Roses - complementary companion plants
The plants in this section offer benefits to enhance the aesthetics of your rose borders. Companion plants can extend the season of interest and add texture and colour. You can introduce different heights and shapes for example tall high-summer perennials such as Phlox or Delphiniums. Or add movement and structural interest with grasses. Create impact by planting in groups and this also helps protect the soil. Top tip: Leave enough space for your plants to mature and don't overcrowd your roses.
Plants (218)
Sedum spectabile
Ice plant, O-benkei-so, Showy stonecrop
Sedum spurium 'Schorbuser Blut'
Two row stonecrop, Caucasian stonecrop
Sedum telephium 'Rainbow Xenox'
Orpine, Live forever, Midsummer men
Sedum x rubrotinctum
Christmas cheer, Sedas, Jelly bean plant
Dianthus 'Starry Eyes'
Pink, Clove
Nepeta x faassenii 'Kit Cat'
Blue catmint, Faassen's nepeta, Mauve catmint
Aster amellus 'Kobold'
Italian star-wort, Perennial aster, European Michaelmas daisy, Italian aster
Campanula x pulloides 'G.F.Wilson'
Black hybrid bellflower
Dianthus 'Becky Robinson'
Carnation
Dianthus 'Brilliant Star'
Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Carmine Letitia Wyatt'
Carnation, Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Night Star'
Carnation
Dianthus 'Valda Wyatt'
Carnation, Pink, Clove
Dianthus gratianopolitanus
Cheddar pink
Pennisetum 'Fairy Tails'
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'
Fountain grass, Swamp foxtail grass, Chinese pennisetum, Chikara shiba
Penstemon 'Beech Park'
Beard tongue
Penstemon 'Margery Fish'
Beard tongue
Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri 'Albus'
Shrubby penstemon, Woody penstemon, Slender woody penstemon
Phlox carolina 'Miss Lingard'
Wedding phlox, Thick-leaf phlox, Carolina phlox
Phlox douglasii 'Crackerjack'
Alpine phlox, Moss phlox
Phlox douglasii 'Red Admiral'
Alpine phlox, Moss phlox, Columbia phlox
Phlox maculata 'Omega'
Meadow phlox, Wild sweet William, Spotted phlox, Early phlox
Phlox paniculata Pink Eye Flame = 'Barthirtyfive'
Border phlox, Summer phlox
Phlox stolonifera 'Blue Ridge'
Cherokee phlox
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Pretty Carroll'
Ground cyprus, Cotton lavender, Lavender-cotton