Climbing roses can be planted with clematis. Climbing plants for garden design: clematis, climbing roses and others. Clematis and other vines: planting together

It has been occupying leadership positions for more than one century. Two so different, but equally beautiful plants, which, for all the dissimilarity of flowers, are distinguished by an amazing abundance of flowering and richness color palette, extol each other's beauty to unprecedented heights, captivating gardeners with the luxury of the image they create. True, in order for clematis and a rose to become a truly ideal garden duo, you need to choose the right varieties.

All the splendor of the duet of climbing roses and clematis was fully appreciated by the British, for whom this combination is one of the mandatory in the national style of garden design. Some landscape artists even call the combination of these two plants divine, but in order to fully understand what caused this, you need to treat the selection of the main characters themselves and their placement in the garden with full responsibility, and not forget about responsible care and planting rules.

For climbing roses, especially those belonging to remontant varieties, it is better to choose as an accompanying crop varieties of hardy, profusely flowering and completely frost-resistant Clematis purple or hybrid species obtained on its basis. As an alternative for climbing roses, Clematis is also suitable, which blooms during the summer, but it is better to combine it with roses blooming only once. Perfectly combined with these two types of clematis and so popular today all the roses of German selection, marked with the quality mark ADR - "Sympathie", "Compassion", "Manita", "Kir Royal", "Rotfassade", "Flammentanz", etc. Combine between By itself, far from any roses and clematis varieties are possible - for each of the groups of climbing beauties there are their own preferred varieties of clematis, which are mainly selected by color combinations.

The easiest way is to choose an accompaniment for white-flowered roses - they go well with any type of clematis, from the lightest and most delicate blue ones to the daring bright and even more mysteriously dark varieties. It is better to select partners in the general concept of garden design and depending on the desired artistic effect - harmonious, soft or bright, daring and contrasting. The beauty of such a combination can be fully appreciated by the duet of the delicate pearl rose "Sombreuil" and clematis "Rouge Cardinal" with a rare wine shade of rich color.

Yellow roses need the most spectacular environment, which will not allow their soft color to get lost in the general riot of colors in the garden, will emphasize all the uniqueness of the shades and reveal the beauty of each flower. The most effective as a duet partner are deep purple or purple clematis. For example, the roses “Goldstern” and “Morgensonne 88” shine with magical attractiveness in the company of terry clematis “Purpurea Plena Elegans”, dark varieties “Kaaru” and “Etoile Violette”.

For roses blooming in a pink palette from the lightest creamy variations to bright and rich fuchsia shades, for example, Eden Rose 85, New Dawn, Lawinia, Kir Royal, Rosarium Uetersen it is better to choose clematis that represent light, rich or dark variations of purple, lilac, lilac and purple colors - such as the varieties of Clematis purple "Blue Angel", "Blue Belle", "Romantika", "Viola" , "Emilia Plater" (Emilia Plater). Particularly good are combinations of partners similar in tone, but different in saturation.

Bright scarlet, rich burgundy and burgundy, reddish-brick color in climbing roses is better to emphasize with neutral clematis - white-flowered. For example, roses such as Rotfassade, Sympathie and Flammentanz look great with Alba Luxurians and Huldine, illuminating and enhancing them. The darker the shade of red in a rose, the wider the choice of the palette of partners - from light pink to almost identical to themselves purple.

The duet of clematis and roses is especially attractive due to the complete coincidence of the flowering periods, which makes the parade of colors even more magnificent thanks to the double effect (provided correct selection species and varieties). And the requirements for growing conditions for roses and clematis are very similar - which allows you to seamlessly provide the necessary soil and lighting properties. Both clematis and climbing acrobats from the genus of garden princesses prefer light partial shade or sun, need to protect the soil by mulching (for example, dry leaves), not against shading with perennial underbrush. The soil for growing both roses and clematis must be nutritious and permeable, its condition is maintained with spring and June feeding with long-acting fertilizers. Even diseases and pests are threatened by similar ones - powdery mildew, aphids, leaf spot, which are fought with even the same preparations.

Clematis can be planted to a rose only when the climbing beauty is already alone, or better, for two years it grew in a chosen place in splendid isolation and is well rooted, and not at the same time with it. Clematis is planted in late summer or September, deepening to the width of the palm compared to the previous place of cultivation, while the distance to the rose should be about half a meter. The first month it is watered abundantly, and the full decorative effect of the duet must be waited for at least two to three years. If clematis is planted with a rose that has been growing in a permanent place for more than 3 years, the roots of the plants are separated by a partition.

The most important component of maintenance is correct pruning. Repeated flowering roses are cut in a special way: in the spring, part of the lateral shoots and a couple of old stems are shortened, and after flowering up to 3, maximum 5 buds, the faded branches are shortened. Summer and autumn flowering clematis are shortened in a different way: after flowering, the shoots are cut to a level of 20-30 cm to the soil, and in the spring they are cut at the base; but spring flowers in autumn are shortened by only a third, laying and covering for the winter, while in spring only the tips are trimmed before tying to a support.

Roses and Clematis

The combination of clematis with antique roses has an undeniable appeal. This is one of the most sensual and memorable compositions that a florist can create. The dense double flowers of antique roses look even more nostalgic when they bloom next to the double large clematis flowers.

Clematis does not have to be used only for planting with climbing roses. You can plant it as a groundcover between rose bushes, or put it on tall bushes where clematis can curl, creating a spot of color when roses are not blooming.

Planting clematis and climbing roses together is a fairly common practice. Most modern roses (i.e. hybrid tea and floribunda) are not very suitable for replanting other plants to them, in principle, not to mention the plant that twines them. Old garden roses are another matter. They grow into large bushes that are easy to place medium sized clematis.

Roses are as attractive as others ornamental shrubs (even blooming once). A number of beautiful species and varieties have a bright autumn color (for example, the Morletti rose or rosa moyesii), many also form bright fruits of various colors in the fall. Some cultivars continue to flower even after they have produced fruit, such as the non-doubler R. rugosa and its cultivars. The cultivars Pink Meidiland and Lyda Rose completely free us from the need to pick off flowers that are in bloom.

The use of single-flowering roses in our gardens gives two possible combinations of clematis with them. You can choose varieties of clematis that will bloom at the same time as the roses, or choose varieties that will bloom later, decorating a green bush in mid or late summer.

The combination of roses and clematis blooming at the same time is undoubtedly very impressive, but in order to achieve this, you will have to experiment. For example, the combination of Kakio clematis and an antique Gallic rose Charles de Mills that I have invented has not yet materialized. If the once-blooming Charles is cut in the spring to delay flowering, the rose will not bloom at all. pledged flower buds will be deleted. Clematis Kakio usually blooms several weeks before the rose, and no manipulation of the flowering time is possible with it. Vigorous pruning to delay flowering stimulates smaller flowers after the rose has faded. Two clematis that matched this rose are the purple Clematis Guiding Star, which blooms in spring and autumn, and the summer-flowering C. Integrifolia Pangbourne Pink. But for every unfortunate combination like the one described above, there are hundreds of possible good options... The hardy red Madame Edouard Andre blooms just at the same time as Bleu Magenta rambler. The double white Duchess of Edinburgh clematis blooms with the old Bourbon rose Variegata di Bologna, which has bright red stripes on a white background. The aforementioned C. Guiding Star, a wonderful variety thanks to its curved petal tips, blooms profusely with R. Thelma pink rambler and Louise Odier rose.

One of my favorite combinations is the vintage Hebe's Lip damask rose with Maureen clematis. The red rosebuds suddenly unfold into white semi-double flowers, each tip of the petal as if touched by red lipstick. Clematis Maureen has a color that is difficult to describe, definitely not purple, but not red either. Some people call this color plum, but I think it is a couple of tones lighter than plum. Clematis Maureen should be allowed to settle in his place before he shows himself in all its glory. This is not a liana with which you can change the composition several times by replanting it. Plant a Maureen, which only needs light pruning, with a rose that requires minimal maintenance so that it won't be disturbed. Both plants bloom at the same time at the end of May (we, of course, later - approx. Rosebook), then clematis blooms again at the time when the fruits ripen on the rose. When using clematis with old garden roses, especially those with a densely branched bush like the Gallica, Alba, Damask and Centifolia groups, it is important to pay attention to the size of the adult rose plant, as well as its weak or strong shoots. For those varieties whose shoots are weak, which means that the shoots will gracefully droop and form an arched bush, low varieties of clematis should be planted that do not form a heavy mass. Let's go back to the previous example. Hebe’s’Lip rose is a bush with strong shoots, reaches 120 cm in height, but branches well and the shoots are thick. Although clematis Maureen becomes quite severe with age, because blooms on last year's shoots, the bulk of its shoots rests on the central part of the rose bush, and the strong shoots of the rose hold the vine well.

Clusters of Gallica and Centifolia roses often grow in a horizontal dimension, a very dense bush that creeps along the ground, shedding suckers, layering, and usually forming thickets when possible. This is especially noticeable if the bush is not getting enough sun. Such bushes will not be able to hold the additional weight in the form of clematis. With such varieties, it is better to plant clematis on a separate support or other plant, or use non-sticking or very small varieties and species.

Vintage rose Alba Madame Legras de St. Germain produces tough, long shoots. These shoots are instantly covered with many twigs, which quickly pull the shoots down. This rose should be grown on a support, then clematis can be put on it. This method works especially well if the clematis is placed at some distance from the rose, so that the rose only has to hold about a meter of clematis shoots rather than a whole vine.

Some of the modern shrub roses, or scrubs, also bloom once, but they have the advantage of being more varied in color. The Alchymist rose was named for its ability to change color depending on the weather. When opened, it is apricot or golden (the color of egg yolk), and in warm weather it becomes strawberry pink. It blooms for a long time, although only once, and the bush can be put on a support and grown as a low climber. Tough shoots are best formed while they are young and soft. This rose will look good with blue or purple clematis.

Also a tall and beautiful rose - Cerise Bouquet. Bright pink color this rose goes well with bright blue or bright blue clematis such as Fujimusume or Perle d'Azur. For both Alchymist and Cerise Bouquet, use a large clematis that matches the rose. Graceful small clematis will simply be lost against the background of a rose.

Although the above are described once blooming roses, we have not forgotten about re-flowering climbing roses... The combination of these roses with clematis creates a composition with a long flowering period.

Try to plant a non-stick clematis (eg from the integrifolia group) on the scrubs. "Alyonushka" will look very good with a white or cream rose, for example Swany, try also clematis x durandii with yellow roses.

Climbing roses are great for clematis support. The rose releases many shoots that clematis can climb. It should only be remembered that clematis much earlier than the rose reaches its maximum sizes... If you plan to plant a climbing rose with clematis, it is preferable to plant the rose first and let it grow before planting clematis on it. The rose forms a deeper root system than clematis, and both plants love regular watering and abundant feeding, so both plants get along well in the same planting hole without competing with each other. All roses in my garden grow very close to clematis (I have a small garden, and many roses and clematis), and I have never noticed the oppression of roses. They are much more damaged by the lack of sunlight due to shading by neighboring trees. The sun is the best fertilizer for roses.

Climbing roses that have reached a certain age are often exposed from below, i.e. unable to grow leaves on the bottom of the bush. I don't mind, because I like the look that mature rose shoots give the garden, but some people don't. Clematis easily solve this problem. Large uncircumcised clematis, braiding a tall rose with "bare feet", will also be bare from below, so it is better to pick up to cover the bottom undersized variety... Japanese breeders have developed a range of small, large-flowered varieties that are ideal for this. I recommend the following varieties (all large-flowered), 2 m high or less:

Asao:Bright lilac pink flowers, the petals are often with a paler center, sometimes even white. Blooms early in spring. Japan.
Burma Star:Very similar to Sano-no-murasaki. Great Britain. Kakio: Similar to Asao, with larger and bright flowers... Japan. Sometimes referred to as Pink Champagne.
Kimiidera:Pale lavender flowers with a darker outer edge and dark stamens. Japan.
Niobe:Magnificent old variety with wine-red flowers; blooms at a height of about 120 cm. Great Britain.
Red Pearl:Red variety. Japan.
Sano-no-murasaki:Dark purple, rather low grade. Japan.
Toki:Rounded flowers white... Japan.
Tsuzuki:Pure white flowers, more star-shaped than Toki. Japan.
Yukikomachi:Pale lavender flowers, often tinged with green. Japan.

It is worth noting that many large-flowered clematis, reaching over 2.5-3 m in height, will also work if cut off. In this case, you can make such a variety bloom at the desired height. However, some cultivars will be stubborn and will not give the desired result.

Of course, many small-flowered hybrids are also suitable for braiding rose shoots. The following varieties are perfect for this purpose, provided good watering and protection against sunburn:

Etole Rose:Bright pink flowers with a lighter stripe. France.
Gravetye Beauty:Shining red. Great Britain.
Jenny Keay:Pale pink double flowers, creamier in partial shade. New Zealand.

Varieties of the viticella group are usually too large for such purposes, but there are still several suitable ones:

Alba Luxurians:White, early blooming, green tips of petals. Great Britain.
Emilia Plater:Delicate bluish lilac color. Poland.
Margot Koster:Soft red color, looks beautiful in bulk. Great Britain.
Minuet:wonderful white flowers with pink veins and a pink edge. France.

Many clematis form gorgeous color and texture compositions with roses. Now I'm talking about those roses that were not created by the hand of man, but appeared here, in the northern hemisphere, from the beginning of time, i.e. about the types of roses.

Wild roses are very hardy. Rosa Rugosa can grow in salt sands along the coast of Japan and Korea, as well as in Mongolia. In the eastern United States, R palustris grows, which prefers swampy soils. But on the slopes of the Scotland mountains, R spinosissima forms thickets that prevent soil erosion. To the east is R phoenica, a short, branched plant on the dry slopes of the Middle East. In China, R gigantea covers the rocky banks of mountain rivers and forms a very large bush. It's amazing how many such different plants have formed a single family. The ancients took roses (or their seeds) with them and spread them all over the earth. We know this because Georgia's state mark - R. laevigata - is actually from China, and was brought there by the first settlers.

Species roses and their closest hybrids (these are hybrids obtained by simple crossing) look great in the garden and have many uses, one of which is a combination with clematis. Only North America has a large number of wild roses different sizes and with different periods blooms from which to choose, and there are even more of them in the world. Wild roses are generally considered to bloom early and have a flowering period of about 2 weeks. In fact, through a competent selection of species, you can choose a collection that will bloom from April to August.

Two of my favorite North American species are Rosa foliosa and R setigera. Although the first species is a short, spreading bush and the second is a large rambler, both begin to bloom around July 4th, making them truly American!

Rosa setigera, known as the prairie rose, blooms in July for a month. She has bright pink non-double flowers in large clusters, followed by small bright red fruits. It has long, slender shoots that can be hung from a tree or made to hang over a tall hedge. In my garden, I combined this rose with clematis viticella. This species is very winter-hardy, although it comes from the Mediterranean region, and has a number of beautiful varieties. Species clematis is bluish-purple in color, with four petals in the form of a pagoda roof. This clematis blooms at the same time as Rosa setigera. Clematis viticella forms a wide but light mass of shoots and flowers on a new growth, so it must be cut off in late autumn or spring. This is a very beautiful view, it is not surprising that so many varieties were bred from it.

Rosa foliosa has large, bright non-double flowers with an unusual shade of pink. The rose is almost not prickly, the foliage looks like fern leaves, the bush is 120 * 120 cm in size. Shoots droop without support. The rose blooms throughout July and August, red fruits appear in autumn, and the foliage turns golden yellow. This rose is entwined with clematis Gipsy Queen. This large-flowered hybrid can be heavily pruned in winter. Cascades of its grape jelly-colored flowers hang from the tree on which it grows (decorative pear). Clematis flowers enhance the pink color of the rose when they bloom together.

We often forget that until 1970 there were no bright red and yellow roses in Europe. Until these roses were brought from the East along the Great Silk Road, the specific roses of these flowers were inaccessible to European and American rose growers.

The deep red Rosa moyesii is one of the main treasures that came to us from China. This rose forms a large vase-like bush with hard shoots, reaches 3 meters in height and about the same in width. May and June flowers are non-double, with golden stamens, attract bees. An adult rose needs to be thinned annually, unless, of course, you want to create a thick shade with its help. This rose has unusual fruits - they are elongated and hanging. Such a bright color is difficult to work with, so I cheated a little and chose partners who bloom sooner or later than roses. In early spring, the winter-hardy Clematis alpina Odorata blooms with bright blue bell-shaped flowers. It fades just in time for the roses to bloom. After the rose, clematis viticella Mrs. T. Lundell with lavender flowers with a darker purple reverse. This variety is similar to the original variety and perfectly complements the rose.

The rose known as Persian Yellow, Rosa foetida Persiana, and its non-double form, Rosa foetida, were the progenitors of the modern yellow varieties. These are bright yellow roses, a branchy bush, thorns and shoots are dark brown. They prefer a dry climate, are very winter-hardy. On the Pacific coast, they suffer from fungal diseases due to rains in the spring and early summer. Blue or purple clematis look amazing with these spring blooming roses, especially early blooming hybrids like Daniel Deronda, General Sikorski and Lady Northcliffe lavender.

From Europe came two very beautiful views, Rosa eglanteria (synonym for r rubiginosa), and Rosa glauca (synonym for R rubrifolia).

Rosa eglanteria and some of its descendants have very fragrant foliage that smells like green apples. This characteristic is most noticeable in the spring, when new leaves unfold, especially in the morning. The rest of the year, the leaves must be rubbed in your hands to smell. The flowers are non-double, deep pink. I grow it with Victoria Clematis, which I cut only partially, so that the late rose flowers appear at the same time as the first clematis flowers.

In partial shade, the foliage of Rosa glauca is steel-bluish; in full sun, this shade is highlighted in red. Small, star-shaped flowers appear in May, and orange fruits appear in August and September. The foliage goes well with plants with burgundy foliage. Clematis viticella and many of its varieties pair beautifully with this rose, although the rose may need extra support to hold large varieties like Etoile Violette and Purpurea Plena Elegans. Striped large-flowered hybrids can be difficult to plant in the garden, but the unusual foliage of this rose softens the stark contrasts that can arise with striped varieties such as Doctor Ruppel and Bees Jubilee. Two especially beautiful species of roses from China go well with many clematis. The first is the vibrant Rosa chinensis Mutabilis, which may be an early Chinese hybrid, not a species. She was brought from China in 1932, but her age is several centuries older. This scrub can grow up to 2 m in height in warm climates, but will be shorter in regions with cold winters. The flowers of this rose open apricot, then the color darkens to pink, then to salmon, and just before flowering become cherry. I like this last, dark shade the most, and I planted a dark variety of clematis - Kardynal Wyszynski on the rose, you can also try Ernest Markham. These clematis are called red, but they are actually deep pink.

The second remarkable species from China is Rosa sericea f pteracantha (also known as R omensis f pteracantha). This plant is appreciated not for its simple white flowers, nor for its graceful foliage that turns yellow in autumn. This rose is grown for its eerily large red thorns, which are brightest on young growth. I've seen many clematis paired with this rose, but my favorite pairing is the vibrant Niobe. This is a connoisseur rose, and since the thorns are most beautiful on young shoots, the old growth is usually shortened in the spring in order to stimulate new growth.

Color combinations

Pink roses- try to avoid pink clematis, unless you are a great experimenter - try any of the blue varieties like Elsa Spath, General Sikorski or William Kennett, or purple ones like Jakmanii, Royal Velvet or The President. An example of a tone-on-tone combination (you need to be very careful in choosing a shade) is a climbing rose New Dawn with a brighter pink Carnaby clematis. An interesting monochrome composition will turn out when combined pink rose Lavender Lassie with Nelly Moser clematis - both bloom for a very long time.

Yellow roses- and here blue and purple clematis will be very beautiful, try H.F. Young, Ascotiensis or Lasurstern and Romantika, Viola or viticella Etoile Violette.

Peach / apricot / cream roses Any blue, purple or red clematis will look great. For example, Lady Hillingdon's apricot cream rose looks great with red C. viticella Sodertalje.

Red, hot pink and purple rosesTry pale blue, lilac, or white clematis. My favorite combination in my garden is the dark red Etoile de Hollande rose with the Snow Queen white clematis.

I tried several interesting color combinations in the garden. Three English roses are planted in the rose border. In the center is a bright yellow Graham Thomas, and on the sides are two apricot Abraham Darby. Behind the roses, in the background of the border, is the white Duchess of Edinburgh clematis. It is intertwined with the bright blue H.F. Young. The combination is amazing! Elsewhere, the climbing rose Antique 89, white and pink, is paired with the large white clematis, Henryi. Another favorite clematis, Ramona, is a pale blue variety that pairs nicely with the white climbing rose Lace Cascade. Another vigorous variety, rich velvety purple, is Polish Spirit. It works well with almost any rose. I grow it with the White Dawn climbing rose.

The best varieties clematis for planting with roses:

Barbara Dibley - very large pink flowers;
Chalcedony is a dense double, bright blue variety;
Kiri Te Kanawa is a densely doubled, large-flowered hybrid, rich of blue color;
Snow Queen is an elegant white, large-flowered variety with dark stamens;
Venosa Violacea - white with bright purple-wine veins
Ville de Lyon is an old French strawberry variety;
Warszawska Nike - plum-purple large-flowered hybrid;
Westerplatte is an almost red variety with a velvety sheen.

Clematis and rose grow beautifully together. Rose is a great partner for many clematis. Roses bloom once in June or repeatedly, in waves, so that clematis will fill the breaks in the blooming of roses and increase the decorative period of the composition.

How to properly plant clematis for a rose.

Perhaps the most important thing is to make sure the rose is well-rooted before you plant clematis on it. That is, clematis should be planted to the rose only after two years so that they do not "fight" for food.
If you decide to plant both a rose and clematis at once, then you need to divide their territory - put a partition between the root systems of the rose and clematis. Or plant clematis in a plastic pot or bucket without a bottom so that the roots of the rose and clematis do not touch.
The root system of clematis should be in the shade - these representatives of the Buttercup family do not tolerate conditions when the root zone is in the sun. The clematis trunk should always be in the shade!
In clematis, the root collar must be deepened, see at 7-8.
Do not plant a heavy clematis with abundant green mass on a small rose, otherwise it will strangle it.
Also try not to "cover" the rose completely. Give preference to small-flowered clematis - they tend to bloom more abundantly.
With roses, it is still better to plant clematis of 3 pruning groups, they are easier to remove, cut and pulled out. But you can not cut and stack the shoots of the rose and clematis together.

You can choose varieties of clematis that will bloom at the same time as the roses, or choose varieties that will bloom later, decorating a green bush in mid or late summer.

Climbing roses are great for clematis support. The rose releases many shoots that clematis can climb. It should only be remembered that clematis reaches its maximum size much earlier than the rose. If you plan to plant a climbing rose along with clematis, it is preferable to plant the rose first and let it grow before planting clematis on it. The rose forms a deeper root system than clematis, and both plants love regular watering and abundant feeding, so both plants get along well in the same planting hole without competing with each other.

Clematis does not need to be used only for planting with climbing roses. You can plant it as a groundcover between rose bushes, or put it on tall bushes where clematis can curl, creating a spot of color when roses are not blooming.

Climbing roses that have reached a certain age are often exposed from below, i.e. unable to grow leaves on the bottom of the bush. Clematis easily solve this problem. Large uncircumcised clematis, braiding a tall rose with "bare feet", will also be bare from below, so it is better to pick up a low-growing variety up to 2 meters to cover the bottom.

Color combinations

White Rose - almost any clematis will do. For a pastel combination, try a pale blue clematis like Blue Angel, Prince Charles or Perle d "Azur, or a pink like Caroline, Comtesse de Bouchaud or Pink Fantasy. For a brighter contrast, try a red-raspberry variety - Rouge Cardinal, Ruutel or Westerplatte.
Pink roses - try to avoid pink clematis, unless you are a great experimenter - try any of the blue varieties like Elsa Spath, General Sikorski or William Kennett, or purple ones like Jakmanii, Royal Velvet or The President. An example of a tone-on-tone combination (you need to be very careful in choosing a shade) is a climbing rose New Dawn with a brighter pink Carnaby clematis. An interesting monochrome composition will turn out when you combine a pink Lavender Lassie rose with Nelly Moser clematis - both bloom for a very long time.
Yellow roses - and here blue and purple clematis will be very beautiful, try H.F. Young, Ascotiensis or Lasurstern and Romantika, Viola or viticella Etoile Violette.
Peach / apricot / cream roses Any blue, purple or red clematis will look great. For example, Lady Hillingdon's apricot cream rose looks great with red C. viticella Sodertalje.
Red, hot pink and purple rosesTry pale blue, lilac, or white clematis. My favorite combination in my garden is the dark red Etoile de Hollande rose with the Snow Queen white clematis.

Clematis look good on shrubs or small trees, wrapping their loops around their trunks. Scourges of light varieties, for example, "Kermesina", "Etoile Rose", "Venosa Violacea" reach a length of 2-3 meters and do not harm shrubs. Some varieties have lashes of about 5 meters and they can simply crush a tree or bush with their weight.

There are three combinations of the neighborhood of clematis and shrubs.

In the first case, clematis is planted next to spring-flowering shrubs: spirea, forsythia,.

You don't have to think about the combination of their flowers, since their flowering will not be simultaneous. First, the shrubs will bloom, and in the summer clematis will brighten up their already bored look.

clematis and roses

The second option is a combination of shrubs and, which will bloom at the same time. In this case, they are planted with a rose, hydrangea or buddha. Here it is already necessary to take into account the combination of their flowers.

In the third case, the combination of clematis flowers with the color of the leaves of shrubs and lianas is played up. For example, among purple leaves, clematis with red (Abundance) and blue (Elsa Spath) flowers will look good. The same flowers are perfectly combined with the leaves of the common scumpia. The dark blue varieties look good against the golden foliage of common hops or fragrant white acacia varieties "Frisia", black elderberry or more decorative red. Dark blue flowers have varieties - "Etoile Violette", "Black Prince", "Royal Velours".

Almost all clematis flowers are combined with silvery foliage. The most popular silvery tree in the garden is willow. Less popular among gardeners are the silvery sucker (it has not only silver leaves, but also berries), willow pear.

Clematis are allowed not only through trees and shrubs, but also released simply to the ground, often among rapidly fading plants. Their carpet looks beautiful among small conifers.

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Clematis is a favorite plant of many gardeners. They are widely used in gardens in vertical gardening... They are used to decorate the walls of houses, trellises, arches, pergolas and obelisks. And it's no secret that clematis are great partners for roses.

You can use clematis in the garden in a variety of ways. Low bush clematis, such as clematis varieties, can be included in a mixborder with roses and others perennial plants as an independent plant.

Clematis can serve as a wonderful backdrop for pink plantings, sitting on tall trellises in the background of a flower garden. And they can grow with climbing roses and decorate various supports, trellises and pergolas.

You can also use clematis as a ground cover plant, where its lashes will hang beautifully from the retaining wall. And you can put clematis on tall bushes growing in a mixborder. And then the shrubs that have faded in the spring and summer will again "bloom" with clematis flowers. Let's try to figure out in more detail how to choose clematis for roses.

Roses and clematis in landscape design

as a partner to climbing roses, there are several factors to consider.

The first is flowering time. The fact is that the peak of flowering of clematis and roses does not always coincide. Of course, you can use the difference in flowering time to extend the decorativeness of the flower garden, but most often gardeners want clematis and a rose to bloom at the same time. And when choosing plants, you must take into account at what time the peak flowering of a particular rose variety, and at what time the clematis variety chosen as a partner blooms.

This information is usually written in reference books and catalogs, but even there this information is often not always accurately indicated. On top of that, flowering times can vary significantly in different climates. You can find information on the flowering of roses and clematis on the Internet, it is even better to ask on the garden forum where gardeners from your region communicate, or from your neighbors in summer cottage or simply from friends of friends of gardeners, happy owners of your chosen varieties.

You can deduce some general principles knowing which group the clematis varieties you have selected belong to.

So, for example, we know that most of the clematis 2gr on the shoots of the last year bloom earlier than the clematis 3g., Which bloom on the shoots of the current year. Many varieties are 2gr. begin their flowering on the shoots of last year in late May - early June, and most bloom en masse by mid-June.

Roses, for the most part, also begin their flowering at the same time (it is important, always adjust the timing of the flowering of roses and clematis for your climatic zone).

Of course, clematis 2gr. very beautiful and go well with roses, but many are afraid to use them, considering them too capricious. And someone is confused by the fact that these clematis have abundant flowering and larger and beautiful flowers on the shoots of last year. And in the fall, it is necessary to bend and cover for safety at least a meter of clematis lashes. This frightens many, but in fact, from experience, the fact that clematis with a rose falls under one common shelter greatly facilitates the task, in addition, plants winter better under a common shelter. Having cut off the lashes at a meter height, I trim the leaves of the clematis with scissors, untangle them a little so that the lashes are more free, and bend them along with the rose shoots to the ground. In practice, this is not at all as scary as it seems.

Clematis 2gr suitable as partners for roses: Multi Blue, Andromeda, Josephine "Evijohill", Franziska Maria, Crystal Fountain, Lawsoniana, Lord Nevill, Piilu, Prinsesse Alexandra, The President, Veronica "s Choice, William Kennett, Sakala, Beauty of Worcester, Louise Rowe, Kiri Te Kanawa, Teshio and others.

Attention: varieties 2gr. bloom late if the lashes are not preserved in winter, or there are some that may not bloom at all on the shoots of the current year. Find out information on each specific variety. For example: my Jan Pawel II begins to bloom at the end of July, when the roses are no longer blooming very abundantly, and many of them are preparing for the second wave of flowering.

Now let's pay attention to clematis 3gr. Despite the simpler and smaller flowers, it is these clematis that amaze us with their abundant flowering. Here you need to pay attention, there are 3gr varieties that bloom very late, and do not coincide with the peak of early blooming roses, although of course they can support roses in their re-blooming. Ernest Markham is distinguished by such belated flowering in my garden. It blooms when the flowering of roses is already declining, catching only the second wave of flowering. However, not all varieties of roses have a second flowering wave, you need to look for information on each specific variety, otherwise your clematis may be left without a partner in bloom.

Clematis 3gr suitable as partners for roses: Blue Angel, Marmori, Emilia Plater, Hagley Hybrid, Polish Spirit, Purpurea Plena Elegans, Voluceau, Alba Luxurians "Arabella, Jackmanii, Pink Fantasy, Comtesse de Bouchaud, Prince Charles, Emilia Plater, Entel , Huldine, Etoile Violett, Avant-garde, Warszawska Nike, Justa and many others.

Combination of clematis and roses

Second selection factorclematis and roses -this is of course a selectioncolor and flower combinations. When choosing clematis for a rose, we first of all pay attention to the color. The principle of choosing a color combination is subject to the laws of the colorist. And first of all, this combination will depend on the general coloristic solution of the flower garden, the specific task that you set for yourself and your color preferences.

Clematis can be matched to the color of the rose flowers, they can contrast, or their combination can be built on the nuances of color shades.

Consider a pair of clematis and a climbing rose or stem. Since it is to these groups of roses that we most often select clematis.

Contrasting combinations. The most popular combination is yellow or orange rose varieties with purple or blue varieties of clematis.

Examples: rose and clematis, yellow Gracham Thomas or Golden Celebration with blue Franziska Maria, Multi Blue or Lord Nevill. Orange Polka or Belvedere with purple Polish Spirit or Venosa Violacea.

For a contrasting combination of pink roses, blue and blue clematis are suitable.

Examples: Rosarium Uetersen or Jasmina with Blue Extra, Ascotiensis, Blue Angel, or Prince Charles.