Rose Tree Gardens… What Are They?
Rose tree gardens?…We’ve all heard of rose gardens and rose bushes, but have you ever heard anything about rose tree gardens?
Yes, you read right, a garden of rose trees to be exact.
The skeptic in you might think, that roses grow on rose bushes not trees. True enough, but there are such plants do exist, and they are not a gimmick.
Rose tree gardens, as the name suggests is a rose garden composed of trees… funny that!
Not shrubs, but specially created trees that are more Bonsai-like in appearance than full-grown trees. These miniatures are the result of grafting.
Also called rose standards, the word “standard” means a plant that is trained to make its leaves and flowers grow out the top of a bare straight stem.
So in effect, these gardens are pretty much like your regular rose garden, but with the plants specially trained to resemble little trees.
If you can imagine a garden of miniature rose trees, it is a sight to behold. Particularly if you are used to seeing shrubs.
A type of plant is grafted, as mentioned earlier, but with three different pieces of rose plants.
A stem as the small trunk, a root system to be grafted on the bottom, and a crown of rose flowers at the top of the stem, effectively an amalgamated mix of three different plants.
The appearance of this ‘frankenstein’ plant is therefore akin to a miniature tree which stands about three feet in height.
Another option is to graft two different colored roses into the tree to make small tree that blooms with two different colored roses.
You have seen a single colored rose bush, but the sight of a tree with different colored roses is surely a sight that will blow your mind.
… well, maybe not!
Visitors and on-lookers to rose tree gardens will surely be bewilded with the sight of a miniature tree with two different colored roses springing out of the top.
Aside from this, grafting has opened up numerous possibilities as to the appearance of these plants. An example is grafting one on top of the other two heads of roses, and cascading rose trees.
Given the diminutive size of the tree, the most vulnerable part of the plant is the tiny trunk.
A trunk of smallish size bearing the weight the rose heads, and its susceptibility of getting scorched by the heat of the sun can be troublesome.
Placing a stake to shield the stem from the harsh rays of the sun, as well as help support the weight of the rose heads on top can easily solve these two problems, though.
Another problem is for those who live in colder climes. The stems are also vulnerable to frostbite from the cold, and as a result, these stems must be covered during the wintertime.
Imagine having your own rose tree gardens, and imagine the looks of awe from your visitors.
Try to picture having several trees in a row, each with different colored roses growing from the stem, with different shapes and structures of the rose heads.
Rose tree gardens are truly beautiful and unique way to tend roses for sure, and the rest of your garden will automatically benefit from it as a whole due to its pleasing aesthetic qualities, unmatched by those thorny, tangled bushy rose gardens you usually see.
