My very favorite companion plant for roses are lilies. I have been planting lilies around my roses for years. This spring is no exception.
Yesterday I dug up three roses from the very back of my front yard mostly floribundaville rose bed. I have lily bulbs in the back there and wanted to add more. But there just wasn't enough room. So I dug out the three roses way in the back and planted four groupings of lily bulbs.
The way the rose garden section is laid out, it is planted on a slope going uphill from a low stacked stone wall right along the sidewalk in front. So you can really get a great view of the roses and lilies.
Then I transplanted one of the roses today, having left them all in water overnight. I gave the other two to my lawn mower guy. I lost track of how many of my tossed roses he has by now.
These were two PETER MAYLE and one FEDRICK MYSTRAL romanticas. I kept the one RETER MAYLE and gave the others away. I wish I had room in the rose beds for all three but I just didn't. They grow quite large. I guess if I can't stand it I can always toss something else and buy another one.
