Roses and grasses garden

Roses are a well-known garden staple because they're romantic, whimsical, sweetly scented, and a classic addition to any landscape or cut-flower arrangement. Whether your garden style is cottage, eclectic, modern, or all of the above, what you plant with your roses can impact how they look in the overall landscape. Enhance your rose garden with these perennials, shrubs, and grasses that require similar light levels, soil, and other growing conditions as roses

How do you use roses in your garden? Do you have a traditional, formal rose garden bordered with low boxwood hedges? Or are they part of a mixed border where they jostle with perennials such…

It's no secret among clothing designers that a soft shade of pink will flatter most complexions. The same rule is true in a landscape, where a hazy swath o

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Although large clumps of ornamental grass are impressive, low growing grasses can be just as stunning. They are easy to grow, low maintenance, and come in a wide array of varieties. To learn about the most popular short ornamental grasses, click here.

Maryland Cottage Garden Design on Instagram: "My cottage garden project kicked off last year in April 2023. We pulled up the grass, planted my favorite perennials in clumps, and waited patiently for it to reemerge in its second season. Perennials grow by the rule “sleep, creep, leap.” That means by their third year, they reach maturity and truly shine. I can’t believe how lush this garden has gotten in just one year. I’m probably going to pass out when I see it emerge next spring. 😅…