foliage is so alluring? My camera somehow glides over the green stuff and zooms in on it..
Thierry Marx
Mme. Antoine Mari
Ivor’s Rose
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Thanks @Marlorena for the reassurance, lavender is still an option then. Your lady of shalott and lavender look lovely together.
@Lizzie27 that sounds like a good option too. I think three Desdemonas will have the visual impact I’m hoping for. I think my neighbour has green spire or something similar at least in appearance along their wall. I suppose it does look quite formal, although I hadn’t really registered that! My back garden is mainly perennials, roses and grasses.
I really wish I could grow lavender. My heavy, clumpy clay soil has to be amended with tonnes of organic matter to be plantable and, unlike the roses, they really don’t like that. I’ve tried it in pots with ordinary compost and loads of grit for drainage - that should have worked, but no..
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Not Spanish Nollie? or French Lavender as we call it.
Talking of Lavender, I recently bought 2 French Lavenders 'Victory' and have potted them up.
Is anyone else not keen on those little pot feet for potted roses? I have a range of different types but no longer use them, and I now prefer these attractive metal bases. I got a pack of 3 from Amazon.. .they can hold a heavy pot.. I've also got this type..
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My list of possible companion plants gets longer! I have lavender, penstemon, salvia, nepeta, grasses (stipa probably) and erysimum! I still want the main ‘star’ to be the roses though.
'Lady of Shalott' with English lavender. Sorry I don't have a more panoramic photo..
Talking of variable development rates..
Left: Munstead Wood, centre: Rose de Rescht, Right: The Prince
Why is it red foliage is so alluring? My camera somehow glides over the green stuff and zooms in on it..
Thierry Marx
Mme. Antoine Mari
Ivor’s Rose
It's a formal front garden by the look of it so the planting should reflect that?
@Lizzie27 that sounds like a good option too. I think three Desdemonas will have the visual impact I’m hoping for. I think my neighbour has green spire or something similar at least in appearance along their wall. I suppose it does look quite formal, although I hadn’t really registered that! My back garden is mainly perennials, roses and grasses.
I do love herbaceous clematis, or gr. 3's that have been pruned to the ground..
..fresh new shoots on 'Princess Diana'.. gr. 3 Texensis..
Talking of Lavender, I recently bought 2 French Lavenders 'Victory' and have potted them up.
Is anyone else not keen on those little pot feet for potted roses? I have a range of different types but no longer use them, and I now prefer these attractive metal bases. I got a pack of 3 from Amazon..
.they can hold a heavy pot..
I've also got this type..