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It's hard to find a person who doesn't know anything about roses. There is simply no more perfect flower. Flower growers and landscape designers prefer this plant to other flowers. Rose bushes are valued not only for the beauty and elegance of their petals, but also for their unique aroma. The rose has long been called the queen of flowers. There is nothing to be surprised here, because only she has such a rich color palette of buds.
English roses, or as they are popularly called, Austins, were created by an ordinary farmer from England, David Austin, a little more than half a century ago. Their main differences from classic English roses are repeated flowering, original shape and color of buds, and amazing aromas. Today, Austin roses in landscape design are the main decoration of gardens, parks, and summer cottages. Just look at this photo, how beautiful it is!
Why do designers choose Austins?
When creating landscape design, flower growers give greater preference to varieties created by David Austin. Why such interest? Let's try to figure it out:
- richness of colors and grace of bud shape;
- abundant and long flowering, some varieties have three waves;
- persistent unique aroma of apple, kiwi, musk, almond, honey.
- high vitality of rose bushes - can withstand temperatures of -35 degrees;
- many rose diseases and pests are not scary for English roses;
- Ostinka is not capricious in caring for, unlike other types of roses.
The only difficulty is that if you take English roses as the main material for landscape design, you will have to seriously select a place for planting.
Options for using ostok
English varieties have a spherical bush shape. The stems and branches are strewn with buds from the very bottom to the top. The color palette of rose bushes is varied; even the most fastidious gardeners will be able to choose a rose bush for themselves.
When creating a landscape design, every part of the plants is important. Austins come with drooping or erect branches. Both are valuable for creating floral arrangements.
With the help of English roses you can create a rose garden, decorate mixborders, and they are often used as solitaires due to their high vitality.
Photo of ostok in mixborder. Pink buds do not suppress the flowers surrounding the bush, on the contrary, they enhance their uniqueness.
Austins planted along garden paths, with their multicolored colors, separate the work area and the relaxation area. Landscape designers especially appreciate the variety William Shakespeare 2000. It is good both for single plantings and in combination with other roses or flowers on lawns or garden paths. Is it possible to pass by such beauty with an indifferent look?
Options for landscape design of paths in a personal yard are presented in the photo.
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David Austin roses are unpretentious and often bloom in three waves.The presence of English roses in rockeries, English slides, in single or group landings, in the form of a standard tree, will make any garden irresistible.
Standard ostinki
To create a standard form of rose bushes, David Austin used the upright varieties Pilgrim and PortSunline. The picturesqueness of standard leaves will add romance and elegance to your garden: there is only one stem, but a whole armful of flowers! Flemings will stay with you for a long time, you just need to learn the rules of care. Here are several varieties of standard leaves:
- Schuss
- Lady Emma Hamilton.
- Swani
- Mary Rose
Roses in flower beds
English bush roses are an important element for the design of flower beds. The uniqueness of the ostinos is that flowering lasts a long time, the buds with double centers attract the eye and never become sloppy.
Climbing roses in garden decor
David Austin created not only bush, but also climbing varieties of English roses. The value of climbing varieties is in their endless flowering. The buds are located along the entire length of the lash. The English breeder currently has more than 20 varieties. Three years after planting the rose bush, the whip is already about three meters. You can experiment with climbing roses, creating unique landscape compositions.
Even experienced gardeners are surprised to see a rose bush like the one in the photo.
This line of rose bushes did not pass by garden queen lovers and landscape designers. Bright, double flowers against the backdrop of lush green leaves can decorate any corner of the garden or park.
Climbing roses are used to decorate fences, garden benches, statues, fences, and create airy gazebos.
Rose bushes fit harmoniously into any landscape. As confirmation, there are photos showing options for decorating various fences, including old, nondescript fences.
English roses in facade design
If David Austin roses are planted near the house, then most often they choose a place next to the front door or windows. The lashes must be placed in a certain direction so that they can braid onto the supports. Flexible stems, the length of which is from 1.5 to 3 meters, are climbed along supports around the window, even onto the roof of the house.
Throughout the warm season, owners enjoy the amazing aromas of ostinkas, the diversity of which is the envy of venerable perfume creators:
- fruit;
- scent of old roses;
- myrrh;
- a combination of the aroma of tea roses and musk.
And how festive a house looks, the wall or windows of which are covered with leaves. We invite you to familiarize yourself with some of the works of landscape designers presented in the photo.
Create a secluded corner
English roses by David Austin are a lush spherical bush. Landscape designers find them in a variety of uses, planting them in the most secluded corners of the garden or park. The shape is created by pruning the rose bush.
Luxurious places for rest and relaxation are one of the options for landscape design.Climbing varieties of ostina can be placed on wooden, metal trellises or made of thick wire, around garden benches and gazebos.
Bush and standard varieties of rose bushes are planted in front of the trees; against the background of green foliage, rose bushes acquire an advantageous position.
Don't you want to retire by sitting in silence on a bench in a gazebo? Landscape design options in the photo below.
Arches and arched enfilades
You can get amazingly beautiful arches and enfilades from climbing awnings. You just need to find a place where they will compete favorably with other plantings in the garden, and make arched supports. They must be sustainable. Rose bushes are planted already under the supports. To prevent the lashes from falling, gardeners wrap flexible branches around the base.
Among David Austin's recent masterpieces is a rose Claire Austin, named after the breeder’s daughter. The color of the closed buds is soft lemon, and when the flower opens in all its glory, it is dazzlingly snow-white. After a few days, the bud turns pink-beige.
Therefore, the rose bush should be planted near the trellis. Imagine an arch that, during flowering, is covered from top to bottom with buds of different shades. Isn't this a miracle!?
Rose Claire Austin in landscape design.
Landscape design – ground cover roses
David Austin's extensive collection also includes ground cover roses, which can be used to decorate pergolas, gazebos, and create hedges. No less attractive are flower beds with rose bushes, the vines of which are spread out on the ground and spread their flowers along the entire length.
Standard and climbing roses can be used as carpet roses if you give them a weeping lash shape.
Carpet or ground cover varieties of roses When creating landscape design, they are planted both individually and in whole groups. Look at the photo to see how you can use such rose bushes when decorating your site.
How to combine with other colors
David Austin's English roses are good on their own, but in landscape design they are often combined with various garden plants. Such proximity will not hinder them; on the contrary, it will fully reveal the perfection of the queen of flowers.
As already mentioned, rose bushes do not like the scorching sun. You can plant next to them:
- tall grasses;
- cereal plants;
- bulbous and non-flowering garden plants.
When creating a mixborder, the bottom rows are filled with:
- irises or ageratum;
- mantle or geraniums;
- purslane or bells.
The middle tier is given to daffodils, tulips, and gladioli. Clematis, primroses, and herbal carnations will look good next to rose bushes. Look carefully, perhaps some photos will give impetus to your imagination, and you will create a unique landscape design option.
Not only vertical or horizontal gardening is widely used in landscape design; saplings can be planted in flowerpots. This design is called mobile: the pots can be easily moved to a new location. Roses with small flowers are most often used.
Video about English roses:
In custody
The queen of flowers will always be the main component of landscape design.Gardeners will have to work hard to ensure that roses grow healthy:
- Plants draw nutrients from the soil, so fertilizing is required. Austin flowers are demanding when it comes to watering, but getting moisture on the flowers is undesirable, so watering is carried out at the root.After rain, you need to shake off the water from rose bushes.
- When planting roses in the garden, stick to the planting plan so that you don’t stress the plants later if the location is chosen incorrectly.
- Proper and timely pruning helps create rose bushes of various shapes. In addition, it prolongs the life of the plant.
- For the winter, all roses, regardless of variety, are covered.
Landscape design is not an easy task; it often becomes a hobby. Experienced gardeners create flower arrangements on their own, and even share them with rose lovers. We are also waiting for interesting design solutions, where the main “heroes” will be the unusually beautiful and fragrant roses of David Austin. Go for it!
