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- The advantages of a wild rose hedge and its care
- Species that are particularly suitable for hedges
- Advantages of a wild rose hedge
- Planting: location and soil
- The right planting distance
- Plant different species next to each other
- Maintain the hedge properly
- Tips
Wild roses quickly form a dense, pretty hedge
The advantages of a wild rose hedge and its care
A hedge made of wild roses looks quite simply: wildly romantic and reminiscent of the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. Such a hedge has many advantages. But only if you plant and care for them properly ...
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Not all wild rose species are equally well suited for a hedgerow design. Particularly suitable appear the Pike Rose, Potato Rose, Ellipse Rose, Scottish Fence Rose / Wine Rose and the Vielblütige Rose. If you want to create a high screen hedge, you should bet on the tufted rose, the dog rose or the dune rose.
Advantages of a wild rose hedge
A wild rose hedge has many advantages:
1. Fragrant flowers in early summer
2. from midsummer to winter decorative rose hips
3. Edible, vitamin-rich, medicinal fruits
4. popular bee pasture
5. not in need of care
6. good frost hardy and little disease susceptible
7. enormously cut compatible
8. forms streamers (can also be disadvantageous)
9th nesting and hiding place for birds and small animals
10. Provides visibility and wind protection
Planting: location and soil
In autumn or spring the wild roses are planted for the hedge. The more sunny the location, the better the hedge will thrive. The shoots will grow faster and stronger. If necessary, a place in the partial shade can be chosen. Moreover, it is important that the location is airy.
The soil at the site should be profound and can be both nutrient-rich and nutrient-poor. Some species such as the dune rose get along well with dry soil.
The right planting distance
For a dense hedge, which should serve as a land boundary, for example, you should set 1 to 2 plants per running meter. For a freely guarded hedge a generous distance of 2 to 3 meters should be kept. The reason: Wild roses develop a bow-shaped overhanging growth and are up to 2 meters wide.
Plant different species next to each other
Particularly appealing is the wild rose hedge, if it consists of various wild rose species. There are red, white, yellow, pink and magenta blooming wild roses. Plant different species side by side and you will witness a long-lasting flowering, as the wild rose species flower at different times (eg the gold rose quite early).
Maintain the hedge properly
Such a wild rose hedge does not need much care. The wild roses are very undemanding. You do not need fertilizer and do not need to be watered. Also a protection in winter is eliminated, since they are good frost hardy.
Merely make your wild roses hedge regularly. In doing so, completely remove all old and dead shoots. Every few years, that makes sense. A pruning is not necessary, but is tolerated. Remember, the more the wild rose hedge is cut, the sparser it will bloom (flowers on the two year old shoots).
Tips
The potato rose is particularly popular as a hedge, as it grows very fast and is densely covered with spines.