<p>I have a variegated and a purple sage under one of my roses. They look very good together. Rosemary gets quite a bit bigger, so place it carefully.</p>
<p>Zone 4b here. The only rose that I have that didn’t die back this winter is an old Canadian variety called John Davis…It is a climber with double pink flowers. It is one tough rose. I don’t do anything to it. Believe it or not, I got it off of Ebay.</p>
<p>Yep - rosemary gets giant and woody and is hard to keep small. Try lavender instead - you will need to keep it pruned back every year for size but it is lovely with roses, easy to care for and smells delicious!</p>
<p>In terms of sources, I’ve ordered roses from White Flower Farms
This is the rose section
<a href=“http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/spring-roses.html#”>http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/spring-roses.html#</a>
They have perennials too
<a href=“http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/”>http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/</a></p>
<p>Hmm, I did get trailing rosemary, but now I’m rethinking this plan… What I really need is some of you expert gardeners to come here and plan my garden! We moved from zone 5B to 8A and the abundance of choices is overwhelming. A big difference I notice is in the size of the flower heads. I just walk around the garden centers here looking at the gorgeous flowers with my mouth open.</p>
<p>I love the concept of categorizing a move by garden zone!</p>
<p>At our old house in Wisconsin, zone 4 (a to b as global warming is occurring) with deer I planted a couple of climbers that did fine without winter prep. Too much shade except for a bit near the house for roses I could fence off from deer.</p>
<p>I’m a no fuss, low maintenance gardener.</p>
<p>Moved to Florida, zone 9, some zone 10 plants work, almost 2 years ago. Took out 2 sides of the scraggly pool enclosure hedge. Neighbor gave me a Double Knockout (red) rosebush I placed along the back edge of said pool enclosure several months ago. Have added a yellow Knockout and a pink Double Knockout bushes along with assorted perennials there. Had to critter spray after lost all of the new blooms a couple of times and now gorgeous blooms on all three. Did my research and found that in Florida you have to be sure of climate/pest/disease tolerant rootstock (no bringing those northern bushes with you). Too many diseases possible with some- I won’t do the work required for them. Knockout roses were developed in Milwaukee, WI and are great maintenance free roses good for Florida. </p>
<p>My roses came from the nearby Lowes/Home Depot, the only source (aside from Walmart) close for plants. Adjusting to mixed up seasons- winter and summer annuals, perennials I couldn’t grow there, can’t/can here… Also- none of the every store and greenhouse having tons of bedding plants in spring there but not here. And- those big box store plants are basically locally grown, shipped from far away as up north. Buying from the above national chain stores is buying from the locals here.</p>
<p>I do make the trek over 15 miles to a good nursery for some stuff. Rejuvenating a dull green landscape slowly. Discovering all sorts of flowering stuff I couldn’t grow up north- to replace all the favorites that don’t grow here. </p>
<p>This winter was terrible, we lost at least 50% of our roses, something we never had happen before. We have roses in container beds plus some in regular beds around the house, and they all got pounded, been spending time planting replacements. I am seriously thinking of wrapping them up in burlap like people do fig trees and such, the weather is getting to be that I can’t trust what I used to. </p>
<p>I have not killed any roses that I bought (yet), I thought I would at least kill one but no, I ended up with 50 old heirloom roses for one house. I used Martha Stewart rose book to help me identify using the pictures. I just purchased 10 for my new house, haven’t kill one yet. I know I ordered at least 2 Eden Climbers for my pergola . I also ordered Colette o.r.Rosa Climbing, New Dawn, lots of climbers because I don’t have a lot of yard space.
I ordered from Regan Nursery from the Bay Area.
<a href=“http://www.regannursery.com/”>http://www.regannursery.com/</a></p>
<p>I inherited a rose garden at my first house; luckily, the previous owner had left the tags on most of the plants. Some I wouldn’t have chosen myself, but there were also some winners. </p>
<p>I think my favorite was First Prize for its beautiful electric pink blooms which were HUGE. There was an elegant white called John F. Kennedy, and Tiffany, which in my garden was a very delicate pale pink. Mr. Lincoln for scent, and I feel like no rose garden is complete without Peace.</p>
<p>I have a peony and rose garden. Obviously, the peonies are only in bloom a short while when roses are blooming. but the garden look very pretty when just the roses have flowers and the peonies are just leafy. On one end of this bed, I have cone flowers and at the other end I have Rose Mallow (hardy hibiscus that blooms in late summer. ) </p>