The Web Yellow Pages HOME Uses of Roses Beds - Designed to be viewed from all sides. The tallest plants are planted in the center with shorter plants at the edges. Borders - Designed to be viewed from one, two or three sides but not the back. The tallest-growing varieties are planted in the back of the border and shortest in the front.
Roses are great mixed in with perennials and other shrubs.
The combination will provide color throughout the year. Hedges - Fence or boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs. They do need full sun, lose their leaves in winter and cannot be shaped into neat shapes with shears, but the prickly stems are animal and child-safe. Specimens - Grown to be admired as a single plant. Shrubs are excellent where space is adequate.