Planting roses with other herbaceous plants is an old planting style: the sumptuous blooms of Old Roses, as well as the group of English Roses can give a special effect in a mixed bed because of their contrast with the airy flowers of most herbaceous plants.
Old Roses stand sumptuous and can give this ‘special effect’ to the bed; they will flower after the flowering of the most other species, will radiate with their presence in late spring or summer with the colors and the perfume that is diffused from their abundant flowers. You can combine Old Roses with
English Roses and
Roses for Hedges in this kind of beds.
In bigger beds it is advisable to plant in small groups of 3 plants (in distance of 0,5 m) per variety to give more volume.