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Roses can add great variety to the garden

Yorkshire Evening Post

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June 10, 2026

Roses! From late autumn and throughout the winter months they stand in a deciduous state offering little attraction other than the potential a well pruned and mulched group can in their bed.

- TOM PATTINSON

Roses can add great variety to the garden

Fast forward to springtime, new growth and first flowers, then all is forgiven.

But the question occasionally arises, are they worth the growing space?

Down the centuries and today the answer is a resounding ‘yes’.

The negative winter impact of a large group devoid of growth can be overcome by placing a single rose amongst other plant species that are evergreen and different in form - mixed border planting no less!

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