Rose garden

All the roses were chosen predominently for their scent. The site chosen for the rose bed was an existing overgrown bed at the back of the garden. The soil was hard and compacted we had to break it with a crow bar. There was not an earth worm in sight. We were able to enrich the soil with horse manure that was given to us by friends who have a farm.

We originally left the pine bark that was already there as a mulch. However, after the soil was disturbed, the weeds soon moved in and other heavier mulch was required.