Last year was so bad, however, that even some of my lavender died :( People are always surprised because they think that roses are water hogs, but I don't think they need as much water as lawns do. Our little house came with some old, established roses which surprised me by being very drought resistant, and I've added a number of David Austins and antique roses which once established, also seem to manage quite well with a good deep watering once a week. I'm on the peninsula, but the last year or so we've had hardly any rain. Wow, those are some great suggestions! I'm going to see if my local nursery has different types of salvia. That is my baby Munstead Wood in the back. You can see my white penstimen on the right (has purple stems on it) and on the left is my blue one. It held up to our heat and water restrictions well. Munstead Wood is peaking out in the background. On the other side are my penstimons and some iris and sage. You can see it under my Lady Alexandra of Kent spilling out into my walkway. I will see if I have some pictures to share. They are annuals and they seeded in my yard and are still there (although we had a mild winter for the most part). They have a fabulous selection and I ordered my plants from her. Check out Annie's Annuals and Perenials by you in Richmond. It works beautifully and is drought resistant from what I recall. It is drought tolerant when it reaches a mature size. a yard square, it has lovely silvery green foliage and small white flowers that bees adore. Snow-in Summer, is a low growing groundcover, c. and Lamarque, and the orange and red Nasturtiums were in full bloom in Feb providing vivid color in winter. I grow them on my taller rosebushes, such as M.A.C. Climbing forms of Nasturtiums, if planted in late winter to early spring, are drought tolerant locally by summer. 3' tall, or let them grow to 6-7' tall, unlike bush collards the tree collard is an evergreen perennial locally. Tree Collards have marvelous purple-green foliage and if planted in winter are low-water to drought tolerant by summer, locally. Rosemary is low-water when small, to drought tolerant after it reaches c. Mexican Sage never needs watering in my garden it grows to be 4-5 feet tall by nearly as wide, and although I prefer lavender for its scent, the hummingbirds love and feed on the mexican sage which blooms through much of each of the four seasons providing food for the hummers in winter when there are very few flowers in bloom. Off course, roses can be used to under-plant larger roses.I love in Richmond, Ca. Herbs like Rosemary and lavender can also be used and will aid in deterring insect from your roses yet these should be kept a 1.5m away. With larger shrubs one would like to avoid a plant that is going to create shade on the rose – either plant them a good distance away or choose plants that grow upright rather than sideways Phormiums, Acorus, Hebe, Cordylines, Coprosma, Kniphofia and Trachelospermum are good examples. Delphiniums look exceptionally good with roses. Ground covers are good companion plants, such as alyssum, ajuga, campunula, Diascia, mazus, strawberry and Verbena. There are several companion plants that can be planted in between roses – in general one would like a plant with a not too deep root system that will absorb the fertiliser and water that is meant for the roses. Tall growing plants with a see-through effect: cosmos, campanula, gypsophila, gaura and fennel can also be grown among roses. Sage, lavender, scented geranium, santolina, catmint and lamb’s ear that are grown for their foliage rather than their flowers and make good companions. These plants need to be well behaved, have a non-invasive root system, and not ‘flop’ on their neighbours. Companion plants are grown for various reasons – they can provide year-round interest in their own right, flower at the same time as the roses, or fill in-between rose flushes.
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